Nigel completed his medical studies at the University of Melbourne graduating with distinction (MD Distinction). He was appointed to the Dean’s Honours List for outstanding achievement and received numerous prizes and awards including the Florey Ingrid Sheffer Award and the Austin Clinical School Award, awarded to the top placed student at the Austin Clinical School (University of Melbourne).
He undertook his specialist cardiology training at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, MonashHeart and Northern Health. Following this he completed advanced fellowship subspecialising in advanced cardiac imaging at Alfred Health including Cardiac CT and Cardiac MRI. During this time he took part in cutting edge research related to Cardiac CT and Cardiac MRI.
Upon completion of his subspeciality training, Nigel was appointed as a Consultant Cardiologist at Northern Health and Northern Imaging Victoria, where he is the Clinical Lead in Cardiac Imaging (CT / MRI). He is a Visiting Medical Officer at Alfred Health in the quaternary Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic.
Currently, he combines his clinical practice with cardiology research, particularly focused on the use of Cardiac MRI in genetic cardiomyopathies and advanced echocardiography (Strain / 3D). He is widely published and has presented both nationally and at international conferences winning the ACC 2023 /WCC Heart Tank for the Cardiovascular Investigator (CHD).
Nigel is experienced in all areas of cardiology, with particular interest in cardiovascular imaging , cardiomyopathies including hypertrophic and familial cardiomyopathies, cardiovascular risk prediction, myocardial disease and cardiac care of cancer patients.
