Dr Koshy is at the forefront of medical research.

With over 100 publications in some of the world's top cardiology journals and book chapters in coronary and structural heart disease, Dr Koshy is passionate about advancing care through innovative research. His work has garnered over 1,300 citations, and his published articles have played a pivotal role in shaping guidelines and obtaining regulatory approvals within the field.

Research awards

  • Ralph Reader Prize Clinical Science, 2022

    Finalist (Co-Investigator); Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting, Gold Coast, 2022 “SMARTphone Based Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in BREAST Cancer Patients (SMART-BREAST): A Randomised Controlled Trial”.

  • Royal Australasian College of Physicians Trainee Research Prize, 2022

    Winner of Royal Australasian College of Physicians Trainee Research Prize, 2022 (Co- Supervisor). “Coronary Atherosclerosis on CT and Long-Term Risk of Cardiovascular Events following Liver Transplantation”.

  • Australian & New Zealand Endovascular Therapies Meeting (ANZET) Young Investigator Prize, 2020

    Finalist. “Comparison of Ischaemia-guided versus Angiography Guided Revascularization in Stable Coronary Artery Disease”Top 3 ranked abstracts in Interventional Cardiology

  • Royal Australasian College of Physicians Trainee Research Prize, 2020

    Winner. (Co- investigator). “Cardiorenal link in patients undergoing liver transplantation”.

  • Henry Krum Memorial Research Prize, 2018.

    Winner. “High atrial ectopy and stroke: An independent risk factor?”Awarded for best Original Research Presentation at The Alfred Health Symposium

  • Young Investigator Prize, 2022

    American Heart association, young investigator prize 2022.

Scholarships and grants

  • 2022- 2024 National Heart Foundation Post-Doctoral Scholarship

  • 2018-2020 National Health & Medical Research Council Postgraduate Scholarship

  • 2018-2020 National Heart Foundation Postgraduate Scholarship

  • 2018-2020 CRB Blackburn Scholarship, Royal Australasian. College of Physicians

  • 2018-2020 Eastern Health Research Foundation: Translational. Research Grant

  • 2018-2020 National Heart Foundation: Exchange and Collaboration Grant

  • 2017 Eastern Health Research Foundation: Research and Innovation Grant. SMARTS study

Other Academic Awards

  • European Association of Society of Liver, Vienna, Austria 2020. “Cardiovascular dysfunction in patients with end-stage liver disease undergoing transplantation”Awarded for top ranked abstract and presentationNational Heart Foundation Research and Collaboration Award, 2019
    Awarded for Highest Ranked abstract for American College of Cardiology Meeting and Collaboration visit to University of California, San Francisco, 2019

  • Young Investigator Cardiac Imaging Prize Runner-up, 2019. “Impaired Cardiac Reserve on Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography Predicts Development of Hepatorenal Syndrome”.
    Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, Adelaide, 2019

  • Best Research Paper Award for Medical Journal of Australia, featured in Christmas Edition

  • Finalist; “Shared Decision- Making Pathways in Patients with Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease undergoing Revascularization”; ACC NY Chapter, New York, USAWinner of Royal Australasian College of Physicians Trainee Research Prize, 2017 “Utilization of Smartwatches for early detection of Atrial Fibrillation”.
    Awarded at the Internal Medicine Society of Australia & New Zealand Scientific Sessions, Hobart.

  • CSANZ Best Poster Award Finalist (Co-author). “Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 activity is associated with stroke of undetermined source”.
    Awarded at the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, Adelaide, 2019

  • CSANZ Trainee Research Prize Finalist (Co-author). “Comparison of Long-Term Outcomes in Men versus Women Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention”. Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Victorian Meeting 2020

  • Clinical Deans Prize MDRP Best Poster Prize (Co-Supervisor), “ Austin Health Research Week, Melbourne, 2019”.

  • Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand Travelling Scholarship: American College of Cardiology, Washington DC 2017

  • Eastern Health Research Prize: Finalist 2018 “Smartphones for heart rate assessment in arrhythmias”. Eastern Health Foundation.

  • Eastern Health Research Prize: Finalist 2017 “Atrial Ectopic Burden and Risk of Stroke”. Eastern Health Foundation.

  • 2012 Rhodes Scholarship Finalist
    Post-graduate Scholarship by The Australian Rhodes Trust, Oxford University

  • 2008-2011 Winner of National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Original Research Prize. “Role of Bariatric Surgery in Patients undergoing Renal Transplantation.”

  • Invasive versus conservative management in patients aged ≥85 years presenting with non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction

  • Tasmanian Annual Scientific Meeting Trainee Research Prize: Finalist, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

  • Achiever of the Year Award: Jane Franklin Hall, University of Tasmania- for Academic excellence, Mentoring and Community Involvement

  • Vice Chancellor’s Leadership Award, University of Tasmania

  • Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Award