Professional Special Interests
TAVI – Transcutaneous Aortic Valve Implantation
Biography
Dr Sylvio Provenzano is an exam-qualified Cardiothoracic Surgeon by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) with over 25 years post-graduate experience in the field. He specialises in cardiac (heart), thoracic (lung) and congenital cardiothoracic surgery. Over his career, he acquired experience internationally in Brazil, Germany, USA and in different states within Australia.
His practice encompassed various areas, to name a few: coronary bypass surgery cardiac valve repair; TAVI (Transcutaneous Aortic Valve Implantation); surgery for end-stage heart and lung disease, including transplantation and mechanical support; Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgeon for 7 years, including Director of ECMO at the Mater Children’s Hospital in Brisbane for nearly 5 years; minimal access surgery; thoracic oncology (lung cancer), including video surgery; diseases of the aorta; and electrical stimulation (pacemaker).
He was a volunteer at the Open Heart International program, operating on unprivileged children and adults in PNG for 11 years. He is a collaborative member of the Clinical/Consumer Reference Group for the development of the Patient Blood Management Guidelines by the National Blood Authority Australia.
This work generated the Australian recommendations for the use of blood products based on the most relevant evidence in the literature. Dr Provenzano is a local surgeon in the Gold Coast, based in Australia since 2002. He is a surgeon at Gold Coast Private Hospital and Gold Coast University Hospital. He is happy to be contacted should you wish to discuss your case or have a second opinion.
