Professor Shirley Jansen
MBChB FRCS PhD FRACS
Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Head of the Department of Vascular Surgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Professor of Vascular Surgery, Curtin University
Director of the Heart and Vascular Research Institute, Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research, Perth, WA
Co-lead Cardiovascular Science and Diabetes, Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research, Perth WA
Clinical Professor, UWA
CTEC Diamond Convenor and Convenor of CTEC's Advanced Vascular Surgery: Anatomical Approaches Workshop
Professor Shirley Jansen is Head of the Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, a busy quaternary unit overseeing 900 in-patients per year. She was awarded a PhD in 1999 and The Sustained Overall Clinical Excellence Award from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in 2016. She has run over 30 government and industry sponsored clinical trials, the majority as PI/site PI. She supervises 6 PhDs and 4 Masters and numerous other projects covering a wide range of vascular pathologies. She is Director of the Heart and Vascular Research Institute, Harry Perkins Medical Research Institute and has led her unit to great success in first in man, pharmacological and device related trials in vascular disease. Her main research interests since PhD are in the clinical management of carotid, peripheral vascular disease, diabetic foot disease and venous leg ulcers, as well as the interface with bioengineering and innovation.
Professor Jansen has wide experience in all aspects of vascular, endovascular surgery, perioperative care and prevention and health outcomes. She has published over 60 research papers and 5 chapters and given over 50 presentations at national and international meetings. She has received 8 travelling fellowships in her career. She is also an inventor, and convenor of 2 national/international vascular surgical training workshops. Professor Jansen is actively engaged in cross-disciplinary collaborations locally and internationally in the areas of imaging, treatment modalities and outcomes for vascular diseases.
In addition, Professor Jansen also holds positions with the following bodies:
- Australian Health Research Alliance, National Wound Care Initiative. WAHTN Project Working Group
- Member of ASSET Faculty Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- Advisory Panel, Thrombosis Australia
- International Advisory Panel Diabetic Foot Disease - URGO
Professor Jansen has been awarded the status of CTEC Diamond Convenor in recognition of her long term outstanding contributions to CTEC's training programs in Vascular Surgery.