Doctors
Dr Jayesh Gohil
MBBS MD FRACP FCSANZ
Consultant Cardiologist and Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Dr Gohil has been trained in the area of invasive as well as non-invasive cardiology at the very busy cardiology Departments of Liverpool and John Hunter hospitals, NSW, Australia. He has been a practising cardiologist in the Illawarra area for more than 6 years both in the public and in private hospitals. His previous rooms prior to moving into the Wollongong Medical Specialists were at South Coast Cardiology 23 Urunga Parade, Wollongong. He holds a Staff Specialist position at the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD). He has admitting rights at the Wollongong hospital, Shellharbour hospital, Wollongong Private and Sydney South West Private hospitals. Dr Gohil is the first practising Electrophysiologist in the Illawarra area. He has gained his wide ranging experience by working in different countries such as India, New Zealand and Australia. His special interests include device implantation including loop recorder, pacemakers, defibrillators (ICD) and biventricular pacemakers for heart failure patients. Dr Gohil performs electrophysiology (EPS) studies and ablations. He also consults patients on other general cardiac conditions such as chest pain, shortness of breath, heart failure, syncope, cardiac risk stratification.
Dr John Ramachandran
MBBS FRACP
Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Ramachandran completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Western Sydney, before undertaking basic physician’s training and cardiology advanced training at Liverpool hospital. John has a keen interest in all aspects of general cardiology including the investigation and treatment of chest pain, palpitations, shortness of breath, heart failure, atrial fibrillation and primary prevention. His subspecialty interests involve complex valvular pathology and congenital cardiology and is currently undertaking a Masters of Philosophy in congenital cardiology with a focus on cardiac MRI. He has a strong commitment to teaching and is actively involved in the mentoring of medical students, basic physician trainees and advanced trainees in cardiology. Dr Ramachandran is a consultant cardiologist who takes pride in delivering individualised, patient care utilising the latest in diagnostic and evidence based treatments.
Dr Victor Joseph
MBBS MD FRACP
Consultant Cardiologist
Victor completed cardiology training in Sri Lanka and was a board-certified cardiologist in Sri Lanka. He undertook Interventional fellowship for 2 years at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Sydney. After his fellowship worked as Cardiology CMO at Coffs Harbor health Campus in Mid North coast of New South Wales for 10 years. Subsequently trained as a senior registrar in Cardiology at Campbelltown hospital to gain further skills. Currently working as a staff specialist in the Department of Medicine at Campbelltown hospital. Victor has gained extensive knowledge in the field of internal medicine and cardiology in the last 20 years in Sri Lanka and in Australia. Victor has a keen interest in general cardiology with special interest in chest pain management and coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, arrhythmias & management of heart failure. He believes in holistic approach to cardiac issues with patient centered approach. Victor is very committed to deliver the latest diagnostic and evidence-based
treatment to all his patients.
Dr Shweta Sahay
MBBS MD FRACP
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Dr. Sahay is well-versed in all aspects of Intervention Cardiology including primary & complex PCIs (ostial, bifurcation, left main, graft PCI, CTO), Intervention imaging (OCT, IVUS, synchronised IVUS), physiological procedures (FFR, iFR, CFR), structural heart disease (ASD/PFO closure, LAA closure, TAVI, Mitraclip), peripheral interventions (renal angioplasty, renal denervation, IABP, EVAR) as well as Cardiac MRI. Dr. Sahay will do regular consultations in the clinic at and will be providing services including ECG, echocardiography, exercise stress test, Holter monitoring, Ambulatory Blood Pressure monitoring. Dr Sahay is fluent in English, Hindi & Marathi
Dr Amit Michael
MBBS,MD,FRACP,FCSANZ
Staff Specialist Cardiology
Interventional Cardiologist North Canberra Hospital
Coronary & Structural Heart Interventions
Dr Michael is a very experienced cardiologist who completed his medical training at the prestigious Christian Medical College in India followed by cardiology training at the Waikato Hospital in New Zealand and the Royal Adelaide Hospital. He furthered his skills by pursuing interventional cardiology fellowship at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. He then completed another year of structural heart interventional fellowship at the world class Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto. His expertise include general cardiology, cardiac imaging, coronary angiograms, percutaneous interventions including complex coronary interventions. The structural interventions performed by Dr Michael include Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), Valve in valve implantations, Valve in ring implantations, Mitraclips, Triclips,Transcatheter mitral valve replacements, balloon mitral valvuloplasty, paravalvular leak closures, PFO/ ASD closures, left atrial appendage closures. He is accredited as a Visiting Medical Officer at the Macquarie University Hospital where he performs all cardiac interventions.
Dr Tien Chu
MBBS FRACP
Consultant Geriatrician
Dr Tien Chu is a consultant Geriatrician and staff Specialist at Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District(ISLHD) and Wollongong and Shellharbour Hospitals.
Dr Ajay Prabhu Purushottam
Consultant Nephrologist
Dr Purushottam specialises in Nephrology and has joined the team at Wollongong Medical Specialists. He also work as a Consultant Nephrologist at the Wollongong Hospital and is also a General Physician as well as Head of Department for General Medicine at Shellharbour Public Hospital.
He manages patients with;
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Glomerulonephritis
- End Stage Kidney Disease on dialysis or conservative management Kidney transplants
- Hypertension of pregnancy / preeclampsia
Dr Purushottam also has a special interest in;
- Resistant hypertension
- Vasculitis
- Auto immune disease