Associate Professor Malcolm Legget

MBChB MD FRACP FACC FCSANZ

Associate Professor - Medical

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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)

Pilmore, H. L., Xiong, F., Choi, Y., Poppe, K., Lee, M., Legget, M., & Kerr, A. (2020). Impact of chronic kidney disease on mortality and cardiovascular outcomes after acute coronary syndrome: A nationwide data linkage study (ANZACS-QI 44). Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.), 25 (7), 535-543. 10.1111/nep.13703
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Katrina Poppe
Gladding, P. A., Legget, M., Fatkin, D., Larsen, P., & Doughty, R. (2020). Polygenic Risk Scores in Coronary Artery Disease and Atrial Fibrillation. Heart, lung & circulation, 29 (4), 634-640. 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.12.004
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/50694
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Rob Doughty
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
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, UK: Oxford University Press. Pages: 320. 10.1093/med/9780198759089.001.0001
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/50375
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Alan Merry
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
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