Dr Nadarajah Kangaharan

Dr Kangaharan (Dr Kanga) was born in Sri Lanka and migrated to Australia in 1992, completing his Medical Degree at the University of Adelaide in 1997. 

Dr Kanga undertook his post-graduate training at Westmead Hospital in Sydney, and Cardiology advanced training at Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide and Royal Darwin Hospital.

He became a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians in 2005.

As a leading cardiologist, he has played an integral part in establishing an integrated cardiac services network throughout the NT in partnership with NT Cardiac, NT Government and the Commonwealth. He has also been dedicated to the provision of regular outreach services to communities in the Top End, and to Alice Springs Hospital.

Dr Kanga contributed to the set-up of the chronic disease coordination unit supporting remote Indigenous patients and is the Chair of the Indigenous Council of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand.