Professor Peter Psaltis

Prof Peter J Psaltis (MBBS (Hons), PhD, FRACP, FCSANZ, FESC)

Professor Peter Psaltis is an academic Interventional and Preventative Cardiologist who holds a Level 3 National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellowship and Faculty positions at the Central Adelaide Local Health Network, University of Adelaide and South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI). He is the co-Deputy Director of SAHMRI, co-leads its largest research department (Lifelong Health Theme) and leads its Heart and Vascular Health Program. Concurrently, he is Head of Interventional Cardiology at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Among national and state leadership positions, Peter is a Board Director of the Australian Cardiovascular Alliance and co-Chair of its Coronary Artery Disease Clinical Theme, past-President of the Australian Atherosclerosis Society, co-Chair of the South Australian Aboriginal Heart and Stroke Leadership Group, and co-Chair of the Heart Foundation’s South Australian Cardiovascular Research Network.

Peter has expertise across all three disciplines of basic, translational, and clinical research and leads bench-to-bedside projects spanning topics of developmental macrophage biology, vascular stem cells, inflammatory regulation of atherosclerosis, pharmacological modification of atherosclerosis, coronary plaque imaging, the modelling of biomechanical forces in coronary arteries and cardiometabolic disease. He has received >$22 million of peer-reviewed grant funding and received the 2021 NHMRC Marshall and Warren Award for Innovation. As of early 2025, Peter has published >230 manuscripts and book chapters. His research has global impact and reach, and he ranks in the top 0.05% worldwide for productivity and impact in coronary artery research over the last 5 years, also receiving numerous national and international awards for his scientific discoveries. Peter has graduated 13 PhD (4 as principal supervisor, all Dean’s commendation, including one Doctoral Research Medal) and 12 Hons students (all first class).