Specialties
- Cardiology
Areas of Interest
- Advanced heart failure
- Heart transplant
- Mechanical circulatory support
St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney, NSW
Suite 305, 35 Spring St, Bondi Junction NSW 2022
Biography
Associate Professor Kavitha Muthiah is a cardiologist specialising in advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support but also consults in all aspects of general cardiology. She is Conjoint Associate Professor at UNSW and Clinical Faculty at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute.
Following completion of her Phd, she undertook further competitive fellowships at Kings College Hospital, London, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, and spent time in transplant centers in Cambridge, UK and Chicago USA. She returned to Australia in 2016 and undertook her final fellowship at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne.She leads the St Vincent's Cardiac Tissue Bank established in 2021. Her research interests include translational studies in patients supported with left ventricular assist devices. She has over 80 publications in peer reviewed journals. She has won several competitive scholarships and grants including awards from the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplant and the National Heart Foundation.
She is past secretary of the Transplant Society of Australia and New Zealand and current Chair of the Heart Failure Council for the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand.
