A/Prof Guatam Vaddadi

Dr Gautam Vaddadi is a cardiologist with expertise in a broad range of non-invasive cardiology. Dr Vaddadi’s interests include general cardiology, heart failure, syncope, postural hypotension, echocardiography and stress echocardiography.

He graduated in medicine from the University of Melbourne in 1999 and was awarded a Bachelor of Medical Science for research at the Baker Heart Research Institute. He completed basic physician training at Austin Health in 2003 and undertook advanced training in cardiology, heart failure and transplantation at The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne from 2004 to 2006.

Gautam progressed his post graduate studies investigating the mechanisms of syncope (low blood pressure and fainting) from 2006 to 2009. This work resulted in several high profile peer reviewed research publications in leading cardiovascular journals. Dr Vaddadi was awarded the Ralph Reader Prize by the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand in 2008 for his research investigating syncope.

Public Hospital appointments include The Alfred Hospital and Northern Hospital. As Head of Heart Failure Services at Northern Health, he has been instrumental in building heart failure services in the Northern region of Melbourne, and actively engaged in a project, funded by the Department of Health, to investigate heart failure services in primary care.

Qualifications
• Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) (University of Melbourne)
• Bachelor of Medical Science (BMedSci) (University of Melbourne)
• Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians (FRACP- Cardiology) (Royal
Australian College of Physicians)
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (Monash University, BakerIDI Heart and
Diabetes Institute)
• Fellow of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (Cardiac Society of
Australia and New Zealand)