• Fiona Coote Patron of the Victor Chang Foundation

  • 8th April 1984. 40 years since Fiona Coote’s heart transplant

  • 8th April 1984. Fiona was 14 years old at the time of her heart transplant

  • 8th April 1984 marks 40 years since Fiona Coote received her new heart

  • "Giving people with heart Disease an opportunity to live is the greatest gift

    Dr Victor Chang

  • Celebrating 40 Years: Innovation & Education

  • "Giving people with heart disease an opportunity to live is the greatest gift."

    Dr Victor Chang

  • Teaching and Sharing Knowledge

  • Innovation

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Dr Victor Chang established the Victor Chang Foundation in 1984. The Foundation grants funds in two specific areas that Dr Chang felt passionate about: Education and innovation.

  • What We Do

    Continue Dr Chang’s work in Australia and Asia.

  • About Dr Chang

    Read more about Dr Victor Chang.

  • Grants and Fellowships

    Funding education and innovation.

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“Whatever you give, if you give freely and without conditions it’ll come back to you two-fold.“

Dr Victor Chang

Continuing Dr Chang’s work

The Foundation has distributed grants to train over 200 surgeons from around Asia. We also grant funds to be innovative in the field of heart surgery.

A memoir of internationally acclaimed heart surgeon Victor Chang (1936-1991), written by his daughter and Foundation CEO, Vanessa Chang.

Her book talks about his career in heart surgery and the first heart-lung transplant to the development of an artificial heart.

All proceeds from the sale of this book go to the Victor Chang Foundation