Assoc. Prof. Margaret Arstall
Cardiologist
Qualification
M.B.B.S, Ph.D., F.R.A.C.P., F.C.S.A.N.Z
Practice Location
- Northern Cardiology and Specialists Clinic
- Port Pirie GP Plus Health Care Centre [50 Gertrude Street, Port Pirie]
Specialist Biography
A/Prof Margaret Arstall has been a cardiologist at Northern Cardiology and Specialists Clinic since 1992. She has an interest in adult general cardiology with special expertise in implanting and managing cardiac devices, heart failure, ischaemic heart disease and obstetric cardiology.
Her academic training includes medical studies and PhD with the University of Adelaide. She trained as a cardiologist at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. As a Heart Foundation Ralph Reader Overseas Research Fellow (1996-1999), an RACP, JJ Billings Overseas Research Scholar (1996) and Thomas W Smith Research Scholar (1997), she was able to continue post-doctoral research at Harvard University before returning to TQEH in Adelaide as a cardiologist and clinical academic. She then accepted the role of Director of Cardiology at NALHN in 2007 and continues in the role currently.
A/Prof Margaret Arstall has research interests in how cardiac disease interplays with pregnancy both at the time of pregnancy and the ongoing cardiovascular risk for women who develop a pregnancy complication such as hypertension, preeclampsia, or gestational diabetes. She also advocates for the research and quality assurance value of setting up and maintaining high quality registries of patients with cardiac issues, such as cardiac problems in pregnancy, out of hospital cardiac arrest, infective endocarditis and is on the steering committee for the Coronary Angiogram Database of SA (CADOSA).
Throughout her career A/Prof Margaret Arstall has strived to offer world best cardiac care for Northern Adelaide and rural South Australia.
Dr. Gnanadevan Mahadavan
Imaging Cardiologist
Qualification
M.B.B.S, F.R.A.C.P., F.C.S.A.N.Z., F.E.S.C., Ph.D.
Practice Location
- Northern Cardiology and Specialists Clinic
Specialist Biography
Dr Devan Mahadavan is an imaging cardiologist with a clinical and research interest in heart failure and valvular heart disease. He specialises in all forms of cardiac imaging and is active in developing advanced imaging technologies.
Dr Devan Mahadavan graduated in 1997 from Flinders University. He subsequently completed his clinical cardiology training at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in 2005 and then spent three years in the United Kingdom and Brisbane completing his postgraduate and fellowship training in cardiac imaging which includes all forms of echocardiography, cardiac MRI and cardiac CT. He has level 3 accreditation for both echocardiography and cardiac MRI and level A accreditation for Cardiac CT.
Since 2009, he has been working as a Staff Specialist Cardiologist and also heading cardiac imaging at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital/Lyell McEwin Hospital. He also works at the new Royal Adelaide Hospital as an imaging Cardiologist. In 2015, he was accepted as a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology.
His research interests are predominantly in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, the focus of his doctoral thesis. He also has a strong interest in valvular heart disease with publications in peer -reviewed journals, as well as being an invited speaker in national and international meetings in his areas of interest. His major focus is to implement advanced imaging technologies into his daily practice, as well as provide dedicated individualised care for his patients.
Dr. Kumaril Mishra
Interventional Cardiologist
Qualification
MBBS, MD, MRCP(UK), FRACP(Card)
Practice Location
- Northern Cardiology and Specialists Clinic
- Port Pirie Hospital [The Terrace Clinic & Alexander Street, Port Pirie]
- Kapunda Hospital
Specialist Biography
Dr Kumaril Mishra is one of the directors at Northern Cardiology.
He is an interventional Cardiologist who also works as a staff specialist in Cardiology at Lyell McEwin hospital (since 2005).
Dr Mishra trained in Cardiology at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Flinders Medical Centre. He consults at Northern Cardiology, Port Pirie Hospital and Kapunda Hospitals. His interests are Clinical Cardiology including Valvular Heart Disease, Coronary artery disease and coronary intervention, and Heart Failure.