Dr James McFadyen is a Consultant Haematologist at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Research Fellow at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute and Adjunct Associate Professor, Australian Centre for Blood Diseases, Monash University and Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health, University of Melbourne. 

Hi clinical and research interests are in the field of thrombosis and haemastasis. He has extensive experience in platelet biology, platelet functional assays, in vivo models of thrombosis and intravital imaging to investigate novel platelet-targeted therapeutics. 

Additionally, A/Prof McFadyen is an investigator on a number of thrombosis/ haemophilia clinical trials. He has won both national and international awards for his research in addition to publishing his research in a number of leading international journals such as Nature Communications, Circulation, Circulation Research and Nature Reviews Cardiology. James serves as a regular reviewer for international journals and is Vice President of the Thrombosis and Haemostasis Society of Australia and New Zealand and member of the the International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis and the Haematology Society of Australasia and New Zealand.