Our Cardiologists
Our Cardiologists are highly trained and have extensive experience from various public hospitals. Beside general cardiology training, they have received advanced cardiology training in their subspecialty. They have conducted numerous research and published in peer-review journals. They attend local and international meetings regularly to keep themself abreast with the cutting-edge technology and medical knowledge.
Dr. Fei Y. (David) Chong MBBS (MELB), M MED, ASCeXAM, MRCP(UK), FRACPDr Chong is a cardiologist with particular interest in clinical cardiology, stress testing, echocardiography, cardiovascular risk assessment, chest pain, valvular heart disease and heart failure.
Dr Chong was trained at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He completed his training in internal medicine in Singapore and Australia. He obtained the Master of Medicine and was admitted as a member of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (MRCP) in 2006. His specialty Cardiology training was undertaken at the Western Hospital in Victoria. Dr Chong completed his advanced cardiology fellowship in echocardiography at the Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia and has expertise in advanced echocardiography which includes stress echocardiography, contrast echocardiography, 3D echocardiography and transoesophageal echocardiography. He has been attested by the National Board of Echocardiography (NBE, North America) to have successfully completed the examination of special competence in adult echocardiography. He also completed level 2 training in CT coronary angiography from the UCLA-Harbor Medical Centre, California in USA. He was admitted as a Fellow of Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) in 2011. Dr Chong is a member of Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. He is also a member of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE). Dr Chong is a visiting consultant in various private hospitals across Melbourne including the Epworth Hospital, The Valley Private Hospital and The Knox Private Hospital. Dr Chong sees patients with full spectrum of adult cardiology problems with special interests in cardiovascular risk assessment and primary prevention, chest pain, valvular heart disease and heart failure. He is fluent in languages other than English including Mandarin, Cantonese and Malay/Indonesian.
Assoc. Prof Kean SoonMBBS (MELB), PhD, FRACP, FCSANZ, FSCCTInterventional Cardiologist and US Board Certified Cardiac CT Specialist
A/Prof. Kean Soon is a Cardiologist sub-specializing in interventional cardiology and cardiac CT. He obtained a PhD degree from the University of Melbourne in 2007 for his research in cardiac CT. He also completed two years of interventional training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. He is an expert in radial approach coronary angiogram, angioplasty and stenting. He is a US Board certified (CBCCT) and has a Level B accreditation of Conjoint Committee for Cardiac CT in Australia. He is a visiting cardiologist to the Epworth (Richmond and Box Hill), Melbourne Private and Western Private Hospitals. His main interests are management of coronary heart disease, Primary prevention of coronary heart disease, Coronary Angiogram, Angioplasty and stenting via radial artery. He is happy and available to discuss any issue with you. He is also fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese and Hokkien.
Dr. Manoj ObeyesekereMBBS, FRACP, MRCP, FHRSCardiologist and Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Dr Manoj Obeyesekere is a consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist specializing in the management of arrhythmias, including device implantation, including biventricular pacing and defibrillators and catheter ablation including atrial fibrillation ablation. Dr Manoj Obeyesekere received his MBBS from Monash University (2000) and trained in Cardiology at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne. He undertook post-graduate training in electrophysiology and pacing at Monash Medical Centre and advanced electrophysiology and pacing training at the acclaimed University Hospital, University of Western Ontario, Canada. He also took a prominent role in research and his original research has been published in internationally regarded journals. Manoj practices in both public and private hospitals in Melbourne.
Dr. Pey Wen LOUMBBch, MRCP (UK), FRACPCardiologist, Imaging and Heart Failure SpecialistDr Lou has a special interest in heart failure and non-invasive imaging cardiology
Dr Lou trained at University of Wales, College of Medicine, UK and completed her internal medical training in the UK and New Zealand. She obtained her MRCP (UK) in 2007. Her cardiology training was undertaken at Wellington Hospital and she obtained FRACP in 2012. She proceeded to undertake sub- specialization in non-invasive imaging – cardiac MRI and echocardiogram at Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide. She also completed a 14 month fellowship in Heart Failure at the Alfred Hospital where she gained experience in heart failure management, heart transplant and mechanical circulatory support.