Special clinical interest in complex coronary intervention, structural heart interventions and renal artery denervation
About Prof Sanjay Patel
Sanjay Patel is co-Director of Auburn Cardiology, a Senior Staff Interventional Cardiologist and Director of the Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratories at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Clinical Professor at the Sydney Medical School and NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, and Head of the Coronary Diseases Group at the Heart Research Institute.
He has more than 13 years of experience and expertise in complex coronary intervention, structural heart interventions and renal artery denervation to treat resistant hypertension. He has also established a CT coronary angiography co-reporting service at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and iMED (Newtown) and currently holds level A CT certification.
He was awarded his MBBS (Hons 1) from the University of Sydney in 2000; completed his advanced cardiology training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in 2006; and his PhD in 2009, supported by a NHF postgraduate research scholarship. He then undertook postdoctoral studies at Stanford University, whilst simultaneously training in interventional cardiology at Stanford University Medical Centre (2009-2010), supported by an NHMRC CJ Martin Overseas Fellowship Grant.
As a cardiovascular researcher, he has published over 100 research papers and leads a program which aims to develop novel therapies to target atherosclerosis and its consequences, specifically targeting the inflammation that drives coronary plaque instability.
