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A general cardiologist are specialists in general coronary care and prevention
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Dr Nezar Amir (MBChB, FRACP)
Nezar Amir trained in general medicine and cardiology in Baghdad, Iraq and Auckland, New Zealand and then completed an echocardiography training fellowship at the University of California San Francisco Medical Centre. Nezar is a consultant cardiologist for the Waitemata District Health Board working at both the North Shore and Waitakere Hospitals. He is a general cardiologist who works in the coronary care unit, the cardiology clinic and the general wards. He has a particular expertise and interest in all areas of echocardiography. Nezar works part time at the Auckland Heart Group, based on the North Shore.
Dr Ted Clarke (MBChB, MRCP, FRACP)
Ted Clarke trained in cardiology at Green Lane Hospital and The National Heart Hospital, London. His initial cardiology appointment was as Director of the Coronary Unit at Middlemore Hospital in 1974. In 1984 he moved to North Shore Hospital as consultant cardiologist and general physician and is now a full time cardiologist in Auckland Heart Group.
His interests are in general cardiology, echocardiography, and management of acute and chronic coronary artery disease, and the management of patients with cardiac failure.
Dr Arthur Coverdale (MBChB (Otago), FRACP, FCSANZ)
Arthur Coverdale trained at Green Lane Hospital and the Regional Cardiac Centre, Liverpool, UK. He is a consultant cardiologist at Auckland City Hospital with special interests in general cardiology, catheterisation, balloon valvuloplasty and heart transplantation, and works part-time at the Auckland Heart Group.
Dr Rob Doughty (MB, BS, MD, MRCP (UK), FRACP, FCSANZ, FESC)
Rob Doughty has undertaken several years of research in heart failure and echocardiography and held the Heart Foundation Senior Fellowship for 3 years from 1997 to 2000. He was for a number of years an Associate Professor at the University of Auckland. Rob is a consultant cardiologist at Auckland Hospital and at the Auckland Heart Group. He has recently been appointed the first National Heart Foundation Professor of Preventative Cardiology.
Dr Colin Edwards (MBBCh, FCP(SA), FRACP)
Colin Edwards is a consultant cardiologist at North Shore Hospital. Colin's practice involves general cardiology with an interest in acute coronary syndromes and he performs diagnostic coronary angiography.
He specialised in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and did his training at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London.
Dr Chris Ellis (BM (Soton), MRCP (UK), FRACP, FACC, FCSANZ)
Chris Ellis is a consultant cardiologist at Auckland City Hospital and at the Auckland Heart Group and Mercy Hospital. He trained at both the Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre in Southampton, England and at Green Lane Hospital, Auckland. He is an investigational cardiologist performing coronary angiography, CT cardiac angiography and echocardiography and has a subspecialist interest in the acute coronary syndromes and in the prevention of ischaemic heart disease: the management of lipids, cardiovascular risk and hypertension. Chris works at the Auckland Heart Group, and the New Zealand representative for the International Society of CVS CT Angiography [SCCT].
Dr Ruvin Gabriel (BHB, MBChB (Auckland), FRACP)
Ruvin Gabriel began his cardiology training at the Green Lane Cardiovascular Service, Auckland City Hospital, and completed it at the prestigious Cleveland Clinic (Ohio, USA), where he worked for two years as a clinical and research fellow in multi-modality cardiovascular imaging. Ruvin currently works as a clinical cardiologist with a special interest in non-invasive imaging at Middlemore Hospital, and consults part time at the Auckland Heart Group.
Ruvin's subspecialty expertise is in non-invasive imaging: cardiovascular CT, CT coronary angiography, cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), as well as trans-thoracic, trans-oesophageal and stress echocardiography. He integrates his imaging skills with the clinical assessment and management of ischaemic heart disease, valvular heart disease and heart failure.
