Dr David McKenzie (Cardiologist)
- Name
- Dr David Kenneth McKenzie
- Qualifications
- FRACP 1983
- MBBS 1976
- Occupation
- Cardiologist
- General Physician
- Gender
- Male
- Medical Specialties
- Internal Medicine
- Cardiology
Assoc. Professor David McKenzie is senior staff specialist and head of the Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at the Prince of Wales Hospital. In addition to carrying a full clinical, teaching and administrative load he has developed an international reputation for his basic and clinical research and has made a major contribution nationally to changing models of care and improving clinical practice, particularly in the management of COPD.
David has inpatient and out-patient responsibilities at The Prince of Wales Hospital and The Private of Wales Private Hospital. He is also responsible for pulmonary function and exercise testing laboratory and sleep investigation services. He has a busy private practice in Suite 20, and is well regarded for his expertise in occupational lung disorders.
He has particular interests in respiratory failure in COPD and neurological disorders, brittle asthma, respiratory disorders in sleep and occupational lung disorders.
Assoc. Prof. McKenzie has extensive experience in occupational lung disorders and lectures on dust diseases and occupational asthma to medical students and occupational physicians. He has prepared numerous medicolegal reports relating to asbestos, silica, carcinoma, asthma, multiple chemical sensitivity, quadriplegia and other claims and appeared as an expert witness on many occasions. He has also prepared environmental impact reports and provided expert evidence relating to health effects from quarrying, mining, air pollution and silicon smelting.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Prince of Wales Hospital
- Prince of Wales Private Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- The Chest & Sleep Centre Laboratory
Practice Locations
NSW
- The Chest & Sleep Centre Laboratory
- Address
- The Campus Centre The Prince of Wales Hospital
Level 2 Barker Street
Randwick NSW 2031
Australia
- Phone
- 02 9382 4668
- Fax
- 02 9382 4627
