Andrew Cheng
NZMC: 97855 | AHPRA: MED0001205310 | RACS ID: 168616
+64 21 986 933 (NZ) | +61 433 515 277 (AUS)
Professional Affiliations: A Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) and a contributor to the CTSNet.
Upcoming Events: He is the designated convenor for the Annual Cardiothoracic Surgery Meeting of Aotearoa NZ.
Postgraduate Diploma of Surgical Anatomy – 2012
| Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery – 2024 | ||
| Royal Australasian College of Surgeons | ||
| Associate Fellowship – 2018 | ||
| Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators | ||
| Master of Clinical Ultrasound – 2018 | ||
| The University of Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Master of Surgery – 2015 | ||
| The University of Sydney, Australia | ||
| Second Level Master in Innovation in Cardiac Surgery: Advances in Minimally Invasive Therapeutics – 2015 | ||
| Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna. Pisa, Italy | ||
| The University of Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery / Bachelor of Medical Science – 2008 | ||
| The University of Melbourne, Australia |
Current Employment / Roles
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Christchurch Hospital CDHB
St. George’s Hospital Christchurch
Senior Clinical Lecturer
University of Otago (Christchurch)
CCrISP and ASSET Instructor
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Employent History
Robotic Thoracic Surgery Fellow
St. Vincent’s Private Hospital Melbourne: 2025
Thoracic Aortic and Cardiac Surgery Fellow
Austin Hospital: 2024
Thoracic Surgery Registrar
St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne: 2023
Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery Registrar
Austin Hospital: 2020-2023
Cardiothoracic Surgery Registrar
The Alfred Hospital: 2018 -2019
Cardiothoracic Surgery Registrar
Royal Hobart Hospital: 2017
Cardiothoracic Surgery Registrar
University Hospital Geelong: 2011-2016
Resident Medical Officer
University Hospital Geelong: 2010
Intern
University Hospital Geelong: 2009
| Medtronic Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery Immersion. Sydney, Australia 2025 |
| Corcym MICLATS Preceptorship. Dresden, Germany 2025 |
| IMRA RoboSET course. Melbourne Australia 2025 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Global Cardiac Surgery Fellows Program. Irvine, USA 2024 |
| Leadership Academy Excellence Program. Melbourne Australia 2004 |
| Edwards Lifesciences Global Cardiac Surgery Fellows Program. 2024 |
| John Loewenthal Medal. University of Sydney. 2012 |
| Royal Australasian College of Surgeons: Francis and Phyllis-Mary Thornell-Shore Memorial Trust for Medical Research Scholarship |
| AVANT Doctors in Training (DiT) Research Scholarship |
| Australia and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) Research Scholarship |
| Heartbeat Geelong Research Grant |
| Junior Investigator Award. Research Week, St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne |
| Commonwealth Scholarship: The University of Melbourne |
| Rural Australian Medical Undergraduate Scholarship (RAMUS) |
| Cancer Research Vacation Studentship. Cancer Council Victoria |
| Travel and Education Grant from Boston Scientific |
| Junior Investigator Award. Research Week, St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne |
| Australia and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons |
| European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery |
| World Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons |
| South East Asian Thoracic Society |
| Travel |
| Sports |
| Gastronomy |
Lovelock, A. Cheng, A. Doi, A. Zimmet, J. Gooi, and M. Fitzgerald
Blunt bronchial injury management with veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation providing a peri-operative ‘survival bridge’
Trauma Case Rep. 2021 Feb; 31: 100388
Lovelock, A. Cheng, J. Negri, and M. Fitzgerald
Transection of the origin of the innominate artery: A rare sequela of blunt traumatic chest trauma
Trauma Case Rep. 2020 Jun; 27: 100307
David Lee, Andrew Cheng, Chin Siew Lee, Bo Zhang
Electronic Cross-matching Reduces Cost and Wastage in Cardiac Surgery Heart, Lung and Circulation 2016; 25(8):e106-e107
He C, Suryani R, Hiew C, Cheng A, Zhang B
Mitral Regurgitation Following Pericardiectomy for Constrictive Pericarditis. Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals 2016 24(9): 884-887
Alexandra Matthews, Hansraj Riteesh Bookun, Andrew Cheng, Emily Stevens
Spontaneous Recanalization of an Occluded Internal Carotid Artery
Chettinad Health City Medical Journal 2016; 5(1): 48 – 51
Emily Stevens, Hansraj Riteesh Bookun, Alexandra Matthews, Chin Siew Lee, Andrew Cheng, Mayur Krishnaswamy.
