profile icon
Prof

Richard O'Brien

Clinical Dean, Austin Clinical School
Medical Education
atherosclerosis
FH
Diabetes
complex hyperlipidaemia
science & technology
life sciences & biomedicine
humans
male
female
Richard O'Brien's Profile Picture
Prof

Richard O'Brien

 
Division
Medicine, Dentistry And Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Diabetes
Richard O'Brien's Profile Picture
Prof

Richard O'Brien

 
Print
Richard's  Short Profile
 

Professor Richard O’Brien is Clinical Dean of Medicine at the University of Melbourne, Austin Clinical School and Director of Graduate Programs, Melbourne Medical School. He is also a senior Endocrinologist and Director of the Lipid Service, Austin Health.


After completing undergraduate training at the Austin Hospital in Melbourne, Richard O'Brien undertook further studies in diabetic renal disease with Prof. George Jerums, completing a PhD entitled “Diabetic Nephropathy: Early Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Intervention”. He continued his research at the Austin Hospital until 1991 when he moved to Monash Medical Centre. Prof. O’Brien spent 15 years as Head of Diabetes at Monash Medical Centre and moved back to the Austin Hospital in 2007 to take up his current position.
Over the last 10 years Prof O'Brien's research work has focused mainly on aspects of atherosclerosis in diabetes including lipid abnormalities and endothelial dysfunction and he has authored numerous scientific papers on these subjects.
Richard O’Brien is the current President of the Asian Pacific Society of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Diseases, and is a past President of the Australian Atherosclerosis Society. He is also currently chair of the Australian Diabetes Society's Lipid Guidelines Committee, is the convener of the Victorian Lipid Group, and is the Victorian representative on the Australian Atherosclerosis Society Clinical Council.
In addition to his responsibilities in his role as Clinical Dean, Richard O’Brien is strongly committed to post graduate teaching, and has a long standing interest in continuing education for general practitioners. He is frequently invited to speak at educational and scientific meetings in Australia and overseas. Prof. O’Brien also continues to be involved in direct patient care on a day to day basis and maintains ongoing research interests at the University of Melbourne and Austin Health.

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Richard O'Brien.

Scholarly works icon

Lipoprotein apheresis andPCSK9inhibitors for severe familial hypercholesterolaemia: Experience from Australia and New Zealand

Michael M Page, Elif Ekinci, John R Burnett, Amanda J Hooper, Nicola Reid, Warrick Bishop, Chris M Florkowski, Russell Scott, Richard C O'Brien, Gerald F Watts

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Clinical Apheresis

INTRODUCTION: Severe familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) causes premature disability and death due to atherosclerotic cardiovascul..

Scholarly works icon

Gaps in the Care of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia in Australia: First Report From the National Registry.

Jing Pang, David R Sullivan, David L Hare, David M Colquhoun, Timothy R Bates, Jacqueline DM Ryan, Warrick Bishop, John R Burnett, Damon A Bell, Leon A Simons, Sam Mirzaee, Karam M Kostner, Paul J Nestel, Andrew M Wilson, Richard C O'Brien, Edward D Janus, Peter M Clifton, Justin J Ardill, Dick C Chan, Frank van Bockxmeer, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Heart, Lung and Circulation

BACKGROUND: Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is under-diagnosed and under-treated worldwide, including Australia. National regi..

Scholarly works icon

Statin intolerance: an updated, narrative review mainly focusing on muscle adverse effects

Jian-Jun Li, Hui-Hui Liu, Na-Qiong Wu, Khung Keong Yeo, Kathryn Tan, Junya Ako, Rungroj Krittayaphong, Ru San Tan, Philip E Aylward, Sang Hong Baek, Jamshed Dalal, Alan Yean Yip Fong, Yi-Heng Li, Richard C O'Brien, Tien Siang Eric Lim, Si Ya Natalie Koh, Daniel J Scherer, Hayato Tada, Vernon Kang, Julie Butters, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology

INTRODUCTION: Statins have been established as the standard of care for dyslipidemia and preventing cardiovascular diseases while ..

Scholarly works icon

The Prevalence of Elevated Lipoprotein(a) in Patients Presenting With Coronary Artery Disease.

Hnin P Oo, Julian Giovannucci, Richard C O'Brien, David L Hare

Journal article  |  2020  |  Heart, Lung and Circulation

BACKGROUND: Elevated lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)) is an inherited lipid disorder and an independent risk factor for cardiovascular (CV) ..

Scholarly works icon

Journal clubs in Australian medical schools: prevalence, application and educator opinion

Damian James Ianno, Kelly Mirowska-Allen, Stephen Anthony Kunz, Richard O'Brien

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions

Scholarly works icon

What is new in lipid-lowering therapies in diabetes?

Yee-Ming Cheung, Richard O'Brien, Elif I Ekinci

Journal article  |  2019  |  Internal Medicine Journal

Diabetes can lead to a myriad of microvascular and macrovascular complications - with the leading cause of mortality in diabetes b..

Scholarly works icon

Status of PCSK9 Monoclonal Antibodies in Australia

Daniel J Scherer, Adam J Nelson, Richard O'Brien, Karam M Kostner, David L Hare, David M Colquhoun, Philip J Barter, Philip Aylward, Stephen J Nicholls, Gerald F Watts

Journal article  |  2019  |  Heart, Lung and Circulation

Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) monoclonal antibodies (mAb) have progressed from showing marked low density ..

Scholarly works icon

THE PREVALENCE OF FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLAEMIA IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH CLINICAL CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

J Giovannucci, H Oo, R O'Brien, D Hare

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Atherosclerosis

Scholarly works icon

DISTRIBUTION OF ELEVATED LIPOPROTEIN(A) IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH CLINICAL CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE

H Oo, J Giovannucci, D Hare, R O'Brien

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Atherosclerosis

Scholarly works icon

Tensions in post-examination feedback: information for learning versus potential for harm

Anna Ryan, Geoffrey J McColl, Richard O'Brien, Neville Chiavaroli, Terry Judd, Sue Finch, David Swanson

Journal article  |  2017  |  Medical Education

90

Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Clinical Health (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology
Clinical Sciences
Clinical (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Curriculum
Education Systems
Other Education and Training
Other Health
Other Medical and Health Sciences

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

1988

FRACP - Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

1

Award

Credentials

Positions

Positions

Clinical Dean, Austin Clinical School

Medical Education

Organizing Committee For 2012 Congress

International Atherosclerosis Society

Chair Of Organizing Committee For 2010 Congress

Asia Pacific Society of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Diseases

Member

American Diabetes Society

Member

European Association for the study of Diabetes

Past President. Member Of The Fh Committee & Education Committee

Australian Atherosclerosis Society

Member

Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Member

Endocrine Society of Australia

Expert Committee On Hyperlipidaemia

Australian Diabetes Society

Education

Education

Grad Cert in Health Professional Education

Monash University

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Medicine

University of Melbourne

Links

Links