Mr Prashant Joshi completed his initial training in India at the prestigious Nagpur University followed by further training at Bombay University. From 2000 to 2009 Prashant was a cardiothoracic surgeon at the Sarawak General Hospital, Malaysia, going on to undertake the role of Adjunct Professor of Surgery and Acting Head of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sarawak General Hospital and University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia. Prashant joined the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Monash Medical Centre in December 2009. Prashant has been successful in securing a number of research grants and has been principle investigator for a four cardiac surgery trials. He has made many scientific paper presentations internationally; in Asia, UK and Australia.