Aortic Dissection in a Young Male Body Builder Requiring Complex Repair
Chettinad Health City Medical Journal 2016; 5(1): 45 – 47
Hansraj Riteesh Bookun, Andrew Cheng, David North
Equipment Failure in Varicose Vein Surgery Leading to Retained Foreign Body
Chettinand Health City Medical Journal 2015 4(2): 108-109
Joon Win Tan, Andrew Cheng, Tovi Vo, Chin Siew Lee, Cheng He, Bo Zhang
Giant Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm in a setting of Wegener’s Granulomatosis
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Open. January-December 2015 Vol. 1
Andrew Cheng, Hansraj Riteesh Bookun, David Lee, Shivanand Gangahanumaiah, Jitendra Kumar, Jazmin Eckhaus, Cheng-Hon Yap, Xiao Bo Zhang.
Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement does not reduce the incidence of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation.
Chettinand Medical Journal. Vol. 4 No. 1 Jan-March 2015
Jennifer Lay, Andrew Cheng, Cheng-Hon Yap, Bo Zhang
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS) – Aortic Valve Replacement (AVR): Early Experiences from Geelong Hospital
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery 2015
Lay, J. Cheng A. Yap, CH. Zhang B
Sutureless Aortic Valve Replacement: Early Experiences from Barwon Health Heart, Lung, and Circulation 2015 24 Suppl 1:e534
Chan J. Kumar J. Cheng A. Yap C-H. Zhang X. B.
Right Atrial Mass Associated with a Dialysis Catheter.
Journal of Cardiac Surgery 2012 27:362
Cheng A., Lim WM., Wainer Z., Eapen R., Alam NZ., Russell P., Opeskin K., Yap CH., Wright GM.
Comparing VATS and Open Mediastinal Lymph Node Dissection According to the Nodal Zones of the IASLC Staging Committee.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery 2009 79:S80
Cheng A., Wainer Z., Eapen R., Alam NZ., Yap CH., Wright GM.
The Proposed IASLC Seventh Revision for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Staging: Prognostic Validation Using a Surgical Series.
Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2009 4(9) Supplement 1: S561
Cheng A., Yap CH., Nixon IR., Yii MY., Zimmet A., Wright GM.
VATS Left Ventricular Epicardial Lead Insertion for Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy
Heart, Lung and Circulation 2007 16:S44-S4
Alam NZ., Cheng A., Yap CH., Russel R., Opeskin K., Wright GM
Comparison of Mediastinal Lymph Node dissection by VATS and Thoracotomy.
Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2007 2(8) Supplement 4:S769
Cheng A. Wright GM. Newnham GN. Conron M. McLachlan SA.
A Pilot Study to Assess Patient Preferences for Adjuvant Chemotherapy Following Surgery for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC).
Lung Cancer Update December 2006 21:4-8. Victorian Cooperative Oncology Group, The Cancer Council Victoria
Andrew Cheng
Sub-lobar Lung resection for Lung Cancer
New Zealand Lung Cancer Conference. Chrisrtchurch, New Zealand. 12-13 June 2025
Andrew Cheng
CABG: A cardiology intervention or a type of vegetable? Management of a pre/post CABG patient
The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia Foundation Seminar in Cardiology. Virtual Conference. 12th and 13th September 2020
Andrew Cheng, Zoe Rule, Jessica Rhodes, Catherine Young, Sharmilla Perinpanathan, Claire Jones, Christine Goh, Garth Birdsey, John Amerena, Cheng-Hon Yap, Bo Zhang
Colchicine for the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation after Cardiac Surgery: Trial Update
Australasian Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery (ASCTS) Annual Scientific Meeting. Adelaide, Australia. 15th – 18th November 2015
Andrew Cheng
Atrial Fibrillation: Current and Future Therapy
1st Sabah Cardiothoracic Conference. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. 9th – 11th September 2015
Cheng A., Bookun HR., Lee D., Rasmussen M., Lee CS., Zhang XB., Gangahanumaiah S., Moscarelli M., Bianchi G., Farneti PA., Solinas M.
