Profile
A/Prof Imre Hunyor
- Staff Specialist Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- Network Director of Physician Training, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney Medical School
Clinical Training and Experience:
A/Professor Hunyor trained at Sydney and then Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar before returning to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital where he trained in Cardiology and Advanced Cardiac Imaging.
Pioneering work on imaging the heart’s chemical function using MRI at Oxford were the key to opening the door into contemporary structural imaging of the heart and therapies targeting cardiac metabolism.
He is experienced in transoesophageal echocardiography, cardiac CT and MR, leading the Advanced Cardiac Imaging service at RPA.
Teaching, Academic Leadership and Awards:
A/Professor Hunyor is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney, where he lectures in Cardiology and co-leads the Cardiology Block in the medical program.
At Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, he serves as Director of Advanced Training in Cardiology and has previously held roles as Clinical Superintendent and Network Director of Physician Training. He remains actively involved in mentoring, postgraduate training, and examining for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
Awards and Honors Include
Rhodes Scholarship NSW, Rhodes Trust, University of Oxford.
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- Integrated assessment of complex heart disease, including coronary artery disease, valvular disease, and genetic and infiltrative cardiomyopathies such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and cardiac amyloidosis.
- Advanced cardiac imaging (coronary CT, echocardiography and cardiac MRI), to diagnose and monitor heart disease with precision. Clinical approach emphasises early detection and personalised care, including coronary plaque imaging to identify high-risk lesions before heart attacks occur.
- Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), which are enhancing cardiac imaging and hold promise for improving long-term care in chronic and complex heart disease.
Metabolite signatures of heart failure, sleep apnoea, their interaction, and outcomes in the community. Shashwati Dutta*, Desmond Li*, Andy Wang, Mark Ishak, Kristina Cook, Melissa Farnham, Hasthi Dissanayake, Peter Cistulli, Hunyor I, Renping Liu, Ian Wilcox, Yen Chin Koay, Jean Yang, Sean Lal, John F. O’Sullivan. ESC Heart Failure (accepted 12/09/2021)
Hunyor I, Cook., K. Models of intermittent hypoxia and obstructive sleep apnea: molecular pathways and their contribution to cancer, AJP: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 2018;315(4):R669-R687.
Martin, S.; Ingles, J.; Hunyor, I.; Bagnall, R.D.; Puranik, R.; Semsarian, C.LAMP2 shines a light on cardiomyopathy in an athlete
Sasson, SC., Russo, R., Chung, T., Chu, G., Hunyor I, Williamson, J., Murad, A. Kane, A., Riminton, S., Limaye, S. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging-indeterminate/negative cardiac sarcoidosis revealed by 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography: two case reports and a review of the literature. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2017;11:291.
Martin, S., Ingles, J., Hunyor I, Bagnall, R., Puranik, R., Semsarian, C. LAMP2 shines a light on cardiomyopathy in an athlete. HeartRhythm Case Reports. 2017;3(3) pp.172-176.
Hunyor I, Abed HS, Sy RW, Hodkinson EC, Santucci P, McGuire MA. Intermittent failure of pacing output caused by algorithm to prevent T-wave oversensing. HeartRhythm Case Reports. 2016;2:286–289.
Living without creatine: unchanged exercise capacity and response to chronic myocardial infarction in creatine-deficient mice. Lygate CA, Aksentijevic D, Dawson D, ten Hove M, Phillips D, de Bono JP, Medway DJ, Sebag-Montefiore L, Hunyor I, Channon KM, Clarke K, Zervou S, Watkins H, Balaban RS, Neubauer S. Circ Res. 2013 Mar 15;112(6):945-55. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.112.300725. Epub 2013 Jan 16. PMID: 23325497
Chronic creatine kinase deficiency eventually leads to congestive heart failure, but severity is dependent on genetic background, gender and age. Lygate CA, Medway DJ, Ostrowski PJ, Aksentijevic D, Sebag-Montefiore L, Hunyor I, Zervou S, Schneider JE, Neubauer S. Basic Res Cardiol. 2012 Sep;107(5):276. doi: 10.1007/s00395-012-0276-2. Epub 2012 Jul 4. PMID:22760499
Cardiac phenotype of mitochondrial creatine kinase knockout mice is modified on a pure C57BL/6 genetic background. Lygate CA, Hunyor I, Medway D, de Bono JP, Dawson D, Wallis J, Sebag-Montefiore L, Neubauer S. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2009 Jan;46(1):93-9. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2008.09.710. Epub 2008 Oct 4. PMID:18948110
Creatine uptake in mouse hearts with genetically altered creatine levels. ten Hove M, Makinen K, Sebag-Montefiore L, Hunyor I, Fischer A, Wallis J, Isbrandt D, Lygate C, Neubauer S. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2008 Sep;45(3):453-9. doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2008.05.023. Epub 2008 Jun 10. PMID:18602925