The University of Western Australia

W/Prof Paul Norman

Head of School
School of Surgery

Contact details

Address

School of Surgery
The University of Western Australia (M509)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

9346 4597 / 9431 2500

Fax

9346 4374

Email

paul.norman@uwa.edu.au

Qualifications

BSc MB ChB Sheff., DS W.Aust., FRCS, FRACS

Biography

Paul Norman is a vascular surgeon and Winthrop Professor of Vascular Surgery at the University of Western Australia. His research interests include all aspects of abdominal aortic aneurysm, the epidemiology and management of peripheral arterial disease, and the assessment of cardiovascular risk. Winthrop Professor Norman is currently head of the School of Surgery at UWA.

Publications

Selected publications since 2004:

Norman P, Spencer CA, Lawrence-Brown MM, Jamrozik K. C-reactive protein levels and the expansion of screen-detected abdominal aortic aneurysms in men. Circulation 2004;110:862–6.

Norman PE, Jamrozik K, Lawrence-Brown M, Le M, Spencer C, Tuohy T, Parsons R, and Dickinson J. Impact of screening on mortality from abdominal aortic aneurysm: results of a large, population-based randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2004;329:1259–62.

Norman PE, Powell JT. Vitamin D, shedding light on the development of disease in peripheral arteries. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2005;25:39–46.

Moran CS, McCann M, Karan M, Norman PE, Ketheesan N, Golledge J. Association of osteoprotegerin with human abdominal aortic aneurysm progression. Circulation 2005;111:3119–25.

Hankey GJ, Norman PE, Eikelboom JW. Medical management of peripheral arterial disease. JAMA 2006;295:547–53.

Golledge J, Muller J, Daugherty A, Norman PE. Abdominal aortic aneurysm: Pathogenesis and implications for management. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2006;26:2605–13.

Golledge J, Muller J, Shephard N, Clancy P, Smallwood L, Moran C, Dear AE, Palmer LJ, Norman PE. Association between osteopontin and human abdominal aortic aneurysm. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2007;27:655–60.

Norman PE, Powell JT. Abdominal aortic aneurysm: the prognosis in women is worse than in men. Circulation 2007;115:2865–9.

Golledge J, Clancy P, Jamrozik K, Norman PE. Obesity, adipokines and abdominal aortic aneurysm. Health In Men Study. Circulation 2007;116:2275–9.

Golledge J, Karan M, Moran C, Muller J, Clancy P, Dear A, Norman PE. Reduced expansion rate of abdominal aortic aneurysms in patients with diabetes may be related to aberrant monocyte-matrix interactions. Eur Heart J. 2008;29:665–72.

Smallwood L, Allcock R, van Bockxmeer F, Warrington N, Palmer LJ, Iacopetta B, Golledge J, Norman PE. Polymorphisms of the MMP-9 gene and abdominal aortic aneurysm. Br J Surg 2008;95:1239–44.

Golledge J, Tsao PS, Dalman RL, Norman PE. Circulating markers of abdominal aortic aneurysm presence and progression. Circulation 2008;118:2382–92.

Roles, responsibilities and expertise

BSc MB ChB Sheff., DS W.Aust., FRCS, FRACS, Head of School

Funding received

W/Prof Norman has had continual National Health and Medical Research Council funding since 1996. Since 2004 he has, with various collaborators, attracted more than $8 million in research funding from competitive sources, including nine NHMRC grants and, in 2005, a National Institutes of Health research project grant, R01.

Memberships

• Member, Section of Vascular Surgery, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
  
• President of the Surgical Research Society of Australasia

Honours and awards

NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship 2007–11

Teaching

Clinical aspects of vascular disease and surgery in general to medical students

Current external positions

• Director of the WA Metropolitan Vascular Surgery Services
  
• Member of the WA Cardiovascular Health Network
  
• Member of the Board in Academic Surgery (Royal Australasian College of Surgeons)
  
• Deputy Chair of 2009 NHMRC Grant Review Panel 6E
  
• Member of the WHO Global Burden of Disease working party for Peripheral Vascular Disease

Research profile

Research profile and publications