Person
Chang, Victor Peter (1936 - 1991)
AC FRCS
- Born
- 1936
Shanghai, China - Died
- 4 July 1991
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Cardiologist and Surgeon
Summary
Victor Chang was one of the world's leading cardiac surgeons and is best known for his outstanding work in heart transplantation. Chang spent most of his career at St Vincent's hospital in Sydney and travelled widely across Asia to train local surgeons in cardiac surgery procedures. Victor Chang was murdered during a suspected burglary in 1991, but his legacy lives on at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute which was established in 1994.
Details
Chronology
- 1953
- Life event - Migrated to Australia (Sydney) with family
- 1962
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1963 - 1967
- Career position - Intern then Registrar in cardiothoracic surgery at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
- 1966
- Education - Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS)
- 1968 - 1970
- Career position - Registrar in cardiothoracic surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, London
- 1970
- Career event - Surgical training, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A.
- 1971 - 1972
- Career position - Chief Resident, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A.
- 1972 -
- Career position - Returned to St Vincent's Hospital joining the cardiothoracic team
- 1973
- Education - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- 1974
- Education - Fellow, American College of Surgeons
- 1982 -
- Career position - Member of the Australia China Council
- 1984 - 1991
- Career position - Pioneered the National Heart Transplant Program, St Vincent's Hospital
- 1986
- Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in recognition of service to international relations between Australia and China and to medical science
- 1988
- Award - MD honoris causa, University of New South Wales
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Published resources
Books
- Chang, Vanessa, Victor Chang: a tribute to my father (Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 2001), 213 pp. Details
- Murray, James, Lifework: Heroes of Australian Health (Edgecliff, NSW: Focus Publishing for [Medical Benefits Fund of Australia Ltd], 1997), 160 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Coleman, Maxwell J., 'Chang, Victor Peter (1936-1991), cardiac and transplantation surgeon' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 19 1991-1995 (A-Z), Melanie Nolan, ed. (ANU Press, 2021), pp. 150-151, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/chang-victor-peter-14816. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3557223. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/73124382. Details
- 'Chang, Victor (19361121-19910704)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-459495. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 18 May 2006, Last modified: 15 June 2022