Dr Al-Mukhtar is a cardiologist based in Melbourne, Victoria. Omar completed his cardiology training through Western Health and Austin Health and holds a Masters degree in Clinical Trials Research from the University of Sydney. He has a special interest in Interventional cardiology and completed a fellowship in coronary percutaneous interventions in 2021. Currently, Omar is pursuing a two-year fellowship program for percutaneous structural heart interventions at Monash Heart. Omar has published research in both Australian and international journals and has won the Robert Newman Prize for best research at Western Health 2019 and is a prize finalist for best research in preventative cardiology at the Cardiac Society 2021 Annual meeting.

Dr Noaman completed his cardiology training at Western Health in Victoria and is currently undertaking a PhD through the University of Melbourne investigating reperfusion injury aiming to reduce infarct size in STEMI via a randomised clinical trial and the role of coronary microcirculation in chest pain syndromes. He has a particular interest in interventional cardiology and acute coronary syndromes and has published in multiple peer-reviewed journals. He is the winner of the 2020 Geoff Mews Memorial Fellows’ Prize.

Dr Selkrig is an imaging cardiologist with an interest in valvular heart diseases and echocardiography. She completed her cardiology training at Alfred Health and received multiple awards including the AMA academic achievement award and the Alfred Health Integrity Award. She continues to work at the Alfred Hospital as well as serving regional Victoria in Gippsland.

Dr Fernando completed his studies at Monash University, Clayton with double honours (Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS Hons) and medical science (BMedSci Hons)). He completed his specialist Cardiology training at The Alfred Hospital, Bendigo and Ballarat Hospitals. He is currently undertaking a PhD at The Alfred Hospital, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute and Monash University investigating alternative pain relief for patients having heart attacks. He is the winner of the 2021 prestigious Ralph Reader Research Prize.

Dr Rashid is a cardiologist at Monash Health with a particular interest in interventional cardiology. He recently completed his cardiology training primarily through Monash Health and was recently awarded the RACP Trainee of the Year Award (2020). He is completing a PhD on CT-defined leaflet thrombosis following TAVI. He has multiple peer-reviewed articles and research awards, notably the CSANZ Registrar Research Prize (2019), TCT Asia Pacific Best Abstract Award (2016/2018) and Monash Health Clinical Research Award (2017).

Dr Ngu is an Imaging Cardiologist who specialises in cardiac imaging and general cardiology. He completed his medical degree with Honours at Monash University in 2007, undertook his residency and cardiology training at the Alfred and Monash hospitals, and completed his cardiac imaging fellowship at the Alfred Hospital in 2017. Phillip’s passion is in using multi-modality imaging to better understand cardiac disease and improve patient outcomes. His particular imaging interests are in echocardiography (resting, stress and transoesophageal), CT coronary angiography and cardiac MRI.

Rahul is an academic cardiologist undertaking a PhD at the Victorian Heart Hospital investigating the cardiovascular health of stroke survivors supported by scholarship from the National Heart Foundation and the NHMRC. He is passionate about arrhythmia, imaging and technology. He has completed a research fellowship in electrophysiology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and hopes to return overseas shortly for further electrophysiology training.

Alfred Health

Dr Sutherland completed his medical studies at the University of Melbourne graduating with distinction (MD Distinction). He completed his specialist cardiology training at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Monash Heart and Northern Health. He is currently undertaking a fellowship in multimodality cardiac imaging prior to a fellowship in advanced heart failure, heart transplantation and ventricular assist devices at Alfred Health. He has published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at local and international conferences.

Victorian Heart Hospital

Dr Alexander Dashwood is a cardiologist trained in advanced heart failure and transplantation. Previously a consultant at The Prince Charles Hospital heart failure unit. He has special interests in arrhythmogenesis and is now completing an electrophysiology fellowship at the Victorian Heart Hospital and a PhD researching mechanisms of arrhythmogenesis of the failing heart with the University of Queensland. Dr Dashwood He has a passion for education and is a current member of the CSANZ education committee. He is a cofounder of the charitable organisation: Association of Queensland Advanced Trainees in Cardiology providing ongoing education for the next generation of cardiologists.

Victorian Heart Hospital

Dr Joseph O’Brien is a General Cardiologist and Interventional Cardiology Fellow living in Melbourne, currently working at the Victorian Heart Hospital (Monash Health Heart). He completed his internship in Bendigo, a regional Victorian centre, and his Basic Physician Training across St Vincent’s and Austin Health. Prior to commencing Cardiology, he underwent a specialist fellowship in Pulmonary Hypertension. His Cardiology Advanced Training was fulfilled through Eastern, Austin, and Barwon Health networks.

Joe is the co-author of ‘The Junior Doctor Survival Guide’ with Dr Paul Watson, a medical textbook they wrote whilst working as residents. In addition to publishing a textbook, he has authored multiple peer-reviewed articles and abstracts in prestigious national and overseas journals, and presented his work in an international forum. He is passionate about teaching and the issue of safe practice for junior doctors and has an Adjunct Lecturer role with Monash University. Joe graduated with an MBBS and BMedSc(Hons) from Monash University through their inaugural Extended Rural Cohort program, and has a Graduate Certificate in Health Professional Education from the University of Melbourne.

Joe’s areas of special interest include acute coronary syndrome, chest pain, and coronary microvascular dysfunction, pulmonary hypertension, and atrial fibrillation. Away from the hospital, Joe enjoys traveling widely and does his best to squeeze in at least one or two SCUBA dives per year.

Victorian Heart Hospital

Dr. David Jin is a Cardiologist specializing in Non-Invasive Cardiac Imaging, currently pursuing a fellowship at the Victorian Heart Hospital. After graduating from the University of Melbourne in 2014, he completed his Physicians training at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, before Cardiology training at the Royal Hobart, Eastern Health, and Monash Health.
During his training, Dr. Jin actively contributed to hospital guidelines, published in peer-reviewed journals, and presented his research at local and international conferences. He has a particular interest in preventative cardiology, with an aim to pursue a second fellowship overseas.

Victorian Heart Hospital

Dr Liam Toner is a General Cardiologist and Non-Invasive Imaging Specialist, currently undertaking a fellowship at the Victorian Heart Hospital. He has completed a Doctor of Medicine at the University of Melbourne (graduating with distinction in 2015) and has completed physician training at Austin Health as well as cardiology advanced training at the Austin, Alfred and Peninsula Health networks. Dr Toner has published research manuscripts in a variety of Australian and International peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and international conferences.