3 Best Cardiologists in Hervey Bay, QLD

“Dr Christopher Raffel has expertise in coronary, structural and valvular heart disease interventions. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences of the University of Auckland. He completed his advanced training in cardiology at Green Lane Hospital. His primary research focuses on developing and using intravascular optical coherence tomography systems for imaging coronary arteries. He is bilingual and can speak English and Sinhalese. Dr Christopher Raffel is also in private practice with CardioVascular Clinics at St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital, Brisbane and St Stephen's Private Hospital. His services are also available at Spring Hill and North Lakes.

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“Dr Brendan Bell is a founding partner of CardioVascular Clinics. He is committed to providing comprehensive quaternary cardiac care and is recognised as an interventional cardiologist and TAVI proceduralist. He completed his medical education at the University of Queensland and completed his basic medical training at The Princess Alexandra Hospital. Dr Brendan Bell has special interests in coronary angiogram and stenting, structural heart disease, including TAVI, pulmonary hypertension and clinical cardiology, including chest pain assessment, primary and secondary prevention, and peri-operative management of cardiac patients. Dr Brendan is a founding partner of CardioVascular Clinics and is committed to providing comprehensive quaternary cardiac care. He consults in St Andrew’s, Spring Hill, Rockhampton-Mater, North Lakes & Hervey Bay.

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“Dr Harendra Wijesekera graduated from Monash University and then completed his advanced cardiology training at Monash Heart Victoria. He completed an imaging fellowship at the Northern Hospital and completed his training in Cardiac Computed Tomography at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is trained in cardiac computed tomography and advanced echocardiography. Dr Harendra Wijesekera has a particular interest in the assessment and optimisation of cardiovascular risk, valvular heart disease, chest pain treatment, and heart failure. He now resides in Hervey Bay as part of the CVC CardioVascular team. Dr Harendra is also available for consultations and referral advice at Sara Stella Medical Centre, St Stephens Private Hospital, Urraween.

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