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Dr Emma Ivens is a cardiologist with a particular clinical interest in stress, transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography. Dr Ivens is a cardiologist with a particular clinical interest in stress, transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography. After graduating from Monash University with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery with honours in 1997, Emma went on to complete her specialist cardiology training at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. Pursuing her interest in echocardiography, Emma undertook a post-graduate echocardiography fellowship at the Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane, before travelling to Canada to carry out a further fellowship in advanced echocardiography at St Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. Outside of her clinical practice, Emma is also actively involved in research and has published work on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and complex aortic pathologies, as well as pericardial and valvular heart disease. She also shares her extensive experience with the future generation of cardiologists and is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland.

Nick obtained his medical degree from Griffith University in 2012 after first completing a BA at UQ. He completed his Internship and physician training at The Prince Charles Hospital. Subsequently he started Cardiology Training at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s and The Prince Charles Hospitals with rotations to the Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast University Hospitals. He obtained his Fellowship with the Royal Australian College of Physicians in 2020, and then undertook a fellowship in Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant at TPCH in 2021. Since 2022 he has been working as a consultant as part of the Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Team at TPCH. He also participates in the Indigenous Cardiology Outreach Program (ICOP) delivering specialist care to regional and remote indigenous communities. Nick has presented at local, interstate and international conferences and is currently undertaking further research in acute heart failure management. He is a Lecturer with UQ and takes regular student tutorial groups as part of internal medicine teaching. He has also completed a Masters Degree in Public Health to complement his Cardiology training. He is a member of the Cardiac Society of Australia and NZ (CSANZ) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Nick’s interests are in general cardiology, preventative and metabolic cardiology, heart failure and advanced heart failure management with an emphasis on high value and efficient interventions.

Queensland Cardiology aims to provide the highest level of care for individuals with heart disease. We are comprised of highly trained cardiac specialists and scientists who have extensive training in Australia and overseas and offer expertise in all areas of adult cardiac care working primarily from our rooms and laboratories at the St Vincent's Northside Hospital in Chermside, Brisbane. Our outpatient facilities provide exercise and Dobutamine stress echocardiography, resting echocardiography, ECG and holter monitoring, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and head up tilt testing. Inpatient care is provided at the St Vincent's Northside Hospital which adjoins our rooms and provides the full array of cardiac nursing care, coronary angiography and angioplasty, interventions for structural heart disease including balloon valvuloplasty and septal defect closure, electrophysiology and pacing, automatic defibrillator implantation and trans-oesophageal echocardiography and cardioversion. Patient’s can also been seen at St Andrews War Memorial Hospital. We are also strongly associated with the hospital’s cardiac surgeons and the intensive care unit. We aim to continually improve our efforts through research and training and have an ongoing commitment to the education of general practitioners. Queensland Cardiology offers highly trained Echocardiologists and specialist Cardiac Sonographers to provide you with the best cardiac care.

Dr Emma Ivens is a cardiologist with a particular clinical interest in stress, transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography. Dr Ivens is a cardiologist with a particular clinical interest in stress, transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography. After graduating from Monash University with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery with honours in 1997, Emma went on to complete her specialist cardiology training at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. Pursuing her interest in echocardiography, Emma undertook a post-graduate echocardiography fellowship at the Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane, before travelling to Canada to carry out a further fellowship in advanced echocardiography at St Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. Outside of her clinical practice, Emma is also actively involved in research and has published work on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and complex aortic pathologies, as well as pericardial and valvular heart disease. She also shares her extensive experience with the future generation of cardiologists and is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland.