Dr Ravinder Batra

Dr Batra completed his basic medical, physician and cardiology training at the University of Delhi, India in 1997 before obtaining a Fellowship in Electrophysiology from Maastricht, Netherlands in 1999.

Later, Assoc. Prof. Batra worked as an intervention cardiology and electrophysiology consultant in leading private hospitals in Delhi. He als- worked as a consultant in Birmingham City Hospital, England, before returning to India in 2003. Upon his return to India, Assoc. Prof. Batra took up the position of Assistant Professor in cardiology at the prestigious GB Pant Hospital, University of Delhi, before relocating to Gold Coast Hospital in 2006. Assoc. Prof. Batra used his extensive experience to build the cardiology services at the Gold Coast Hospital to its current level and is the leading interventionist having consistently performed the maximum interventions since joining.

He is also the current clinical director of the catheter laboratory at the new Gold Coast University Hospital (GCUH). Assoc. Prof. Batra performs all kinds of complex stenting procedures and contributes to the Primary PCI program. He established the EP, ablation, AICD and heart failure pacing program at GCUH and is currently the only public electrophysiolgist on the Gold Coast. In addition to being an accomplished interventionist, Assoc. Prof. Batra is acknowledged as an astute clinician by his peers. He is credited with several publications and abstracts that have been presented at national and international meetings. He also holds the title of Associate Professor of Cardiology with Griffith University.