Dr Charles Itty

Dr Itty finished his general cardiology training (DM) at Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, India before moving to Australia. He did interventional cardiology fellowships at The Canberra Hospital, Canberra and John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia. Dr Itty has also attained a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the University of Sydney.

Dr Itty is a trained interventional cardiologist with several years of clinical experience. He has worked as a senior staff specialist and director of cardiology at Lismore Base Hospital, Lismore, Australia for many years before returning to Canberra where he started his training in Australia. Currently he works as a staff specialist and interventional cardiologist at The Canberra Hospital. He is also the Deputy Director of Cardiology at The Canberra Hospital.

Dr Itty has special interest in interventional cardiology research and teaching. He also has a passion to develop and support systems that deliver excellence in clinical care.

Expertise includes:
- General cardiology (assessment of chest pain, shortness of breath, palpitations and syncope)
- Primary cardiovascular disease prevention
- Heart failure, ischaemic and valvular heart disease
- Preoperative assessments
- Treadmill exercise testing, echocardiography
- Performs coronary angiography and coronary intervention (in Canberra)
- Organise cardiac electrophysiology and device management
- Subspecialty: Interventional cardiology