Professor Jansen is also the Head of the Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, a busy quarternary unit overseeing over 1000 Western Australian in-patients per year. She is the Director of the Heart and Vascular Research Unit at Harry Perkins Medical Research Unit and has led her unit in human, pharmacological and device related trials in vascular disease.
Awarded her PhD in 1999, Professor Jansen was also recognised in 2016 with Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital’s Sustained Overall Clinical Excellence Award. She has run over 40 government and industry sponsored clinical trials, the majority international as site PI, and many have led to global management of changes in the management of cardiovascular disease. Her main research interests since PhD are in the interface between vascular physics and engineering, using biomimicry to innovate new 3D printed devices and the development of a novel therapeutic to cure atherosclerosis.
Professor Jansen has wide experience in all aspects of vascular and endovascular surgery, perioperative care and prevention, and health outcomes. She has published over 150 research papers and book chapters, has raised over $11 million for research including MRFF and NHMRC. 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.
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery workshop.
Professor Jansen is also the Head of the Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, a busy quarternary unit overseeing over 1000 Western Australian in-patients per year.
With such an esteemed career based in Western Australia it is fitting that Professor Jansen’s expertise was recognised recently with the bestowal of the Michael Lawrence-Brown Professorial Chair of Vascular Surgery. This honour has its origins in a Western Australian surgical innovation that continues to benefit the WA health system.
In 1994, at Royal Perth Hospital, two Western Australian medical professionals - Professor Michael Lawrence-Brown and Medical Imaging Technologist Mr David Hartley – developed the prototype for endovascular stent grafts, a revolutionary procedure for the treatment of aortic aneurysms. Professor Lawrence-Brown is regarded as an international pioneer in endovascular innovations to minimise invasive procedures in vascular surgery.
“I have had the honour of working closely with Emeritus Professor Lawrence-Brown over the course of my career and continue to work closely with him to this day.”
— Professor Jansen
Royalties from the endostent were used by Perth’s East Metropolitan Health Service to jointly establish the Michael Lawrence-Brown Professorial Chair of Vascular Surgery and the David Hartley Professorial Chair of Radiology, ensuring that, in addition to direct benefiting numerous Australian and international patients, the WA Health system benefits from this groundbreaking medical invention for many years to come.
Professor Jansen said her appointment as the Michael Lawrence-Brown Professorial Chair in Vascular Surgery was both an honour and a privilege.