Dr Ivor Gerber (MBChB, MD, FCSANZ, FRACP, FACC)
Dr Ivor Gerber graduated MBChB from the University of Cape Town in 1992 before relocating to New Zealand. He completed his training in Cardiology at Green Lane Hospital in 2000 and holds Fellowships of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP), American College of Cardiology (FACC) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (FCSANZ). He obtained a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree for his thesis on neurohormones and inflammatory markers in valvular heart disease which was completed during a Cardiovascular Research Fellowship at Green Lane Hospital. He subsequently spent 18 months at the University of California San Francisco for a Fellowship in echocardiography and adult congenital heart disease. Dr Gerber is a Consultant Cardiologist at the Auckland Heart Group and Auckland City Hospital where is he also Director of Adult Echocardiography. His special interests include valvular heart disease, heart failure and adult congenital heart disease, as well as all aspects of general preventaive cardiology.
Dr David Heaven (MBChB (Auckland), FRACP)
David Heaven trained in Cardiology at Waikato and Green Lane Hospitals. Subsequently he worked as Clinical Research Fellow in Cardiology (Pacing and Electrophysiology) at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London, and then completed a Fellowship in Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology at Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke¡¯s Medical Center, Chicago. Dr Heaven is a Consultant Cardiologist at Middlemore Hospital, Visiting Cardiac Electrophysiologist (heart rhythm specialist) at Auckland City Hospital, and consults part time at the Auckland Heart Group. His subspecialty interests are primarily related to arrhythmia management, radiofrequency ablation, pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators.
Dr Malcolm Legget (MBChB, MD (Otago), FRACP, FACC, FCSANZ)
Malcolm Legget trained in cardiology at Green Lane Hospital and at the University of Washington, Seattle. He was Director of Echocardiography at Green Lane Hospital from 1995-2000, and is now a consultant cardiologist at the Auckland Heart Group and Auckland City Hospital. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Medicine at the University of Auckland. Malcolm has been part of the team that has established CT coronary angiography and percutaneous aortic valve implantation through the Auckland Heart Group and Mercy Angiography. He has continued research into valvular heart disease, and completed the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 2008. His special areas of interest include cardiac imaging, the treatment and prevention of ischaemic heart disease, and the management of valvular heart disease.
Dr Peter Ruygrok (BSc, MBChB, MD (Auckland), FRACP, FESC, FCSANZ)
Peter Ruygrok graduated Bachelor of Science in mathematics in 1979, Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery in 1986 and more recently Doctor of Medicine, from the University of Auckland. He trained in cardiology at Green Lane Hospital, gaining his fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Physicians and then completed an interventional fellowship at the Thoraxcenter in Rotterdam.
He works as a consultant cardiologist and has recently been appointed the Director of Cardiovascular Services at Auckland City Hospital. His special interests include interventional cardiology, cardiac transplantation and research, with over 130 publications. He is an Honorary Professor of the University of Auckland and works part-time at the Auckland Heart Group.
Dr Warren Smith (MBChB (Otago), FRACP)
Warren Smith trained in cardiology at Green Lane Hospital and electrophysiology at Duke University, Durham. From 1997-2002 he was Clinical Director of the Green Lane Cardiac Group and is a cardiologist and electrophysiologist at Auckland Heart Group and Auckland City Hospital. He has expertise in all aspects of arrhythmias and is actively involved in research. He is chairman of the Green Lane Research and Educational Fund Board.
Dr Fiona Stewart (BHB, MBChB (Auckland), FRACP)
Fiona Stewart trained in cardiology at Green Lane Hospital and in Obstetric Medicine at National Women's Hospital. Fiona is a general cardiologist with particular interests in maternal heart disease in pregnancy, heart disease in women, preoperative risk assessment for non-cardiac surgery, atrial fibrillation, heart failure and hypertension. She is a co-author of the NZ Guideline on The Appropriate Prescribing of Hormone Replacement Therapy.
Dr Jim Stewart (MBChB, MD, FRCP, FRACP, FESC, FACC, FSCAI, FCSANZ)
Main areas of interest: Interventional cardiology (including coronary, renal and carotid stenting), acute coronary syndromes, cardiac pacing.
