Meet our medical team
At Alfred Health, our team of leading cardiologists and medical specialists provides expert care across every area of heart health. With a focus on advanced treatments, research, and personalised care, we work together to deliver the best outcomes for every patient.
Excellence in cardiac care starts with our people.
Associate Professor Hitesh Patel is a Deputy Director of Cardiology and Head (since 2024) of the statewide Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant unit at The Alfred in Melbourne.
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Associate Professor James Hare is Deputy Director and Head of Non-invasive Cardiology.
Associate Professor James Shaw is one of the Deputy Directors of Cardiology and the Head of Cardiology General (CAGE).
Professor Peter Kistler is a clinician cardiologist and electrophysiologist and an international leader in the treatment of heart rhythm disorders.
Associate Professor Justin Mariani is a consultant Cardiologist and interventional Heart Failure Specialist, and is Head of Pacing at The Alfred.
Professor Tony Walton is Deputy Director and Head of Catheter Laboratory in the Department of Cardiology.
Dion is an Interventional Cardiologist and clinician scientist specialising in coronary and structural heart intervention.
Associate Professor Ingrid Hopper is a consultant physician at Alfred Health.
Alex Voskoboinik is a Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist.
Dr William Chan is a consultant and interventional cardiologist at The Alfred.
Dr Rohit Samuel is an interventional cardiologist at The Alfred, specializing in complex coronary intervention and cardiac CT.
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Dr Shane Nanayakkara is an Interventional cardiologist at The Alfred, specialising in minimally invasive treatment of coronary and structural heart disease, with a research focus on the application of artificial intelligence in cardiology.
Dr Anthony is an advanced multi-modality cardiac imaging and general cardiologist with an interest in Structural Echocardiography, Cardiac MRI, Cardiac CT and Pericardial Disease.
Dr Gutman is a cardiologist at The Alfred specialising in heart failure, transplantation and non-invasive imaging (including cardiac MRI, cardiac CT and echocardiography).
Dr Hari Sugumar is a specialist cardiologist and electrophysiologist.
Dr Nay Htun is an interventional cardiologist, specialising in structural heart and complex coronary interventions at The Alfred.
Dr Caitlin Cheshire is a cardiologist specialising in heart failure, transplantation and non-invasive imaging.
Dr David Chieng is a consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist who specializes in the management of heart rhythm disturbances, including cardiac arrhythmia ablation (SVT, Atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, ventricular tachycardia) and cardiac device implantation (pacemaker, defibrillator, cardiac resynchronization therapy).
Dr Elizabeth Paratz is an academic cardiologist with subspecialty expertise in cardiac imaging, cardiomyopathies and sudden cardiac arrest.
Dr Jath Palasubramaniam is a cardiologist at The Alfred specializing in the management of ischaemic heart disease, valvular heart disease and hypertension.
Dr Kawa Haji is a consultant cardiologist specializing in coronary and valvular heart disease. His expertise spans heart disease risk assessment, coronary artery stenting, and advanced transcatheter valvular heart interventions.
Dr Leah Iles is a cardiologist with a particular interest in non-invasive cardiac imaging and patients with cardiomyopathy (heart failure).
Dr Samer Noaman is an interventional cardiologist with a subspecialty in advanced coronary and structural heart disease management.
Dr Trent Hartshorne is a heart transplant cardiologist and intensive care physician at the Alfred specialising in the diagnosis and management of patients with advanced heart failure and those requiring mechanical circulatory support.
Dr Yusuke Sata is a cardiologist with unique dual-specialist qualifications in Australia and Japan.
Pagen is the Deputy Chief Cardiac Physiologist in Cardiology at the Heart Centre.
Prof Anthony Dart is a cardiologist specialising in Lipid disorders.
Dr Hendrik Zimmet is a cardiologist in the Hypertension Clinic at The Alfred.
Dr Anna Beale is a Cardiologist and Pulmonary Hypertension & Heart Failure Specialist at the Alfred Hospital
Dr Su Ling Tee is a cardiologist subspecialising in advanced heart failure and adult congenital heart disease (ACHD).