Ghanisht Juwaheer

Cardiothoracic surgery enthusiast. Dedicated to exemplary patient outcomes with a strong focus on excellence. Exceptional leadership abilities to lead and manage staff in providing patients with quality care. Clear and effective communicator with patients, families and health professionals. Adept and highly organized at managing a high workload of jobs on the wards while studying for a Master's of Surgery and hosting a cardiac surgery podcast

Basic Surgical Skills Course - Royal College of Surgeons of England

Ultrasound Guided Peripheral Venous Access - Ultrasound Education Group, University of Melbourne

Research

Hospital Lead,  Opioid Prescriptions and Usage after surgery (OPERAS) (Nov 2021 – Jun 2022) 

• Responsible for the delivery of a multinational collaborative study across 7 departments of a major tertiary hospital in Melbourne (Austin Health) – Organised by Trials and Audit in Surgery by Medical students in Australia and New Zealand (TASMAN)

Data Collector, Patterns of Opioid prescription in Elective Surgery (POPPIES) (March 2022)

• Part of a data collection team at Colac Health (Melbourne) as part of the VERITAS collaborative

MD Research Project from the University of Melbourne Medical School (July 2021 – October 2021)

• Title of project: “How effective are current obesity management options in increasing fitness for transplant? A narrative review”
• Review submitted to the Melbourne Medical School

Honours thesis – “Understanding transcription factor networks driving cardiomyocyte proliferation” (2018)

• Manuscript submitted to the Department of Physiology at the University of Melbourne

Presentations

“An introduction to collaborative research: Shark Tank edition” - Australian Surgical Student’s Conference (2022)

• Presented and ran 4 skills workshops on how to conduct collaborative research, followed by hosting a research Shark Tank to an audience of 200+ participants

 Department of Physiology Honours Presentation – University of Melbourne (2018)

• Honours Thesis Defence presentation in front of the entire Department of Physiology of the University of Melbourne

Tran Hawthorne Prize nominee 2022

Melbourne Medical School award to young clinicians who not only excel in research, but who develop a keen passion for quality patient-centred care 

Barbara Goss Award 2022

Austin Clinical School award to the final year student who has displayed a high-standard of professional behaviour, exceptional team-work, a commitment to the well-being of others and dedication to peer mentorship and teaching 

Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Honours Scholarship 

$5000. Merit based to the top Honours student at MCRI

R D Wright Summer Studentship 

$2,000. Merit based to the top 2 Honours students accepted by the Department of Physiology

SSR National Scholarship 

Fully funded 5 year Medicine scholarship offered to the highest ranked A level performance in Mauritius by the Government of Mauritius

University of Melbourne International Undergraduate Scholarship 

100% remission on tuition fees for 3 years

I love everything to do with cardiac surgery, and indulge in this passion by hosting a podcast about the field that allows me to showcase my concurrent love of teaching and research and which has by now amassed an international following. While working a full time job, things that I enjoy doing to recharge my batteries are recording episodes for my podcast; playing Golf at a club level; exercising 4-5 times a week; and always finding a new recipe to cook. These help me destress and consequently engage with my work more effectively, which will all be critical to thrive as a junior doctor. Lastly, coming from Mauritius originally, it does not take a lot of convincing to get me to do anything that is beach related.