LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16(a) REPORTING

    The undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Lawrence J. Knopf,
Mark T. Fennell, and Peter F. McAree, each of them, as the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact (each, the "Attorney-in Fact"), with full power of
substitution and re-substitution, each with the power to act alone for the
undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities to:

    1.    Prepare, execute and file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, any national securities exchange or securities quotation system, or
HeartWare International, Inc. (the "Company") any and all reports (including any
amendments) of the undersigned required or considered advisable under Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, with respect to the
securities of the Company, including Forms 3, 4 and 5; and

    2.    Obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information regarding transactions in the Company's securities from any
third party, including the Company or any brokers, dealers, employee benefit
plan administrators or trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such
third party to release any such information to the Attorney-in-Fact.

    The undersigned acknowledges that:

    1.    This Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, the
Attorney-in-Fact to act at his discretion on information provided to him without
independent verification of such information;

    2.    Any documents prepared or executed by the Attorney-in-Fact on behalf
of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be in such
form and will contain such information as the Attorney-in-Fact, in his
discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

    3.    Neither the Company nor the Attorney-in-Fact assumes (a) any liability
for the undersigned's responsibility or failure to comply with the requirements
of the Exchange Act, including Section 16 of the Exchange Act, or (b) any
liability for disgorgement of profits under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act;
and

    4.    This Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
Exchange Act, including, without limitation, the reporting requirements under
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

    The undersigned hereby grants to the Attorney-in-Fact full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary or
convenient to be done in connection with the foregoing, as fully, for all
intents and purposes, as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that the Attorney-in-Fact, or his substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by authority of this Limited
Power of Attorney.

    This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Form 4 or 5 with respect to the
undersigned's transactions in securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked
by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Attorney-in-Fact.

    This Limited Power of Attorney shall be governed and construed in accordance
the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts without regard to conflict-of-law
principles.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Limited Power of
Attorney as of March 8, 2016.


Signature:	/s/ Chadwick M. Cornell

Print Name:	Chadwick M. Cornell