David Stephen Celermajer (born 8 December 1961) is an Australian cardiologist and the Scandrett Professor of Cardiology at the

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Early life and education

Celermajer is the son of John and Tina Celermajer, both Polish Jews who survived the

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. When he was eleven, Celermajer won a scholarship to

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. He went on to win the

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. He graduated from the

with a medical degree in 1983, and won a

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that same year. He has a PhD in children's heart disease from the

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, which he received in 1993, and a higher-doctorate D.Sc. from the

Career

In 2003, Celermajer was appointed the clinical director of the

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Research

In 1996, Celermajer published a study showing that exposure to

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was associated with "dose-related impairment of endothelium-dependent dilatation" in the arteries of healthy young adults.

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

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. In 2014, he was named an

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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.” In 2018 he was elected Fellow of the

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Personal life

Celermajer describes himself as an atheist Jew. He is married to nurse Noirin Celermajer, whom he met at

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when they were both trainees there.

References

External links

Faculty page
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Celermajer, David 1961 births Living people Australian cardiologists Academic staff of the University of Sydney Officers of the Order of Australia Australian Rhodes Scholars Sydney Medical School alumni Alumni of the University of London Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science Fellows of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences Australian Jews Australian people of Polish-Jewish descent