3 Best Cardiologists in Geelong, VIC

“A/Prof John Amerena obtained his medical degree from the University of Melbourne, Australia. He was trained in Melbourne, followed by four years in the United States at the University of Michigan. He worked in the fields of hypertension & hyperlipidemia. A/Prof John Amerena has a particular interest in Heart failure. A/Prof John Amerena is the director of the Geelong Cardiology Research Unit, which is currently involved in many phase II–III clinical trials and director of cardiac services at Geelong Private Hospital. He is also the director of the heart failure programme at University Hospital Geelong. His research focuses on Heart Failure, Hypertension, Hyperlipidaemia, and Atherothrombosis. A/Prof John Amerena is well-published in many other areas of cardiovascular medicine. He frequently presents data from clinical trial outcomes at international Cardiology meetings.

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“Dr Mark Perrin completed his medical degree at the University of New South Wales and went on to cardiology training at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney. His sub-speciality includes the advanced management of atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias with catheter ablation. Dr Mark Perrin has a particular interest in genetic arrhythmia syndromes and the management of atrial fibrillation. He also implants a wide range of devices, including pacemakers, cardiac resynchronisation devices, and defibrillators.

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“A/Prof Stephan Foy graduated from the University of Otago, New Zealand, in 1984. He completed his Fellowship at the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. A/Prof Stephan Foy is particularly interested in percutaneous coronary interventions, coronary angiography, cardiac catheterisation and permanent pacemaker implantation. His expertise in invasive cardiac techniques led him to establish invasive cardiac services at Launceston General Hospital. He has been a key adviser to the hospital's Cardiac Catheterisation, Interventional Cardiology programmes, and Cardiac Care Unit. A/Prof Stephan Foy is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. He practices at Heart Centre St John of God, which provides 24-hour medical and nursing care for patients in critical condition and provides rapid treatment of patients with acute coronary syndrome (heart attack and unstable angina), cardiac arrhythmia, or heart failure.

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