- QHI – Founding Director
- Structural and Coronary Interventional Cardiologist;
- Physician Proctor for Edwards LifeScience TAVI;
- Senior Interventional Cardiologist – The Prince Charles Hospital;
- VMO – Greenslopes Private Hospital MBBS, FRACP
Specialty: Interventional Cardiologist and TAVI practitioner
Sub Specialty: Coronary and Structural Interventional Cardiologist
Phone: 07 3193 8000
Location: St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital
Dr Karl Poon
Dr Karl Poon is an experienced interventional cardiologist with a special interest in structural heart disease intervention, particularly as a teacher/proctor and high volume operator in TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation).
Dr Poon graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2001 and went on to training at prestigious institutions such as Royal Melbourne Hospital and St Vincent’s Hospital. He undertook an interventional cardiology fellowship at The Prince Charles Hospital and became a senior interventional fellow in 2012 at William Beaumont Hospital in Michigan USA with exposure to MitraClip, TAVI, Watchman devices amongst other complex structural interventions.
In 2015, along with Dr Alex Incani, Dr Poon set up the first private sector TAVI program in QLD and has since established the St Andrew’s Heart Valve Program to be one of the leading programs in the Australasia with best in class efficiency and outcomes, with no procedural mortality after over 300 cases.
Dr Poon is a proctor/teacher for TAVI for Edwards transcatheter heart valve and regularly travels locally and internationally to help teach new TAVI operators and set up new programs. He is an invited panelist at national and international meetings and presents regularly at EuroPCR, LondonValves & ANZET amongst other meetings. He has published over 40 peer reviewed articles, authored 5 book chapters, and practices at The Prince Charles Hospital as a senior cardiologist involved in teaching the next generation of interventional cardiologists.
Dr Poon consults at St Andrew’s Hospital, as well as Northlakes and Greenslopes Private Hospital.
Dr Poon performs invasive procedures at St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, as well as Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital and Greenslopes Private Hospital.
Dr Poon performs TAVI at St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital and Greenslopes Private Hospital.
Procedures Performed
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
- TAVI – Pulmonic
- Valve In Valve- Mitral, via the Transeptal Approach
- Tricuspid – Trans Aortic (with Cardiac Surgeon)
- PFO
- ASD Closure
- Chronic Total Occlusion
- High Risk Angioplast – Impella Device.
- CT Analysis
Conditions Treated
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Aortic Valve Disease – special interest in aortic stenosis
- Mitral Valve Disease – special interest in mitral regurgitation
- Valvular Heart Disease
- Heart Failure
- Risk Factor Management
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Structural and coronary interventional cardiologist/staff specialist
The Prince Charles Hospital
July 2013 – current -
Fellow in structural intervention
William Beaumont Hospital, MI
July 2012 – June 2013 -
Visiting Cardiologist
The Prince Charles Hospital
Jan – Jun 2012 -
Interventional fellow
The Prince Charles Hospital
2010 – 2012 -
Cardiology registrar (year three)
Royal Melbourne Hospital*
2009 -
Cardiology registrar (year two)
Royal Hobart Hospital*
2008 -
Cardiology registrar (year one)
Bendigo Base Hospital*
2007 -
Cardiology junior registrar
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne
Feb-May/2006 (3) -
Cardiology junior registrar
St Vincent’s Private Hospital
Nov-Jan/2005/6 (3) -
Cardiology intern
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne
Apr-Jul/2002
1. Crowhurst JA, Poon KK, Murdoch D, Incani A, Raffel OC, Liddicoat A, Walters D. The effect of X-ray beam distortion on the Edwards Sapien XT(™) trans-catheter aortic valve replacement prosthesis. J Med Radiat Sci. 2015 Dec;62(4):239-45. doi: 10.1002/jmrs.131. Epub 2015 Aug 30. PubMed PMID: 27512569; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4968560.
2. Crowhurst JA, Savage M, Subban V, Incani A, Raffel OC, Poon K, Murdoch D, Saireddy R, Clarke A, Aroney C, Bett N, Walters DL. Factors Contributing to Acute Kidney Injury and the Impact on Mortality in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement. Heart Lung Circ. 2016 Mar;25(3):282-9. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2015.06.832. Epub 2015 Aug 10. PubMed PMID: 26672437.
3. Tan JY, Walters DL, Poon K, Zimmerman P, Aldons P. Palliative embolisation for intrapulmonary shunting in lepidic predominant adenocarcinoma of the lung. Respir Med Case Rep. 2015 May 27;15:121-4. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2015.03.010. eCollection 2015. PubMed PMID: 26236621; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4501522.
4. Subban V, Savage M, Crowhurst J, Poon K, Incani A, Aroney C, Tesar P, Clarke A, Raffel C, Murdoch D, Platts D, Burstow D, Saireddy R, Bett N, Walters DL. Transcatheter valve-in-valve replacement of degenerated bioprosthetic aortic valves: a single Australian Centre experience. Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2014 Nov-Dec;15(8):388-92. doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2014.10.004. Epub 2014 Oct 29. PubMed PMID: 25456416.
5. Murdoch D, Poon K, Walters DL. Percutaneous revascularization of a chronic total occlusion of the left lower pulmonary vein. J Invasive Cardiol. 2014 Apr;26(4):171-4. PubMed PMID: 24717274.
6. Savage ML, Poon KK, Johnston EM, Raffel OC, Incani A, Bryant J, Rashford S, Pincus M, Walters DL. Pre-hospital ambulance notification and initiation of treatment of ST elevation myocardial infarction is associated with significant reduction in door-to-balloon time for primary PCI. Heart Lung Circ. 2014 May;23(5):435-43. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.11.015. Epub 2013 Dec 11. PubMed PMID: 24388497.
7. Poon KK, Walters DL. MDCT in TAVR for better implant angle and outcomes. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013 Aug;6(8):922. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2013.04.007. PubMed PMID: 23948382.
8. Crowhurst JA, Campbell D, Raffel OC, Whitby M, Pathmanathan P, Redmond S, Incani A, Poon K, James C, Aroney C, Clarke A, Walters DL. Using DynaCT for the assessment of ilio-femoral arterial calibre, calcification and tortuosity index in patients selected for trans-catheter aortic valve replacement. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013 Oct;29(7):1537-45. doi: 10.1007/s10554-013-0221-y. Epub 2013 Aug 8. PubMed PMID: 23925712.
9. Chen TS, Incani A, Butler TC, Poon K, Fu J, Savage M, Dahl M, Callow DE, Colburn D, Hammett C, Walters DL. The demographic profile of young patients (<5 years-old) with acute coronary syndromes in Queensland. Heart Lung Circ. 2014 Jan;23(1):49-55. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.05.648. Epub 2013 Jun 21. PubMed PMID: 23791712.
10. Luis SA, Poon K, Luis C, Shukla A, Bett N, Hamilton-Craig C. Massive left atrial thrombus in a patient with rheumatic mitral stenosis and atrial fibrillation while anticoagulated with dabigatran. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013 May 1;6(3):491-2. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.113.000253. PubMed PMID: 23696587.
Dr Karl Poon answers the common questions regarding Aortic Stenosis and TAVI
To contact Dr Karl Poon, please do so via his website: https://drkarlpoon.com.au/