Left Atrial Diameter is an Independent Predictor of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation after Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery
25th World Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (WSCTS) Annual Meeting and Exhibition. Edinburgh, Scotland. 19th – 22nd September 2015
Andrew Cheng
How to Design and Conduct a Proper Research and Publish it
1st Sabah Cardiothoracic Conference. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. 9th – 11th September 2015
Andrew Cheng, Michael Seitz, Cheng-Hon Yap, Cheng He, Bo Zhang.
Sutureless Aortic Valve Replacement: Early Experiences From Geelong Hospital.
22nd Meeting of the Asian Society Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery (ASCVTS). Istanbul, Turkey. 3rd – 6th April 2014
Andrew Cheng, Xiao Bo Zhang, Naveed Z Alam, Cheng-Hon Yap, Morteza Mohajeri, Gavin M Wright
Prognostic validation of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) 7th edition staging system for Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
The 20th Annual Congress of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia. Beijing, China. 28th-31st October 2010
Andrew Cheng, Xiao Bo Zhang, Cheng-Hon Yap, Diem T Dinh, Julian A Smith, Gilbert C Shardey, Christopher Reid, Morteza Mohajeri
Early- and midterm outcomes after aortic valve replacement (AVR) in octogenarians
The 20th Annual Congress of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia. Beijing, China. 28th-31st October 2010
Andrew Cheng, Xiao Bo Zhang, Cheng-Hon Yap, Diem T Dinh, Julian A Smith, Gilbert C Shardey, Christopher Reid, Morteza Mohajeri
Early- and midterm outcomes after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in octogenarians.
The 20th Annual Congress of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia. Beijing, China. 28th-31st October 2010
Cheng A., Wainer Z., Eapen R., Alam NZ., Yap CH., Wright GM.
The Proposed IASLC Seventh Revision for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Staging: Prognostic Validation Using a Surgical Series.
International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC): World Conference on Lung Cancer. San Francisco, California, USA. 31st July – 4th August 2009.
Cheng A., Alam NZ., Li Y., Yap CH., Russell P., Opeskin K., Wright GM.
Mediastinal Lymph Node Dissection at Lobectomy for NSCLC: A Comparison of Thoracoscopic and Thoracotomy Techniques.
19th European Student’s Conference Charite University, Berlin, Germany. 30th September – 4th October 2008.
Cheng A.,Yap CH., Nixon IR., Yii MY., Zimmet A., Wright GM.
VATS Left Ventricular Epicardial Lead Insertion for Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy.
Peter Ryan Prize for Surgical Research. St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia. 18th November 2006.
Cheng A., Wright GM., Newnham GN., Conron M., McLachlan SA.
A Pilot Study to Assess Patient Preferences for Adjuvant Chemotherapy Following Surgery for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC).
Research Week. St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia. 21st-23rd August 2006. Inaugural Australian Lung Cancer Conference. Cairns, Australia. 30th June – 2nd July 2006.
Adrienne Lui, Satomi Koide, Sophie Ricketts, Nicole Winter, Andrew Cheng, Jazmin Eckhaus, Mae Yap, Gavin Wright
Closure of tracheoesophageal fistula with anterior lateral thigh free flap.
Australia and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) Annual Scientific Meeting. Wellington, New Zealand. 9th-11th November 2023
Adrienne Lui, Andrew Cheng, Gavin Wright, Jaishankar Raman, Jim Dimitriou, Andrew Newcomb
Effects of Cardioplegia in Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Patients
Australia and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) Annual Scientific Meeting. Wellington, New Zealand. 9th-11th November 2023
David Lee, Andrew Cheng, Lisa Stevenson, Shivanand Gangahanumaiah, Bo Zhang
Electronic Cross Matching Reduces Wastage and Cost in Cardiac Surgery
BIT’s 8th International Congress of Cardiology. Xi’An China. 2nd – 4th December 2016.
Naman Kohli, Andrew Cheng, Shivanand Gangahanumaiah, Bo Zhang
A Review of Pulmonary Embolus in the Post Cardiac Surgery Patients at the Cardiothoracic Unit, Barwon Health
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress. Brisbane, Australia. 2nd – 6th May 2016
Hansraj Riteesh Bookun, Andrew Cheng, Chin Siew Lee, Xiao Bo Zhang
Blood Product Transfusion increases risk of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 52nd Annual Surgical Research Society of Australia Scientific Meeting. Sydney, Australia. 13th November 2015
Bookun HR., Cheng A., Lee CS., Lee D., Zhang XB., Moscarelli M., Bianchi G., Farneti A., Gangahanumaiah S., Solinas M.
Mini-Thoracotomy Access Reduces the Incidence of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation after Aortic Valve Replacement
25th World Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (WSCTS) Annual Meeting and Exhibition. Edinburgh, Scotland. 19th – 22nd September 2015
Andrew Cheng, Chin Siew Lee, Lisa Stevenson, Bo Zhang.
Electronic Cross Matching Reduces Wastage and Cost in Cardiac Surgery.
National Blood Authority Symposium. Brisbane, Australia. 11th – 12th June 2015
H Myers, A Cheng, S Gangahanumaiah, C Yap, B Zhang
Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement: Early Experiences from a Regional Centre
24th Annual Congress of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia. Melia, Hanoi, Vietnam. 5th – 8th November 2014.
Lay, J. Cheng, A. Yap, CH. Zhang XB
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS) – Aortic Valve Replacement (AVR): Early Experiences from Geelong Hospital
56th Victorian Annual Surgeons’ Meeting. Royal Australasian College of Surgeon, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 24th – 25th October 2014
Wright GM & Cheng A.
Audit of Lymph Node Dissection at VATS Lobectomy
LungCancerConferenceChina,Hong-Kong,China. September 2007.
Wright GM & Cheng A.
Staging – PET Scan vs. Aggressive Staging, ie. Mediastinoscopy + Biopsy, EUS.
Improving Outcomes in the Management of Lung Cancer: An International Forum Gold Cost, Australia. 8th-10th March 2007.
Myers, A. Cheng, J. Yousef, R. Acosta, B. Zhang
Intra-thoracic latissimus dorsi free muscle flap salvage of infected prosthetic aortic graft and sternal wound breakdown: A case report and literature review of prosthetic graft salvage
86th Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeon. Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. 6th – 12th May 2017
Andrew Cheng, Hansraj Riteesh Bookun, Chin Siew Lee, Xiao Bo Zhang
Elevated Postoperative White Blood Cell Count is an Independent Predictor of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 52nd Annual Surgical Research Society of Australia Scientific Meeting. Sydney, Australia. 13th November 2015
Cheng A., Bookun HR., Lee D., Lee CS., Zhang XB., Gangahanumaiah S., Moscarelli M., Bianchi G., Farneti PA., Solinas M.
Sutureless Bioprosthesis may increase Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation after Aortic Valve Replacement
25th World Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (WSCTS) Annual Meeting and Exhibition. Edinburgh, Scotland. 19th – 22nd September 2015
Lay, J. Cheng A. Yap, CH. Zhang B
Sutureless Aortic Valve Replacement: Early Experiences from Barwon Health
Australia and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting. Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. 9th – 12th November 2014
Andrew Cheng, Glen Guest and David A. K. Watters
Emergency Surgery: Delays from Booking to Theatre
78th Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeon. Perth, Western Australia, Australia. 4th – 7th May 2010
Cheng A., Lim WM., Wainer Z., Eapen R., Alam NZ., Russell P., Opeskin K., Yap CH., Wright GM.
Comparing VATS and Open Mediastinal Lymph Node Dissection According to the Nodal Zones of the IASLC Staging Committee.
78th Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeon, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. 6th-9th May 2009
Smallwood N., Conron M., Wright G., Alam N., Cheng A., Hart D.
Treatment and Survival of Lung Cancer Patients Managed by a Multi-Disciplinary Team
2nd Australian Lung Cancer Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. 21st-24th August 2008
Alam NZ., Cheng A., Yap CH., Russel R., Opeskin K., Wright GM
Comparison of Mediastinal Lymph Node dissection by VATS and Thoracotomy.
12th World Conference on Lung Cancer (International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) Seoul, Korea. 2nd-6th September 2007.
Chavalertsakul N., Yap CH., Cheng A., Nixon IR., Yii MY., Alam NZ., Wright GM
VATS LV Lead Insertion for Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy.
Research Week. St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia. 20th-22nd August 2007.
Cheng A., Yap CH., Nixon IR., Yii MY., Zimmet A., Wright GM.
VATS Left Ventricular Epicardial Lead Insertion for Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy
Combined Winter International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS) and Australasian Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery (ASCTS) Annual Scientific Meeting. Cairns, Queensland, Australia. 24th-28th October 2006.
Cheng A., Yap CH., Alam NZ., Russell P., Opeskin K., Wright GM
VATS Lobectomy: Is the Lymph Node Clearance Adequate?
Research Week. St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Australia. 21st-23rd August 2006.
