Our Staff

Honorary Adjunct Prof Atifur Rahmanis an accomplished Interventional Cardiologist with an impressive career spanning several prestigious institutions. He began his medical journey as a trainee registrar at Gold Coast Hospital in 2000 and later worked at Mater Hospital. In 2002, he passed Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians (FRACP) examination while serving at Royal Brisbane Hospital.

His pursuit of excellence led him to complete postgraduate training and fellowship in interventional cardiology at Canberra Hospital in 2005. Since January 2006, he has been a consultant interventional cardiologist and currently holds the role of Clinical Director of the Coronary Care Unit at Gold Coast University Hospital. His expertise extends to his role as an Honorary Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Health Science and Medicine at Bond University.

Professor Rahman is not only dedicated to clinical practice but also actively involved in academia. He served as the Director of Advanced Training for the Royal Australian College of Physicians and takes on the responsibility of being the Educational Supervisor for trainee registrars at GCUH.

A prolific author, Professor Rahman has published several books and textbook chapters, making significant contributions to the field of cardiology. Notably, he co-authored “Problem-Based Cardiology Cases,” a globally distributed publication in collaboration with renowned author Dr. Simon O’Connor, demonstrating his commitment to evidence-based teaching.

His research involvement is impressive, with over 60 journal articles to his name and participation in more than 20 clinical trials. As Principal Investigator, he leads studies focused on significant issues such as diabetes-related cardiovascular events, outcomes in acute coronary syndrome, and lipid management.

In addition to his contributions to medical science, Professor Rahman actively takes up leadership roles within the healthcare community. He has held positions like Acting Clinical Director, specialist medical service, Clinical Director of the Coronary Care Unit, and Chair of Cardiology Mortality at Gold Coast Health. Furthermore, he is an essential member of committees, including the Clinical Trials Advisory Committee, Queensland Cardiac Outcomes Registry interventional cardiology committee, and the Queensland Cardiac Clinical Network Steering Committee.

Beyond Queensland Health, Professor Rahman is actively involved with the Royal Australasian College of Physician and related organizations. He serves as an “ACCREDITOR” for the college and has been engaged in numerous leadership roles, such as Director of Advance Training and National Examining Panel Member.

Overall, Professor Rahman’s dedication to advancing interventional cardiology, academic excellence, and leadership in healthcare highlights his commitment to improving patient outcomes and advancing medical knowledge.

Dr Nasir obtained his medical degree in 1991 from Baghdad University, and has since trained extensively in many different countries. Dr Nasir completed his medical training in 2003 in the UK.

He moved to Australia in 2007, where he trained in Cardiology at the Gold Coast Hospital and Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane. In 2013 Dr Nasir joined the John Flynn Cardiology group.

Dr Nasir’s special interests include coronary artery disease, heart failure, heart rhythm problems, heart valve problems, heart imaging and heart devices.

SPECIALISATIONS

• Stress Echocardiography
• Echocardiography
• Holter and event monitoring
• Transoesophageal Echocardiography
• Pre-operative cardiac risk assessment
• Cardiac failure
• Cardioversion
• Coronary Angiography

After graduating from his medical studies, Dr Jadeer completed a Bachelor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the university of Canberra. He completed his advanced training in cardiology at the Canberra Hospital between 2013 and 2014 and in Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand in 2015. He has worked at the Prince Charles Hospital as a cardiology fellow, specialising in heart failure.

Dr Jadeer’s main interests are in heart failure and echocardiography, including trans oesophageal echocardiography and stress echocardiography. His other interests include general cardiology, hypertension and preventive cardiology.

He was nominated as “Registrar of the Year” in ACT health in 2013 and in 2014. He has also received the Australian National University teaching recognition award five times. He speaks English, Farsi, Hindi, Pashtu and basic Russian.

SPECIALISATIONS

• Oesophageal Echocardiography
• Stress Echocardiography

Dr Richa is an Endocrinologist. She completed her basic physician training at John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle, New South Wales. She has since worked in Darwin, Cairns and completed her training at the Gold Coast University Hospital.

She currently practices at Gold Coast University hospital on a regular basis, as well as the Mater Hospital in Brisbane on a casual basis. Dr Richa also lectures at Griffith University, specialising in the field of hormones.

Her experience and areas of interest include disorders of the pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, calcium and bone, including osteoporosis and adrenal disorders. She also has extensive experience in all kinds of diabetes management, including Type 1, Type 2 , Gestational diabetes, MODY and insulin pump management.

Dr. Fahid Hashem has joined our Practice.

Dr Hashem has almost a decade of experience in Endocrinology and General Medicine working in the busy public system and is involved in medical training and research.

His clinical expertise is in complex diabetes, obesity related metabolic disease, thyroid and other endocrine conditions. We are thrilled to have him on board.

Dr Simon Kang is an Interventional and General Cardiologist, who became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) in 2019.

He graduated from the University of Sydney in 2010 and went onto complete his cardiology training at the Princess Alexandra Hospital and Gold Coast University Hospital. He undertook two years of fellowship in Perth at the Royal Perth Hospital and Fiona Stanley Hospital specialising in coronary intervention. He was awarded the prestigious Chien Foundation Scholarship and undertook a 12-month fellowship at the National Heart Centre of Singapore. Dr Kang has trained extensively in complex coronary intervention, treating patients with complex bifurcation disease, left main coronary intervention, bypass graft disease and chronic total occlusion CTO using advanced interventional techniques such as rotational/orbital atherectomy, intravascular lithotripsy and invasive coronary imaging such as Intravascular Ultrasound and Optical Coherence Tomography.

Dr Kang has special interest in complex, high-risk coronary intervention including CTO intervention as well as coronary physiology, diagnosis and management of both acute and stable coronary artery disease.

He is also a Staff Specialist Cardiologist of Gold Coast University Hospital and an Associate Lecturer at the University of Queensland and is actively involved in teaching junior doctors and medical students.