Dr Tony Lai (Cardiologist)
- Name
- Dr Tony Fang-Mo Lai
- Qualifications
- FRACP 2009
- MBBS QLD 2000
- Occupation
- Cardiologist
- Gender
- Male
- Languages Spoken
- Dari
- Hokkien
- Medical Specialties
- Cardiology
- Links
- http://www.gchc.com.au/
- Phone
- 07 5586 5305
Dr Lai commenced practice at the Gold Coast Heart Centre in January 2012. He attended The Southport School (TSS) and graduated from the University of Queensland Medical School. His cardiology training was undertaken at The Prince Charles, Townsville and the Gold Coast Hospitals. In 2009 he was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) and in 2012, as a Fellow of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (FCSANZ).
Advancing his cardiac experience at the prestigious McMaster University in Canada, Dr Lai completed a two-year fellowship in Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac CT Angiography. He performed over 3000 invasive Coronary Angiographies and over 1300 percutaneous coronary interventions, including complex procedures such as chronic total occlusion intervention, rotational atherectomy, left main coronary artery intervention, Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) assessment and Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR) measurement. He was also trained in PFO closure, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) assessment and percutaneous aortic balloon valvuloplasty. He is a co-author of multiple clinical research papers and is also actively involved with medical students training and education.
Dr Lai visits inpatients at Gold Coast Private, Pindara Private and John Flynn Private Hospitals daily and consults regularly from the Gold Coast Heart Centre practices at Tugun, Southport and Hope Island. Patients can expect a 24-hour emergency interventional cardiac care for acute myocardial infarction. He is committed to providing the highest cardiology expertise and is a multilingual medical practitioner fluent in English, Chinese Mandarin and Taiwanese.
- Hospital Affiliations
- John Flynn Private Hospital
- Gold Coast Private Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- Gold Coast Heart Centre - Tugun
- Gold Coast Heart Centre - Southport
- Affiliated Organisations
- The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)
- Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ)
- Medical Interventions
- CT - Angiography
- Topics
- Ischameic heart disease
- chest pain
- arrhythmia
- Valvular heart disease
- Heart failure
- preoperative cardiac assesment
- invasive cardiac procedures
- Angiography
- coronary intervention
- PFO closure
- percutaneous aortic ballon valvuloplasty
Practice Locations
Gold Coast
- Gold Coast Heart Centre - Tugun
- Address
- John Flynn Medical Centre
6A Level 6
42 Inland Drive
Tugun QLD 4224
Australia
- Phone
- 07 5531 1833
- Fax
- 07 5531 1834
- Gold Coast Heart Centre - Southport
- Address
- Suite 13, Ground Floor
14 Hill Street
Southport QLD 4215
Australia
- Phone
- 07 5531 1833
- Fax
- 07 5531 1834
