Sites Accredited for Advanced Training

by the Specialty Training Committee in Cardiology

(updated August 2015)
Adult Medicine
Hospital

State

Head of
Department

Accredited
to

No. Trainees
at Site

Max. Time Accredited as

Core Training (months)

Comments

Canberra Hospital

ACT

Dr Ren Tan

2015

36

Includes core rotation to Calvary

Hospital

Auburn Hospital

NSW

A/Prof Richard Haber

2016

Blacktown/Mount Druitt
Hospital

NSW

Prof Robert Denniss

2020

36

Canterbury Hospital

NSW

Dr Thomas Yeoh

2020

Core rotation from Concord Repatriation

General Hospital

Bankstown-Lidcombe
Hospital

NSW

Dr Edmund Hashe

2015

Core rotation from Royal Prince Alfred

Hospital & St Vincents Hospital (NSW)

Campbelltown Hospital

NSW

Dr Upul
Premawardhana

2016

Core rotation from Liverpool Hospital

Concord Repatriation
General Hospital

NSW

Prof Len Kritharides

2018

36

Advanced trainees rotate to Royal

Prince Alfred Hospital for cardiac
surgery experience

Gosford Hospital

NSW

Dr Maged William

2017

36

Includes rotation to St Vincents

Hospital and Wyong Hospital.

John Hunter Hospital

NSW

Dr James Leitch

2018

36

Includes core rotation to Tamworth

Rural Referral Hospital

Lismore Base Hospital

NSW

Dr Adam Blenkhorn

2020

Liverpool Hospital

NSW

A/Prof Craig Juergens

2020

36

Core rotation from Westmead Hospital

Core rotation from Gold Coast

University Hospital
Includes core rotation to Campbelltown

Hospital

State

Head of
Department

Accredited
to

No. Trainees
at Site

Max. Time Accredited as

Core Training (months)

Comments
Hospital

Nepean Hospital

NSW

Dr David Coulshed

2018

36

Orange Base Hospital

NSW

Dr David Amos

2015

12

Remainder of core training must be

completed at Royal Prince Alfred
Hospital

Prince of Wales
Hospital

NSW

Dr Greg Cranney

2017

36

Incudes core rotations to Port

Macquarie Base Hospital, St George
Hospital and Sutherland Hospital.

Port Macquarie Base

Hospital

NSW

Dr Chris Alexopoulos

2020

Royal North Shore

Hospital

NSW

Dr Greg Nelson

2020

36

Royal Prince Alfred

Hospital

NSW

Dr Mark Adams

2015

36

Includes core rotation to BankstownLidcombe Hospital.

St George Hospital

NSW

Dr Mark Sader

2016

36

Includes core rotations to Port

Macquarie Base Hospital, Prince of
Wales Hospital and Sutherland
Hospital.

St Vincents Hospital

NSW

Prof Michael Feneley

2015

36

Includes core rotations to Bankstown

Hospital, Wagga Wagga Base Hospital
and Wyong Hospital

Sutherland Hospital

NSW

Dr Mark Pitney

2020

12

Includes core rotations to Port

Macquarie Base Hospital, Prince of
Wales Hospital and St George Hospital.

Tamworth Rural
Referral Hospital

NSW

Dr Alex Levendel

2017

Core rotation from John Hunter Hospital

Wagga Wagga Base

Hospital

NSW

A/Prof Gerard Carroll

2015

Core rotation from St Vincent's Hospital

(NSW)

Incudes core rotations to Prince of

Wales Hospital, St George Hospital and
Sutherland Hospital.

Hospital

State

Head of
Department

Accredited
to

No. Trainees
at Site

Max. Time Accredited as

Core Training (months)

Comments

Westmead Hospital

NSW

Prof Robert Denniss

2017

36

Includes ongoing weekly rotations (2.5

days) to Auburn Hospital for 2 years.

Wollongong Hospital

NSW

A/Prof Astin Lee

2017

36

Wyong Hospital

NSW

Dr Maged William

2016

Gold Coast University

Hospital (Southport)

QLD

Prof Rohan
Jayasinghe

2017

36

Logan Hospital

QLD

Dr Prasad Challa

2016

Core rotation from Princess Alexandra

Hospital

Mackay Base Hospital

QLD

Dr Michael Zhang

2017

Core rotation from The Prince Charles

Hospital

Mater Public Hospital

(Brisbane)

QLD

Dr Przemyslaw Palka

2015

Core rotation from Princess Alexandra

Hospital.

Nambour General
Hospital

QLD

Dr Rohan Poulter

2020

12

Core rotation from Princess Alexandra

Hospital and Royal Brisbane and
Womens Hospital.

Prince Charles Hospital

QLD

Prof Darren Walters

2017

36

Includes core rotations to Nambour

Hospital, Royal Brisbane and Womens
Hospital, Gold Coast University Hospital
and Mackay Base Hospital.

Princess Alexandra
Hospital

QLD

Dr Paul Garrahy

2017

36

Includes core rotations to Mater Adult

Hospital and Nambour Hospital.

Royal Brisbane &

Women's Hospital

QLD

Dr John Atherton

2020

36

Includes core rotation to Nambour

General Hospita.

