Our Doctors
Dr Adam BlenkhornBSc Hon1 MBBS Hon FRACP
General Cardiologist Dr Adam Blenkhorn is a general cardiologist. He trained at St Vincent's Hospital and Royal Prince Alfred Hospitals in Sydney, NSW, Australia. He has been working in the Lismore area since 2001.
Current positions Director Northern Rivers Cardiovascular Clinic (NRCC) Visiting Medical Officer Lismore Base Hospital since 2001 Former Director of Physician Education Lismore Base Hospital Special Interests Stress echocardiography Pulmonary Hypertension Physician Education Cardiology Clinical Trials Dr Jawad Mazhar
FRACP Interventional Cardiologist Dr Jawad Mazher is a highly qualified interventional cardiologist working at Lismore Base Hospital. He is completing his PHD in cardiac MRI at Royal North Shore Hospital. Current positions General Cardiologist @ NRCC Interventional Cardiologist Staff Specialist @ Lismore Base Hospital Special Interests Interventional and General Cardiology Cardiac MRI |
Dr Ashok GangasandraFRACP
Interventional Cardiologist Dr Ashok Gangasandra is an Interventional cardiologist trained in Canada. He completed his physician training in 2001 in India and then moved to UK in 2004. He gained valuable experience in Cardiff, Wales and Scotland. He moved to Australia in 2006 and completed internal medicine at Westmead Hospital, Sydney in 2008. Cardiology trainings was at Townsville and Gold Coast Hospitals finishing 2011. Interventional cardiology and CT coronary angiography was conducted at the esteemed McMaster University, Canada. He had excellent clinical training in complex coronary imaging and interventions and was actively involved in clinical research.
He is a well experienced cardiologist with an extensive general medicine background. His main area of expertise is in the management (both invasive and non-invasive strategies) of acute coronary syndromes (heart attacks). He performs coronary angiograms, angioplasties with and without stenting; complex coronary interventions; intra-coronary imaging with IVUS, OCT and FFR. Other areas of interest include CT coronary angiography, echocardiogram, cardiac monitoring and stress testing. Dr Gangasandra also has rooms at John Flynn Hospital providing both inpatient and outpatient services. Current positions General Cardiologist @ NRCC Interventional Cardiologist John Flynn Hospital Special Interests Interventional Cardiology CT Coronary Angiography |