Dr Phillip Matsis

MB ChB 1989 Auckland; FRACP 1996

Areas of expertise include general adult cardiology, clinical and invasive assessment of coronary heart disease along with advanced techniques for coronary intervention including balloon angioplasty, rotoblation and stent treatment; balloon mitral valvuloplasty for management of mitral stenosis and rheumatic valvular heart disease; structural heart disease management with ASD, left atrial appendage occlusion, PFO closure, balloon aortic valvuloplasty and TAVI (transcatheter aortic value intervention); implantation of permanent pacemakers and implantable loop recorders.

Senior clinical lecturer in cardiology at Otago University Wellington School of Medicine.

Specialist Training:

Graduate of the Auckland School of Medicine and completed cardiology training at Wellington Hospital. Undertook a two year post graduate training interventional cardiology fellowship at Philadelphia, USA supported by a New Zealand NHF training fellowship.

Interventional Cardiologist

22 November 1989

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