Dr Brendan Gunalingam
MBBS , FRACP , FCSANZ , FSCAI
CardiologyGosford private hospital
Cardiology
Dr Brendan Gunalingam is an experienced Interventional Cardiologist with over 18 years experience in complex coronary interventional procedures, along with experience in structural heart interventions and certain peripheral interventions. He is also an International Proctor for LAA occlusion with the ‘Watchman’ device.
Techniques that he specialises in include:
He also holds Level B Accreditation as a CTCA Specialist, and is experienced in non-invasive cardiovascular evaluation including stress testing, transthoracic echocardiography and holter monitor evaluation.
Dr Gunalingam is widely published. His most recent research has included works on:
Dr Gunalingam has also published and presented at a range of International Scientific Meetings, and is the Principal Investigator for Clinical Trials in:
As well as being the Principal and Co-investigator for recent and currently active multi-centre cardiology trials at Gosford Hospital.
Dr Gunalingam attended The Sydney Grammar School in Sydney and completed his Higher School Certificate in 1986. His Undergraduate Medical Degree was with The University of Sydney and he graduated from there with a MBBS in 1993.
His basic Physician training was undertaken at The Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney. This was followed by Cardiology Advanced Training at St Vincent’s Hospital. Fellowship of The Royal Australasian College of Physicians was conferred in 2000 when he was admitted to Fellowship as a Cardiologist.
Post Graduate Interventional training was then undertaken at St Vincent’s Hospital for a year followed by a second year at The Eastern Heart Clinic, Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney. He then went overseas for further Interventional training and to also work as a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at The Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland.
Dr Gunalingam returned to Australia in 2002 and has been working as an Interventional Cardiologist in several hospitals since. He currently holds Public Hospital appointments at St Vincent’s Public Hospital, Gosford District Hospital and Wyong Hospital. He holds Private Hospital appointments at St Vincent’s Private Hospital and Gosford Private Hospital.
He is currently the Director of the Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory at Gosford Private Hospital. He is a Fellow of The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand and a Fellow of The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (USA).
23 Watt Street, Gosford NSW 2250