Dr Stewart did his undergraduate training in New Zealand (Otago University), and his postgraduate specialist training, including a doctoral thesis, in the United Kingdom. He worked successively at St George's Hospital, Royal Brompton Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital, all in London, as a cardiology trainee from 1986 to 1993. He spent one year (1994) at the Montreal Heart Institute, before returning to New Zealand to a consultant post in interventional cardiology at Green Lane Hospital, Auckland in 1995. He has been based at the new Auckland City Hospital since it opened at the end of 2003; all inpatient work in central Auckland is now concentrated at this site.
In addition to his public hospital commitment Dr Stewart has been in private practice in Auckland since 1998. Initially this was as a solo practitioner, but he is delighted now to be able to combine his interests with those of Auckland Heart Group.
His main interests, in addition to general cardiology, reflect the areas of cardiology where he has spent most time in training and where he has been active in research i.e. interventional cardiology, the acute coronary syndromes, and cardiac pacing. He has taken a lead role in the development of carotid stenting as an alternative to carotid endarterectomy locally, particularly in patients with established cardiac disease who are at high risk for traditional carotid surgery. Currently Dr Stewart is the local principal investigator in a multicentre international trial comparing carotid stenting with carotid endarterectomy.
Given the impact of coronary disease on our society though, he is also a firm believer in the importance of preventive medicine, and the control of risk factors for myocardial infarction such as dyslipidaemia and hypertension.
Dr Ralph Stewart (MBChB (Otago), FRACP, FCSANZ, MD)
Ralph Stewart trained in cardiology at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School and Hammersmith Hospital in London, UK. He then worked in Dunedin before moving to Green Lane Hospital in 1999. He currently works at the Auckland City Hospital, the Green Lane Cardiovascular Research Unit and the Auckland Heart Group. He is an Honorary Professor of Medicine at the University of Auckland. His clinical and research interests include cardiovascular risk assessment, valve disease, ischaemic heart disease and hypertension.
Dr Tim Sutton (BSc(hons), MB, ChB, MRCP (UK), FRACP)
Tim Sutton trained at Bristol University in the UK, where he undertook an intercalated microbiology degree as part of his undergraduate career. He spent the first three years of his medical life initially at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, then Northampton General Hospital. Having arrived in New Zealand with his Kiwi wife he spent time in all three greater Auckland hospitals as a medical registrar, then trained in cardiology at Middlemore and Green Lane hospitals. On the way he gained his MRCP in 1996 then his FRACP in 2001. Dr Sutton then spent a year as a clinical research fellow at Middlemore and has been a consultant cardiologist there since December 2001.
Interests: General cardiology with a focus on ischaemic heart disease, its prevention, investigation and treatment, valvular heart disease and heart failure
Dr Niels van Pelt (MBChB, FRACP)
Niels van Pelt is a consultant cardiologist at Middlemore Hospital, Auckland. After completing cardiology training in Auckland, he worked as a clinical fellow at Middlemore Hospital before taking up a fellowship in non-invasive cardiac imaging at the Thorax Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. In Rotterdam Niels developed his subspecialty interest in computed tomography (CT) coronary angiography. In addition to his work as a clinical cardiologist he is involved in research into valvular heart disease and cardiac CT.
Areas of clinical interest and expertise include the modification of cardiac risk factors, the management of ischaemic heart disease and cardiac imaging, including echocardiography, cardiac CT and diagnostic coronary angiography.
Dr Cara Wasywich (MBChB, FRACP)
Cara Wasywich trained as a cardiologist at Green Lane Hospital. She worked subsequently as a research fellow (focusing on the management of heart failure) and a cardiac transplant fellow in Auckland before spending time in Vancouver, Canada in 2005 undertaking further specialist training. She currently practises as a cardiologist at Auckland City Hospital and at Auckland Heart Group. Her interests include heart failure and cardiac transplantation, general cardiology including acute coronary syndromes and echocardiography, and the management of cardiovascular disease in women.
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