Our team
Find out more about our medical staff, nursing staff and technologists.
Senior medical staff
Prof David Kaye
Professor Kaye is the Director of Cardiology and a senior cardiologist in the Heart Failure & Transplant service at The Alfred.
A/Prof Antony Walton
Dr Tony Walton is Deputy Director and Head of Catheter Laboratory in the Department of Cardiology. He is a clinician, interventional cardiologist who specialises in structural heart procedures.
Dr Peter Bergin
Dr Peter Bergin is the Medical Director of the Heart Failure & Transplant service at The Alfred in Melbourne, a position he has held for over 20 years.
Dr Angeline Leet
Dr Angeline Leet is Deputy Director and Head of Echocardiography in the Department of Cardiology. She is a full time cardiologist in the Heart Failure & Transplant service at The Alfred.
Dr James Hare
Dr James Hare is a cardiologist in the Heart Failure & Transplant service at The Alfred in Melbourne.
Dr James Shaw
Dr James Shaw is the Director of Education and Training in Cardiology, and has held this position since 2014.
Medical staff
A/Prof Ingrid Hopper
A/Prof Ingrid Hopper is a heart failure physician and clinical pharmacologist.
Dr William Chan
Dr William Chan is a consultant and interventional cardiologist at The Alfred.
Dr Sarah Gutman
Dr. Gutman is a cardiologist and PhD candidate at The Alfred and The Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute specialising in non-invasive cardiac imaging.
Prof Peter Kistler
Professor Peter Kistler is a clinician cardiologist and electrophysiologist and an international leader in the treatment of heart rhythm disorders.
Dr Shane Nanayakkara
Dr Shane Nanayakkara is an interventional and structural cardiologist and researcher, with a PhD in heart failure and research interests in artificial intelligence.
Dr Hitesh Patel
Dr Hitesh Patel is a cardiologist and general physician in the Heart Failure, Transplant and Pacing service at the Alfred in Melbourne.
Dr Roshan Prakash
Dr Roshan Prakash is a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at The Alfred.
Dr Dion Stub
Dr Dion Stub is a clinician, interventional cardiologist and a specialist in structural heart procedures.
Dr Hariharan Sugumar
Dr Hari Sugumar is a specialist cardiologist and electrophysiologist.
Nursing & technology staff
Ms Kellie Easton
Kellie is a heart failure nurse consultant who specialises in in the acute setting with pre-heart transplant patient care.
Ms Rox Johnston
Rox is a clinical nurse consultant who specialises in structural heart nursing.
Mrs Ashlee Linton
Ashlee Linton is a heart failure nurse consultant who specialises in in the acute setting with pre-heart transplant patient care.
Mr Damien Needham
Damien is the chief cardiac technologist in the Department of Cardiology.
Latest news
Getting serious about women’s heart health
Women experiencing chest pain or other symptoms of cardiac distress now have access to a specialist clinic just for them.
Coffee the secret to a long life
Drinking coffee could help you live longer according to world-first research by heart specialists at The Alfred.
Keeping hearts alive outside the body
A ground-breaking trial taking place across Australia and New Zealand could change the future of heart transplantation, potentially enabling up to 15 per cent more heart transplants to occur each year.