Associate Professor Kavitha Muthiah is a cardiologist specializing in advanced heart failure, heart transplantation, and mechanical circulatory support at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, Division Lead of Heart Failure and Valve Disease at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute and Conjoint Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. Following cardiology training and a PhD at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, she undertook advanced fellowships in the UK, USA, and Australia before establishing a translational research program supported by a National Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship. She has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers (H-index 22), secured competitive funding as Chief and Associate Investigator on major national grants, and leads research spanning translational studies in mechanical circulatory support, and transplant immunology. She was the sole Australian invited to the 2023 ISHLT Antibody-Mediated Rejection Consensus Conference and has contributed to advances in understanding the complex patient-pump interactions with durable mechanical circulatory support. A recognized leader in national policy, she led the 2023 revision of the Transplant Society of Australia and New Zealand Cardiac Chapter for Deceased Organ Transplantation (past-secretary of the society) and currently chairs the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) Heart Failure Council, while serving on the ISHLT Scientific Program Committee (2025–2026) and contributing to international consensus initiatives in transplantation and advanced heart failure.