Best Cardiologists in Melbourne, VIC
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Interventional Cardiology, Cardiac Imaging , Heart failure , Valvular heart disease, Cardiac Risk Assessment, ECG stress tests, Stress echo tests, CT coronary angiography, Echocardiography, Non-coronary intervention
Dr F A (Larry) Ponnuthurai is the Deputy Director of the Cardiology Department at the Northern Hospital as well as being the head of the Interventional unit (Cardiac Cathlab) and Coronary Care Unit (CCU). Larry completed his Specialist training in Cardiology at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. He has expertise in two cardiac subspecialties of interventional cardiology and echocardiology. His first Fellowship in Cardiac imaging (echocardiography) was undertaken at the Monash Medical Centre and then the Austin Hospital in Melbourne. He then completed a second Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology at the prestigious John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, United Kingdom.
Coronary Physiology, Valvular Heart Disease, Cardiac surgery, Pulmonary Hypertension, Cardiac catheterisatio, Percutaneous coronary intervention, Transoesophageal echocardiography
Andrew is an Interventional and Echo Cardiologist at St Vincent’s Hospital and St Vincent’s Private Hospital Melbourne. He has ongoing research interest in Coronary Physiology, Valvular Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension. Having completed a Bachelor of Medical Science while studying in Oxford, UK, Andrew graduated with Honours from his medical degree. He went on to complete Advanced Training in Cardiology, a Doctor of Medicine and an Interventional Cardiology Fellowship. His current clinical commitments include cardiac catheterisation and percutaneous coronary intervention, stress and transoesophageal echocardiography at St Vincent’s Public and Private Hospitals as well as consulting in East Melbourne and Melton.
Interventional Cardiologist, Optical coherence tomography, Cardiovascular disease, Innovative cardiovascular, Arteries, Stents
Peter sees patients with all types of conditions affecting the heart. Peter is a pioneer in interventional cardiology, the specialised field of cardiology dealing with the treatment of blockages in the arteries and stents. In 2009 he introduced a new imaging technique into Australia. This method, called optical coherence tomography (OCT) uses laser light to scan inside the arteries of the heart and spot areas of disease, cholesterol plaques and is the best method to assess stents in the arteries. Peter leads national and international clinical trials and continues to attract considerable funding to head the cardiovascular innovations research team at the University of Melbourne.