Dr David Platts (Cardiologist)

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Name
Dr David Gerard James Platts
Qualifications
Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery University of Tasmania Australia 1993
FRACP Australia 2000
Occupation
Cardiologist
Gender
Male

Dr David Platts is an Associate at Queensland Cardiovascular Group, a Senior Staff Specialist Cardiologist at The Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane and an Associate Professor within the School of Medicine, at the University of Queensland. In addition to general cardiology, his clinical interests include the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure, echocardiography and critical care cardiology.

After graduating from the School of Medicine at the University of Tasmania, Dr Platts did his physician training at the Royal Hobart Hospital and cardiology advanced training in Hobart and Sydney. He also completed a fellowship year in advanced heart failure and cardiac transplantation at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney. Following this, Dr Platts did a two-year echocardiography fellowship at King’s College Hospital in London. This cumulated in being awarded a Doctor of Medicine research higher degree from King’s College, University of London with his research focussing on contrast specific echocardiographic imaging in coronary artery disease.

In 2007, Dr Platts was appointed as a Cardiologist at The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, both with the Queensland Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant unit and the Echocardiography Department. Dr Platts subsequently completed a Doctor of Philosophy through the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Queensland, with the thesis titled “Application of perflutren microsphere contrast echocardiography – feasibility and interaction with mechanical cardiac support”.

Dr Platts has an active clinical and research interest in contrast enhanced echocardiography and imaging of percutaneous short-term and durable long-term mechanical cardiac support devices.

Hospital Affiliations
The Prince Charles Hospital
Affiliated Clinics
Queensland Cardiovascular Group (QCG) - Chermside
Queensland Cardiovascular Group (QCG) - North Lakes
Affiliated Organisations
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)

Practice Locations

QLD

Queensland Cardiovascular Group (QCG) - Chermside
St Vincent's Private Hospital Northside
Suite 1, Level 3
627 Rode Road
Chermside QLD 4032 
Australia
07 3016 1111
07 3550 1685
Queensland Cardiovascular Group (QCG) - North Lakes
North Lakes Specialist Medical Centre
Suite 510-511, Level 5
6 North Lakes Drive
North Lakes QLD 4509 
Australia
07 3016 1111
07 3540 8184