Dr John Bou-Samra (Cardiologist)
- Name
- Dr John Joseph Michael Bou-Samra
- Qualifications
- FRACP
- MBBS QLD 1983
- Occupation
- General Physician
- Cardiologist
- Gender
- Male
- Medical Specialties
- Cardiology
Dr. Bou-Samra is one of the founding partners of the Gold Coast Heart Centre and has been providing continual service to the Gold Coast since 1994. He has had substantial training in all aspects of cardiology and in particular cardiac intensive care, heart failure and transplantation and in all forms of cardiac pacing.
Dr Bou-Samra obtained his medical degree from the University of Queensland and completed his advanced training in General Medicine and Cardiology at Royal Brisbane Greenslopes and Prince Charles Hospitals in Brisbane. Following a brief period as staff cardiologist at Princess Alexander Hospital in Brisbane he accepted a VMO position at Gold Coast Hospital. He has been involved in several large cardiology studies and continues to enjoy an active role in education particularly of medical students. He has subsequently resigned from Gold Coast Hospital but enjoys an excellent working relationship with all of his colleagues in the public system.
Dr Bou-Samra’s main Cardiology interests consist of implantation of pacemakers, defibrillators and other implantable cardiac devices. He runs the largest pacemaker service on the Gold Coast which includes a remote monitoring service if required for patients with logistic problems attending clinic. He also has extensive experience in general cardiology and performs coronary angiography, transoesophageal echocardiograms and other non-invasive cardiac investigations.
He is a member of the Gold Coast Heart Centre cardiac education team and is actively involved with the provision of education to medical students from both Bond University and Griffith University. He has a strong belief in evidence based holistic medical care.
- Hospital Affiliations
- John Flynn Private Hospital
- Pindara Private Hospital
- Gold Coast Private Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- Gold Coast Heart Centre
- Affiliated Organisations
- The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)
- Affiliated Universities
- Bond University
- Griffith University
- Medical Conditions
- Heart failure
- Medical Interventions
- Cardioverter-Defibrillator or Pacemaker Insertion- Removal or Repair
- Coronary Angiography
- Echocardiography
