Professor Gary Sholler AM

Gary Sholler is a paediatric and fetal cardiologist, with hospital and research activities through the Heart Centre for Children in Sydney, and the University of Sydney.

He is Chair of the Management Committee of the Australian National Standards of Care for Childhood-onset Heart Disease, and was Co-Chair of their development (launched February 2024), and part of the Steering Group for the Australian National Action Plan for Congenital Heart Disease. He is on the Steering Committee for CHAANZ Registry. .

Gary has extensive administrative and organisational experience, and was Director of the Heart Services in NSW from 1992 – 2019. He has had a longstanding working relationship with Heartkids, recognising its unique role in the support of families affected by congenital and acquired heart disease in childhood and on into adult life. He has developed important initiatives in clinical care including a cardiac psychological clinical and research programme within the Heart Centre for Children from 2012.

Gary’ academic work & publications have covered innovations across most important areas in childhood-onset disease including heart structure and function, optimising outcomes after heart interventions, and the genetics of CHD. His research also focusses on psychological care and neurodevelopmental outcomes.