Townsville Hospital

QLD

Dr Raibhan Yadav

2015

24

Royal Darwin Hospital

NT

Dr Marcus Ilton

3 month Core rotation from St Vincents

Hospital and 3 months Core rotation
from Gosford.
Includes core rotations to Robina
Hospital and Lismore Base Hospital.

Core rotation from Flinders Medical

Centre

Hospital

State

Head of
Department

Accredited
to

No. Trainees
at Site

Max. Time Accredited as

Core Training (months)

Comments

Lyell McEwin Health

Service

SA

Dr Margaret Arstall

2017

12

Core rotation from the Queen Elizabeth

Hospital. Trainees may also rotate to
Flinders Medical Centre for 3 months

Ashford Heart Centre

(STP)

SA

Dr Bronte Ayres

2015

Core rotation from the Queen Elizabeth

Hospital

Flinders Medical Centre

SA

Prof Derek Chew

2017

36

Includes core rotation to Royal Darwin

Hospital and Repatriation General
Hospital

Repatriation General
Hospital

SA

Dr Andrew Russell

2015

Royal Adelaide Hospital

SA

Dr Peter Steele

2019

36

Queen Elizabeth
Hospital

SA

Prof John Horowitz

2017

36

Includes core rotation to Lyell McEwin

Health Service and Ashford Hearth
Centre

Launceston General
Hospital

TAS

Dr Brian Herman

2020

36

Includes core rotations to Royal Hobart

Hospital and Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Royal Hobart Hospital

TAS

Dr Paul MacIntyre

2020

36

Includes core rotation to Royal

Melbourne Hospital.

Alfred Hospital

VIC

Prof Anthony Dart

2018

36

Includes core rotation to Frankston

Hospital and Mildura Base Hospital

Austin Health

VIC

A/Prof Omar Farouque

2017

36

Includes three month rotation to

Bendigo Base Hospital

Ballarat Health Services

VIC

Dr Ernesto Oqueli
Flores

2015

Core rotation from Geelong Hospital

Bendigo Base Hospital

VIC

Dr Voltaire Nadurata

2016

Core rotation from Austin Health

Box Hill Hospital

VIC

A/Prof Gishel New

2018

36

Dandenong Hospital

VIC

2018

Core rotation from Flinders Medical

Centre

See MonashHeart, Monash Medical

Hospital

State

Head of
Department

Accredited
to

No. Trainees
at Site

Max. Time Accredited as

Core Training (months)

Comments
Centre

Frankston Hospital

VIC

Dr Geoff Toogood

2017

Core rotation from the Alfred Hospital

and St. Vincents Hospital

Mildura Base
Hospital/Mildura
Cardiology

VIC

Dr Alan Soward

2020

Core rotation from The Alfred Hospital

MonashHeart, Monash
Medical Centre

VIC

Prof Ian Meredith

2018

36

Includes 10 week rotation to

Dandenong

The Northern Hospital

VIC

Dr William van Gaal

2020

12

Core rotation from Austin Health

Royal Melbourne
Hospital

VIC

Dr Leanne Grigg

2017

36

Includes

St Vincent's Hospital

VIC

A/Prof Andrew
MacIsaac

2017

36

Includes core rotation to St Vincents

Private and Frankston Hospital

St Vincents & Mercy

Private

VIC

Dr George Leitl

Core rotation from St Vincents Hospital

University Hospital
Geelong

VIC

Dr Chin Hiew

2020

36

Includes core rotation to Ballarat Health

Services.

Western Health

VIC

A/Prof Nicholas Cox

2015

36

Fiona Stanley Hospital

WA

Dr James Rankin

2015

TBC

TBC

Fremantle Hospital

WA

Dr Geoff Lane

2018

36

Hollywood Private
Hospital

WA

Core rotation from Royal Perth Hospital

Royal Perth Hospital

WA

Prof Graham Hillis

2020

36

Includes core rotation to Fiona Stanley

Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner
Hospital in the second year of training.

Sir Charles Gairdner

WA

Dr Philip Cooke

2017

36

Includes core rotation to Fiona Stanley

Hospital

State

Head of
Department

Accredited
to

No. Trainees
at Site

Max. Time Accredited as

Core Training (months)

Comments

Hospital

Hospital and Royal Perth Hospital.

Paediatric Medicine
Hospital

State

Head of
Department

Accredited
to

No. Trainees
at Site

Max. Time Accredited as

Core Training (months)

Sydney Children's
Hospital

NSW

Dr Christoph
Camphausen

2015

The Children's Hospital

at Westmead

NSW

Dr Gary Sholler

2015

36

Lady Cilento Childrens

Hospital

QLD

Dr Robert Justo

2015

36

Women and Children's

Hospital

SA

Dr Gavin Wheaton

2015

18

Princess Margaret
Hospital

WA

Dr James Ramsay

2015

24

Monash Childrens
Hospital

VIC

Dr Sarah Hope

2018

12

Royal Childrens
Hospital

VIC

Dr Michael Cheung

2017

36

Starship Children's
Hospital

NZ

Dr Thomas Gentles

2020

36

Comments
Includes core rotation to The Childrens
Hospital at Westmead
Includes core rotation to Sydney
Childrens Hospital

For further details, please contact the Education Officer to the STC in Cardiology by email: Cardiology@racp.edu.au