Cardiologists

Dr James Wong is a regular speaker in educational seminars for doctors and the community, Dr Wong also mentors medical students and young doctors via the AMA mentor scheme, and has vast experience in adult clinical cardiology.

Dr Wong is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, and a Member of the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association.

He is a Visiting Medical Officer at the Sydney Adventist Hospital, Norwest Private Hospital, Lady Davidson Hospital.

Dr Petrellis was awarded his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Melbourne in 1996. He completed advanced training in cardiology at the Austin Hospital, Melbourne in 2003, which was followed by a two-year clinical fellowship of Electrophysiology and Arrhythmia Management in London, Canada.

Dr Petrellis was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2005 and was appointed consultant electrophysiologist at St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto and a clinical teacher with the University of Toronto, before returning to practise in Sydney in 2006. He was a locum staff specialist for cardiac device implantation at Wollongong Hospital in 2008 and locum staff specialist of electrophysiology at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in 2009-10. Dr Petrellis has been retained as a medical expert to provide advice on the rollout of automated external defibrillators in the public transport sector. He also supports regional healthcare through attendance at outreach cardiac device clinics in Dubbo and Orange, NSW.

Dr Petrellis is an Accredited Medical Officer at the Sydney Adventist Hospital and the Mater Hospital. He consults at the Bella Vista and Chatswood practice locations of Sydney Cardiology. His teaching interests include demonstration and training of cardiac device implantation.

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Conduction System Pacing with Dr Bill Petrellis

Dr Fiona Foo specialises in Interventional Cardiology and general adult cardiology.

Dr Fiona Foo graduated from the University of Western Australia with honours, and completed her Advanced Cardiology Training in Fremantle Hospital (WA). She then undertook Interventional Cardiology Fellowships in the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, in Edmonton, Canada; and the Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland.

Her interests include coronary interventions via the radial approach, use of fractional flow reserve, acute coronary syndromes, cardiac risks of non cardiac surgery following coronary revascularisation, and ischaemic heart disease in women.

Dr Foo is active in helping provide coronary interventional service and training in the developing world (such as in Nepal and Fiji). Read about her Dhulikhel experience here: RACP news – Dhulikhel article.

She has a keen interest in diet, exercise and preventative lifestyle measures as well as Sports cardiology.  A fitness enthusiast, you can find her in the gym, outdoors running, in half marathons, swimming events, or doing yoga.

Dr Foo is an accredited Medical Officer at Macquarie University Hospital, Sydney Adventist Hospital, Norwest Hospital and the Eastern Heart Clinic.

“I practise evidence-based medicine tailored to each individual. I strongly believe that effective communication and compassion should be part of every patient’s care. I not only impart and proffer expertise, but act as a role model in heart health.”

DR FOO – IN THE MEDIA

Stream Learning: Podcasts & Videos

Climate and Environment Part 1

Climate and Environment Part 2

What every woman should know about heart disease 

Listen to Women and Heart Disease from Preventative Health 

Sydney Winter CPD Festival, Cardiovascular Masterclass 

Heart Health and Climate Change

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Climate change is a danger to our hearts

Good Health – What Cardiologists Tell their friends

Love Thy Neighbour: A comparative look at Cardiology Services in Australia and Fiji 

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Women and heart disease 

Dr Abhinav Luhach received first class honours from the University of New South Wales. He undertook his residency and physician training at the Royal North Shore Hospital. Subsequent to this he completed his general cardiology training at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. During his training he was exposed to the full breadth of adult cardiology & cardiac imaging modalities. He has complemented this with additional experience in practising general medicine. Dr Luhach has also undertaken further training in cardiac CT. He is fluent in Hindi.

A/Prof Brown assesses and manages patients with severe left and right ventricular failure using inotropes and mechanical circulatory support and manages acute and chronic cardiac transplant patients. He also collaborates with cardiothoracic surgeons to assess and manage high-risk cardiothoracic surgery patients and their pre, peri and post-operative care.

Prior to joining Sydney Cardiology A/Prof Brown was a consultant cardiologist with the Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation Unit at The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia; the largest cardiothoracic hospital in southern hemisphere. He was also the heart failure and transplant representative for the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Unit and a member of the multidisciplinary TAVI, MitraClip and Melody valve teams.

A/Prof Brown has been head of departmental research at The Prince Charles Hospital since 2009, and has published 50 abstracts and peer-reviewed articles. He is a senior lecturer of medicine at the University of Queensland and a college supervisor of cardiology advanced trainees. He reviews articles for both Circulation and European Heart Journals and was awarded Fellowship to the European Society of Cardiology in 2012. His interests are right ventricular failure, adult congenital heart disease, infiltrative cardiomyopathies, chemotherapy cardiomyopathy, pulmonary hypertension, and high-risk surgical cases.

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Watch Procedures with A/Prof  Martin Brown

Dr Ru Dee Ting specialises in coronary angioplasty, rotational atherectomy, diagnostic intracoronary imaging, right heart catheterisation and haemodynamic testing. He is proficient in both radial and femoral access coronary angiography. Dr Ting also has expertise in structural intervention including transcatheter aortic valve implantation, atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale closure and transcatheter mitral valve repair. These techniques enable patients to have coronary artery occlusion, certain cardiac valve abnormalities and congenital defects addressed with minimally invasive approaches, avoiding the need for open heart surgery. Dr Ting also performs transthoracic echocardiography, exercise stress echo testing, holter and event monitoring, and 24hr blood pressure monitoring.

Dr Ting obtained his degree in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Melbourne. He trained in cardiology at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and completed an interventional fellowship at St Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada. He is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and a fellow of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand.

In addition, Dr Ting holds a PhD and a Masters of Clinical Trials from the University of Sydney. He undertook translational research at both the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre and the Heart Research Institute. He was the recipient of a NHMRC postgraduate scholarship as well as a NHMRC CTC PhD research scholarship for his work examining the impact of renal disease on cardiovascular risk and the effect of fenofibrate on the microvascular complications of diabetes. He has published in various medical journals and has presented his work at numerous conferences both locally and internationally.

He is a clinical lecturer at the University of Sydney clinical school and a senior clinical lecturer at the Macquarie University clinical school, being involved with undergraduate education. He also delivers lectures extensively to primary care physicians in the areas of preventative cardiology, coronary heart disease and arrhythmia.

Dr Ting has admitting rights at Sydney Adventist Hospital, Norwest Private Hospital and Macquarie University Private Hospital. He is bilingual in English and Mandarin.

Ru-Dee’s main job is being a dad, and can be found on most weekends at various playgrounds around Sydney. He also enjoys tennis and rock climbing.