Worldwide Atrial Fibrillation Specialists
Clinicians have kindly given permission for their details to be added to the AFA database. This is not an exhaustive list, and AFA cannot verify any of the names included on the list. All referrals to a specialist must be through your own GP.
If you are a clinician with an interest in AF and would like to have your name included on the database, please contact info@atrial-fibrillation.org.uk
A ♥ symbol indicates the specialist carries out ablation procedures
| Location | First Name | Surname | Title | Area of interest | Medical Centre |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARGENTINA (Buenos Aires) |
Jorge | Gonzalez-Zuelgaray | Dr | Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Marcelo T. de Alvear |
| ARGENTINA (Buenos Aires) | Gustavo Fabian | Maid ♥ | Dr | Cardiac electroohysilogy, heart rhythm disorders including AF and ablation therapies RF/pacemakers/CRT forma heart failure/ICD/syncope | Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires |
| AUSTRALIA (QLD) Brisbane |
Gerry | Kaye | Associate Professor |
Interventional electrophysiology, ablation, devices ICDs and pacemakers | Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD |
| AUSTRALIA (QLD) Brisbane |
John | Hayes | Dr | Cardiac EP and Heart rhythm disorders including AF and ablation therapies, Pacemakers, Defibrillators (ICD) and CRT for Heart Failure. Fellow Heart Rhythm Society (FHRS) | St Andrew's Hospital, Brisbane |
| AUSTRALIA (QLD) |
Hugh | McAlister | Dr | Electrophysiologist and Cardiologist | Townsville Cardiovascular Associates |
| AUSTRALIA (NSW) |
Ben | Freedman | Professor | General Cardiology, anti thrombotic management, anti-arrhythmic management | Concord Hospital NSW |
| AUSTRALIA (Bedford Park - SA) |
William | Heddle | Dr | Cardiac Electrophysiology, adult arrhythmia management | Flinders Medical Centre |
| AUSTRALIA (Brisbane - Wooloongabba) |
John | Hall | Dr | Cardiac Electrophysiology Heart rhythm disorders including AF and ablation therapies RF /Cryo/pacemakers/CRT for Heart Failure/ICD/Syncope 16+ yrs experience | |
| AUSTRALIA (Melbourne) |
Peter | Kistler | Dr | The Alfred Hospital | |
| AUSTRALIA (NSW) |
Marios | Savvides | Dr | Clinical Cardiology | Marrickville |
| AUSTRALIA (Newcastle NSW) |
Christopher | Levi | Professor | Stroke and clinical research | Dept of Neurology, John Hunter Hospital |
| AUSTRALIA (Nedland WA) |
Michael | Davis | Dr | Cardiac rhythm disturbances, Electrophysiology and Pacing | Hollywood Private Hospital |
| AUSTRALIA (Perth) |
Andrei | Catachin | Dr | AF ablation / drugs / research and warfarin alternatives | Royal Perth Hospital, Hollywood Private Hospital |
| AUSTRALIA (Perth) |
Graeme | Hankey | Professor | Neurology and stroke | Royal Perth Hospital |
| AUSTRALIA (Perth) |
Vincent | Paul ♥ | Dr | Cardiology and all areas of arrhythmias | Royal Perth Hospital |
| AUSTRALIA (St Leonards, NSW) |
David | Whalley | Dr | Cardiac Electrophysiologist |
North Shore Private Hospital, St Leonards |
| AUSTRALIA (Grennsborough, VIC) |
Brian | Chambers | Associate Professor |
Management of stroke and atrial fibrillation | Diamond Valley Specialist Centre |
| AUSTRALIA (Heidelberg VICTORIA) |
David | O'Donnell | Dr | AF ablation | Warringal Private Hospital |
| AUSTRALIA (Clayton VICTORIA) |
Emily | Kotschet | Dr | AF management and AF ablation | Monash Medical Centre |
| AUSTRALIA (South Australia) |
Andrew | McGavigan | Professor | Cardiology and Electrophysiology | Cardiology and Electrophysiology Bedford Park |
| AUSTRALIA (South Australia) |
Glenn | Young | Professor | Cardiac Arrhythmias and Cardiac Device Implantation | Calvary Wakefield Hospital, Adelaide |
| AUSTRALIA (Western Australia) |
Andrew | Liu ♥ | Dr | Cardiac Electrophysiology / Ablation of AF. Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing. Helped establish the catheter ablation programmes at Fremantle Hospital and St. John of God Hospital, Murdoch | Fremantle Hospital |
| AUSTRALIA (Western Australia) |
Paul | Stobie ♥ | Dr | Cardiac Electrophysiology, atrial fibrillation and an interest in catheter ablation | St John of God Hospital, Subiaco |
| AUSTRALIA (Western Australia) |
Shakeeb | Razak | Dr | Pharmacotherapy and ablation of atrial fibrillation | Joondalup Specialist Centre, Joondalup |
| AUSTRALIA (Winthrop) |
Joseph | Hung | Dr | Special interest in AF, arrhythmias, Antithrombotic therapy, Heart Failure, Imaging. | Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital |
| COSTA RICA (Central America) | Vivien | Araya ♥ | MD, FHRS | Cardiac Electrophysiologist | Centro cardiológico Integral, San José |
| EGYPT (Cario) |
Gamal | Shaban ♥ | Professor | Director of Heart Rhythm Egypt & Chair / member of international heart rhythm groups - specialist area, AF | Saridar Medical Tower |
| Ecuador | Freddy | Pow Chon Long | Dr | Heart Failure | Avenida San Jorge |
| IRAN (Tehran) |
Masoud | Eslami | Professor | Cardiology | Tehran University of Medical Services |
| IRAN (Tehran) |
Zahra | Emkanjoo | Professor | Cardiac Electrophysiology | Rajaei Heart Centre |
| MACEDONIA | Lidija | Poposka | Assistant Professor | Cardiology | Clinic of Cardiology, Vodnjanska, 17 1000 Skopje Republic of Macedonia 1000 |
|
MEXICO (Puerta de Hierro) |
Humberto | Alvarez | Dr | Cardiology | Hospital Puerta de Hierro |
| MEXICO (Tijuana) | Arturo | Guerra-Lopez | Dr | Cardiology | Tijuana Baja California |
| NEW ZEALAND (Hamilton) | Martin | Stiles ♥ | Dr | Electrophysiology and atrial fibrillation ablation | Waikato Hospital (public) and Braemar Hospital (private) in Hamilton, NZ |
| NORTHERN IRELAND (Co. Tyrone) |
Donna | Keenan | Sister | Atrial Fibrillation | Tyrone County Hospital |
| RUSSIA | Nikita | Lomakin | Dr | Atrial Fibrillation | Central Clinical Hospital of the Presidential Department of Russian Federation |
| SERBIA (Belgrade) | Velibor | Ristic | Dr | EP with an interest in AF, has experience in RF ablation of AF (PVI) with CARTO system. | Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute |
| VENEZUELA (Sao Paulo) | Maria | Macuare | Dr | Clinical and Interventional Electrophysiology and Artificial Cardiac Stimulation | Heart Hospital of Sao Paulo-Brazil & Cardiology Institute Dante Pazzanese |