MB ChB 1986 Otago; FRACP 1993

Malcolm Legget trained in cardiology at Green Lane Hospital and at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is a consultant cardiologist at the Auckland Heart Group and Auckland City Hospital and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Auckland. Malcolm has been part of the team that has established CT coronary angiography and percutaneous aortic valve implantation through the Auckland Heart Group and Mercy Angiography. He has continued research into valvular heart disease, and completed the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 2008 in three-dimensional echocardiography. His special areas of interest include cardiac imaging, the treatment and prevention of ischaemic heart disease, and the management of valvular heart disease, and more recently cardiovascular genomics.

Cardiologist

Malcolm had post-graduate training in Seattle, USA where besides further clinical training, he carried out echocardiography research.

21 December 1987

Internal Medicine