David Playford is the Professor of Cardiology at the University of Notre Dame where he was awarded the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence, and coordinates the cardiovascular teaching program.
He is a principal investigator of the National Echo Database Australia (NEDA), the largest echo database in the world, linked with mortality. NEDA is collecting echocardiography data from echo laboratories around Australia, and linking with mortality.
He is the Medical Director of Alerte Digital Health, a medical technology company focusing on artificial intelligence. Alerte is using big data from echo, ECG and sleep apnea diagnostic studies to automatically diagnose and predict risk in cardiovascular disease.