Associate Professor Kaleab Asrress
Consultant and Interventional Cardiologist
Associate Professor Kal Asrress underwent medical training at the University of Oxford graduating in 2003 following a Bachelor’s Degree in Physiology from Cambridge. He underwent Physician Training at the John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford and sub-specialist training in coronary and structural intervention at St Thomas’ Hospital, London with the team that pioneered minimally invasive transcatheter valve interventions in the UK. His PhD was awarded from King’s College London and led to numerous publications and awards.
He is a Consultant and Interventional Cardiologist at Macquarie University Hospital, St George, and St George Private Hospitals, as well as Bankstown Hospital where he is the Director of the Cardiac Catheter Laboratory, Interventional Cardiologist at Liverpool Hospital, and Clinical Associate Professor at Macquarie University.
He performs a wide range of interventional procedures including coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention, as well as structural heart interventions that include Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI, TAVR), of which he is the highest-volume operator in South-Western Sydney; Mitral Interventions, Patent Foramen Ovale and Atrial Septal Defect closures, and Left Atrial Appendage occlusion for patients with atrial fibrillation that cannot take anticoagulants. He leads a busy clinical program and active research group dedicated to improving patient care and outcomes.