Английская Википедия:David Celermajer

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates David Stephen Celermajer Шаблон:Post-nominals (born 8 December 1961) is an Australian cardiologist and the Scandrett Professor of Cardiology at the University of Sydney.[1]

Early life and education

Celermajer is the son of John and Tina Celermajer, both Polish Jews who survived the Holocaust.[2] When he was eleven, Celermajer won a scholarship to Sydney Grammar School.[2] He went on to win the World Universities Debating Championship.[2] He graduated from the University of Sydney with a medical degree in 1983, and won a Rhodes Scholarship that same year.[3] He has a PhD in children's heart disease from the University of London, which he received in 1993,[3] and a higher-doctorate D.Sc. from the University of Sydney.[2]

Career

In 2003, Celermajer was appointed the clinical director of the Heart Research Institute.[4]

Research

In 1996, Celermajer published a study showing that exposure to secondhand smoke was associated with "dose-related impairment of endothelium-dependent dilatation" in the arteries of healthy young adults.[5][6]

Honors and awards

In 2002, Celermajer was awarded the Commonwealth Health Minister's Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Research, and in 2006, he was elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.[3] In 2014, he was named an Officer of the Order of Australia for his "distinguished service to medicine in the field of cardiology, as a clinician and researcher, to improved medical diagnostic methods, and to the promotion of heart health, particularly in children and young adults.”[3] In 2018 he was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.[7]

Personal life

Celermajer describes himself as an atheist Jew.[2] He is married to nurse Noirin Celermajer, whom he met at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital when they were both trainees there.[2]

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