Biographical summary
Luke J. Burchill, MBBS, Ph.D., is a cardiologist with expertise in adult congenital heart disease. He trained at the Toronto Congenital Cardiac Center for Adults where he was the first person to complete a combined fellowship in both adult congenital heart disease and advanced heart failure. His research demonstrating better survival among adults congenital patients following heart transplantation has helped shape clinical care guidelines in the United States, and around the world. Moving with his family to Minnesota in 2021, he is excited to join the Mayo Clinic Adult Congenital Heart Disease team and lead development of the Mayo Clinic's Adult Congenital Heart Failure Care Pathway.
Dr. Burchill's research increasingly focused on helping patients to gain access to high quality evidence-based care that meets them where they are according to their needs. He currently serves as
President of the International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease, the peak global organization for clinicians who care for adults living with congenital heart disease.
Dr. Burchill is a proud member of Australia's Yorta Yorta and Dja Dja Wurrung Aboriginal Nations. He serves as Indigenous co-lead for the Australian Stroke Alliance in which the world's first air stroke ambulances are being developed to reduce stroke disability for rural, remote and Indigenous Australians.
Conditions treated
Procedures performed
- Transesophageal echocardiogram
Interests
- Adult congenital heart disease
- Heart failure in adults with congenital heart disease
- Cardiac disease in pregnancy
- Population level health outcomes in adults with congenital heart disease
- Indigenous cardiovascular health
- Health equity
Research Interests:
- Adult congenital heart disease
- Heart failure
- Indigenous cardiovascular health
- Indigenous governance
- Health outcomes research
- Health equity
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2014
Fellowship - EchocardiographyCleveland Clinic
- 2013
Fellowship - Advanced Heart FailureToronto General Hospital
- 2013
Doctor of PhilosophyUniversity of Melbourne
- 2012
Fellowship - Adult Congenital Heart DiseaseToronto Congenital Cardiac Center for Adults
- 2007
FellowshipRoyal Australasian College of Physicians
- 2000
MBBSUniversity of Melbourne
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2006
CardiologyRoyal Australian College of Physicians
Awards and honors
- 2021
Investigator AwardNational Health & Medical Research Council of Australia
- 2020
Sandra Eades Excellence Award for Top-Ranked Indigenous Health ResearchNational Health and Medical Research Council
- 2019
Knowledge & Innovation Award for RMHiveCity of Melbourne
- 2017
Oregon Health Science University Faculty Teaching AwardOregon Health and Science University
- 2010
University of Toronto Dean's Fund AwardUniversity of Toronto
- 2010
Beth Medjuk Clinical ScholarshipUniversity of Toronto
- 2008
Scientific Conference Research Award FinalistHigh Blood Pressure Research Council of Australia
- 2006
National Heart Foundation of Australia ScholarshipNational Heart Foundation of Australia
Professional memberships
- 2023 - present
Second World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery
- 2022 - 2023
International Society of Adult Congenital Heart Disease
- 2022 - present
Mayo Clinic Adult Congenital Heart Disease/Heart Failure Care Working Group
- 2022 - present
Mayo Clinic Adult Congenital Heart Disease Heart Failure Care Pathway Design
- 2022 - present
Mayo Clinic Adult Congenital Heart Disease Board Review
- 2022 - present
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Physician Innovation Marketing
- 2022 - present
American College of Cardiology
- 2022 - present
International Society of Adult Congenital Heart Disease
- 2022 - present
European Society of Cardiology
- 2021 - present
Indigenous Australian Stroke Alliance
- 2020 - 2022
Royal Australian College of Physicians Online Congress Series.
- 2020 - 2022
International Society of Adult Congenital Heart Disease
- 2020 - present
Australian National Standards of Care for Childhood-Onset Heart Disease
- 2020 - present
Victorian Aboriginal Research Accord Project
- 2019 - 2022
Fontan Registry, Australia/New Zealand
- 2018 - 2022
Melbourne Academic Center for Health, Indigenous Subcommittee
- 2018 - 2022
Australian Health Research Alliance, Indigenous Subcommittee
- 2018 - 2022
Melbourne Health Research Ethics Committee
- 2018 - 2022
International Society of Adult Congenital Heart Disease
- 2018 - 2022
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Committee of the RACP
- 2016 - 2022
American Heart Association, Council of Cardiovascular Disease in the Young
- 2010 - present
Royal Australian College of Physicians
Publications