Associate Professor Malcolm Legget
MBChB MD FRACP FACC FCSANZ
Biography
Malcolm Legget trained in cardiology at Green Lane Hospital and at the University of Washington, Seattle and is a consultant cardiologist at the Green Lane Cardiovascular Service, Auckland City Hospital, and at Auckland Heart Group. He was Director of Echocardiography at Green Lane Hospital from 1995-2000.
Since 2014 Malcolm has been an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Auckland. He completed his MD in 2008 on quantitative three-dimensional echocardiography. He is part of the team that introduced CT coronary angiography and percutaneous aortic valve implantation into clinical practice in Auckland.
Malcolm's research interests relate to the application of imaging and genomics to the treatment and prevention of ischaemic heart disease, and the diagnosis and management of valvular heart disease.
Research | Current
Cardiovascular genomics, biomarkers and imaging to more accurately predict cardiovascular risk and personalise therapy.
Malcolm is the principal investigator on MENZACS ( Multi Ethnic New Zealand Acute Coronary Syndrome Study) , and a co-investigator on the National Science Challenge Healthier Lives project for equitable CVD and diabetes risk prediction.
Other fields/areas:
The use of digital technology to enhance medical student teaching in cardiology.
The use of transoesophageal echocardiography in the perioperative setting.
The use of biosensors to assist in diagnosis of cardiovascular disease.
Teaching | Current
MBChB
Year 3 clinical methods tutor and assessor
Year 4 clinical supervisor, tutor and assessor
Year 4 subspecialty lecturer and tutor
Year 6 assessor
Pharmacy
Year 4 lecturer
Nutrition and Dietetics
MEDSCI 315 lecturer
Postgraduate supervision
PhD and postdoctoral supervision
Distinctions/Honours
MD, FRACP, FACC, FCSANZ
Responsibilities
General medicine and subspecialty teaching MBChB
Areas of expertise
Cardiology, cardiac imaging, cardiovascular genomics
Committees/Professional groups/Services
Chair- Translational Medicine Trust, University of Auckland School of Medicine
Chair- Unicorn Foundation New Zealand
Board Member- Heart Foundation of New Zealand
Trustee- Heart Health Research Trust
Member – International Editorial Board, Heart
Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)
- Legget, M. E., Toh, M., Meintjes, A., Fitzsimons, S., Gamble, G., & Doughty, R. N. (2018). Digital devices for teaching cardiac auscultation - a randomized pilot study. Medical education online, 23 (1)10.1080/10872981.2018.1524688
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/45889
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Rob Doughty, Greg Gamble - Sidebotham, D., Merry, A. F., Legget, M. E., & Wright, I. G. (2018). Practical Perioperative Transoesophageal Echocardiography. Oxford University Press. Pages: 320.
- Earle, N. J., Poppe, K. K., Kerr, A. J., Rolleston, A., Doughty, R. N., & Legget, M. L. (2018). Outcomes in working age first-acute coronary syndrome patients: the ANZACS-QI New Zealand national cohort. Paper presented at European-Society-of-Cardiology Congress, Munich, GERMANY. 25 August - 29 August 2018. EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. (pp. 1).
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Katrina Poppe, Rob Doughty - Meintjes, A., Lowe, A., & Legget, M. (2018). Fundamental Heart Sound Classification using the Continuous Wavelet Transform and Convolutional Neural Networks.. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference. 10.1109/embc.2018.8512284
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/46980 - Earle, N. J., Poppe, K. K., Doughty, R. N., Rolleston, A., Kerr, A. J., & Legget, M. E. (2018). Clinical characteristics and burden of risk factors among patients with early onset acute coronary syndromes: The ANZACS-QI New Zealand national cohort (ANZACS-QI 17). Heart, Lung and Circulation, 27 (5), 568-575. 10.1016/j.hlc.2017.04.010
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/42743
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Nikki Earle, Katrina Poppe, Rob Doughty, Andrew Kerr - Rieß F-C, Fradet, G., Lavoie, A., & Legget, M. (2018). Long-term outcomes of the mosaic bioprosthesis. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 105 (3), 763-769. 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.09.053
- Earle, N. J., Poppe, K. K., Doughty, R. N., Legget, M. E., Rolleston, A., & Kerr, A. J. (2016). Risk factor burden in young first-acute coronary syndrome patients: The ANZACS-QI New Zealand National Cohort. Paper presented at ESC Congress 2016 (European-Society-of-Cardiology), Rome, Italy. 27 August - 31 August 2016. European Heart Journal: ESC Congress 2016 27 - 31 August Rome, Italy: Abstracts. 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw433
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/46658
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Katrina Poppe, Rob Doughty, Andrew Kerr - Ormiston, J., Legget, M., Webber, B., Webster, M., Stewart, J., Ramanathan, I., ... Kruger, N. (2016). Evolving transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)- Mercy experience 2008–2016. Paper presented at CSANZ New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting, Rotorua. 23 June - 25 June 2016. Heart, Lung and Circulation: Abstracts for the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting (New Zealand); 23–25 June 2016, Rotorua, New Zealand. 10.1016/j.hlc.2016.05.039
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Contact details
Primary office location
AUCKLAND HOSPITAL - Bldg 599
2 PARK RD
GRAFTON
AUCKLAND 1023
New Zealand