Interventional Cardiology

Educated Professionals

Interventional Cardiology on the Gold Coast

Our Doctors


Dr Michael Greenwood

MBBS, FRACP

INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGIST

Specialising in Interventional Cardiology, Dr Michael Greenwood obtained his medical degree from the University of Queensland and then furthered his studies at Victoria Hospital on Vancouver Island, Canada, for his interventional training.  Dr Greenwood has extensive experience in general and interventional cardiology and performs coronary angiography, angioplasty and stenting as well as transoesophageal echocardiograms and other non-invasive cardiac investigations.


Dr Greenwood provides inpatient and outpatient consultation services at our Southport (Gold Coast Private) and Benowa (Pindara Private) rooms. Inpatients at all three hospitals are visited on a daily basis. Weekend and Holiday cover is provided by other members of the Gold Coast Heart Centre, providing a 24 hour / 365 day per year service.


To book an appointment for Dr Greenwood please phone 07 5618 5508.




Dr Vijay Kapadia

MBBS, FRACP

GENERAL & INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGIST

Dr Vijay Kapadia has been a practicing Cardiologist on the Gold Coast for over 25 years. He sees inpatients at the Gold Coast Private Hospital and Pindara Private Hospital. He is in private practice at Gold Coast Heart Centre. He is also a visiting general and interventional cardiologist at the Gold Coast University Hospital.


Dr Kapadia completed his specialty cardiology training at the Wellington Hospital and Green Lane Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand. He was an interventional cardiology fellow in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.


He has a special interest in all aspects of cardiology including clinical assessment, diagnostic imaging, pacing, paediatric cardiology and intervention. He regularly performs coronary angiography, angioplasty and pacemaker implantation.


He is actively involved in ongoing education and founded the Gold Coast Clinical Cardiology meetings which have been running monthly for over 21 years. He maintains a close teaching association with medical students and registrars.


Dr Kapadia has a strong interest in global health and is committed to improving cardiac care in Fiji. He has been the screening cardiologist of the Sydney Adventist Hospital’s Operation Open Heart Team for Fiji for patients with Rheumatic Heart Disease.


He established the South Pacific’s first tertiary cardiac unit with its cardiac catheter laboratory at the CWM Hospital in the capital, Suva where he is a visiting cardiologist. He is working towards making this a national and regional cardiac centre.


Dr Kapadia provides inpatient and outpatient consultation services weekly at our Southport (Gold Coast Private) and Benowa (Pindara Private) rooms. Inpatients at all three hospitals are visited on a daily basis. Weekend and Holiday cover is provided by other members of the Gold Coast Heart Centre, providing a 24 hour / 365 day per year service.


To book an appointment for Dr Kapadia please phone 07 5510 2501.

Areas of Expertise


  • Pacemaker Implantation
  • Coronary Angiography & Angioplasty

 


Dr Tony Lai

MBBS, FRACP, FCANZ

CONSULTANT & INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGIST

Dr Tony Lai is a Consultant and Interventional Cardiologist with a special interest in the diagnosis and management of coronary artery disease, arrhythmias, heart failure, and valvular heart disease. He also specialises in non-invasive diagnostic cardiac investigations including transthoracic echocardiography, transoesophageal echocardiography and cardiac CT angiography.


Dr Lai completed his medical degree at the University of Queensland and further cardiology training across Queensland at The Prince Charles Hospital, Townsville Hospital and Gold Coast Hospital. He continued to further his experience at the McMaster University in Canada completing a two-year intensive fellowship focused on interventional cardiology and cardiac CT angiography.


He is an accredited transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) operator and is experienced in complex coronary intervention.

Dr Lai has contributed his knowledge and expertise to multiple research publications and is actively involved in teaching medical students.


Dr Lai visits inpatients at the Gold Coast Private Hospital, Pindara Private Hospital, and John Flynn Private Hospital. He joined Gold Coast Heart Centre in 2012 and sees patients at the Tugun, Southport and Hope Island practices.  Weekend and Holiday cover is provided by other members of the Gold Coast Heart Centre, providing a 24 hour / 365 day per year service.


He is committed to providing the highest cardiology expertise and is a multilingual medical practitioner fluent in English, Chinese Mandarin and Taiwanese.


To book an appointment for Dr Lai please phone 07 5586 5305.

Specialises In:
  • Ischaemic Heart Disease
  • Chest Pain Assessment
  • Arrhythmia
  • Valvular Heart Disease
  • Heart Failure
  • Preoperative Cardiac Assessment
Invasive Cardiac Procedures:
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Intervention
  • PFO Closure
  • Right Heart Study
  • Percutaneous Aortic Balloon Valvuloplasty
Cardiac Investigations:
  • Cardiac CT Angiography
  • Echocardiography
  • Stress Echocardiography
  • Transoesophageal Echocardiography
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