Best cardiac electrophysiology hospitals, doctors options, & cost

Dr. Tara Ruengvirayudh, MD.

Heart · Bangkok

Dr. Tara Ruengvirayudh is a Consultant Cardiologist and Cardiac Electrophysiologist with expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, particularly cardiac rhythm disorders and complex heart conditions. She provides comprehensive cardiac care ranging from preventive cardiology and medical management to advanced electrophysiological evaluation and treatment for patients with various cardiovascular disorders. Dr. Tara has extensive experience in cardiac electrophysiology, advanced cardiac imaging, stress testing, electrocardiographic interpretation, and heart failure management. Her clinical approach emphasizes early diagnosis, personalized treatment planning, and evidence-based therapies to improve cardiovascular health and long-term patient outcomes. She is committed to delivering patient-centered cardiovascular care while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to provide comprehensive management for both acute and chronic heart conditions.

Pipin KojodjojoMRCP (UK)

Heart · Singapore

Dr Pipin Kojodjojo is a cardiologist practising at Mount Elizabeth Hospitals, Gleneagles Hospital and Parkway East Hospital, Singapore. His clinical expertise include atrial fibrillation and heart rhythm disorders in adolescents and adults, implantation of cardiac devices such as pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators, catheter ablation of simple and complex arrhythmias, left atrial appendage occlusion for stroke prevention, pulmonary thrombectomy for acute pulmonary embolism and management of syncope and cardiac dysautonomias (a condition where the autonomic nervous system does not work properly). He was a former director of cardiology at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH) and a senior consultant at the National University Heart Centre, Singapore. Dr Kojodjojo graduated from St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London Hospital Medical College, University of London and is a member of the Royal College of Physicians. He underwent training in cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology at St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College London, UK and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA. He was awarded a PhD for his novel research on human atrial fibrillation by the Imperial College London. He was appointed senior lecturer and consultant at the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. During his appointment at NTFGH, he led or participated in committees that had oversight over areas such as telehealth, quality assurance, anticoagulation safety, collaborative prescribing and outpatient services. He created Asia’s first pulmonary embolism response team, syncope clinic and rapid access chest pain clinic (RACPC). The RACPC was recognised with an Excellence Award by the Asian Hospital Management Awards in 2020. Dr Kojodjojo was also the earliest to use ultrasound-assisted thrombolysis and suction thrombectomy in Asia and was the earliest to perform ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation)-assisted VT ablation and septal radiofrequency ablation to reduce outflow tract gradients for inoperable hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. He has practised medicine for more than 20 years, and has performed more than 1,400 cardiac electronic implantable device implants and more than 1,100 cases of catheter ablation since 2012. Besides his clinical work, he was the associate professor at the department of medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. He is accredited by the International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners as a clinical cardiac devices specialist. He is active in clinical research with mentees winning Young Investigator Awards at international conferences. He is recognised as a fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society, American College of Cardiology and European Society of Cardiology. Dr Kojodjojo has published more than 120 peer-reviewed articles. He jointly holds a patent for a proprietary bipolar radiofrequency ablation generator.

Wong Cheok Keng Kelvin

Heart · Singapore

Dr Kelvin Wong is a cardiologist and electrophysiologist at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore. He subspecialises in cardiac electrophysiology and cardiac rhythm management. His areas of expertise include the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, performing device implantations (pacemaker, defibrillator) and ablations for supraventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. He obtained his certificate of completion of training in cardiology and general (internal) medicine following training as a senior electrophysiology fellow at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. Between 2008 and 2010, Dr Wong was the research fellow for electrophysiology at John Radcliffe Hospital, UK. In 2012, Dr Wong was appointed as locum consultant at John Radcliffe Hospital and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. He was previously a consultant cardiologist at Changi General Hospital and visiting consultant at the National Heart Centre Singapore. He also helped develop the electrophysiology service at Changi General Hospital, as well as the inherited cardiac conditions clinic and the atrial fibrillation clinic. An advocate for research and education, Dr Wong is the recipient of several research grant awards, and was principal investigator for published independent research projects. He was also appointed adjunct assistant professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS, and Duke-NUS Medical School. Dr Wong often travels to chair and share his experiences at national and regional conferences.

Chua Chi Ming Kelvin

Heart · Singapore

Dr Kelvin Chua is a cardiologist at Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital and Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore. He specialises in arrhythmia care in the field of electrophysiology and pacing. He has special interests in sudden cardiac death, ablations of complex atrial and ventricular arrhythmias, and the use of novel pacing and ablation strategies including conduction system pacing, ultra-high-density mapping, cryoablation, and pulse-field ablation. Prior to joining private practice, he was a senior consultant at the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS), where he led the electrophysiology service at Sengkang General Hospital and was instrumental in setting up the specialist outpatient clinic there. He also established several key clinical programmes at NHCS including cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation, fluoroscopy-reduction ablation techniques, and conduction system pacing. Dr Chua graduated from the National University of Singapore and obtained membership of the Royal College of Physicians, UK as well as a master's degree and certificate of specialist accreditation (cardiology). He pursued his subspecialty clinical fellowship in cardiac electrophysiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA, and the University of Chicago, USA, where he acquired expertise in the management of complex arrhythmias and cardiac implantable electronic devices. He also received his accreditation from the International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners as a certified electrophysiology specialist – adult cardiology. His research interests during that time were electrocardiographic predictors of sudden cardiac death, ultra-high-density mapping to delineate atrionodal connections, substrates correlating with critical isthmuses in ventricular tachycardia, and device algorithms for early detection of lead dislodgements. He has been practising medicine for more than 15 years. Dr Chua was a clinical assistant professor at Duke-NUS Medical School. He is a fellow at local and international cardiovascular societies including the Academy of Medicine Singapore, American College of Cardiology, European Society of Cardiology and Heart Rhythm Society. He organises and speaks at major conferences, public forums and engagements with physicians from all specialities to improve accessibility and level of care to patients. Dr Chua was awarded several Singapore Health Quality Service Awards.

Ng Jit BengMRCP (UK)

Heart · George Town

Lim Chun Yih Paul

Heart · Singapore

Dr Paul Lim is a cardiologist and electrophysiologist at Mount Elizabeth Hospital and Parkway East Hospital, Singapore. He specialises in the management of cardiac disorders and diseases. His area of expertise is the treatment of complex heart rhythm disorders utilising advanced mapping techniques with catheter ablation, and implantation or extraction of cardiac implantable electronic devices such as pacemakers, defibrillators and cardiac resynchronisation therapy devices. Prior to private practice, Dr Lim was a senior consultant at the National Heart Centre and a visiting cardiologist at the Sengkang General Hospital in Singapore. He has been practising medicine for more than 15 years. Dr Lim graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and obtained his membership of the Royal College of Physicians, UK, with his master's degree in internal medicine from NUS. He completed his advanced specialty training in cardiology at the National Heart Centre, Singapore. He was awarded his electrophysiology fellowship under the Health Manpower Development Plan at the Barts Heart Centre-Bart Health NHS Trust, UK, where he underwent advanced training to perform complex cardiac electrophysiology ablations and device implants/extractions. He is a certified electrophysiology specialist and cardiac device specialist accredited by the European Heart Rhythm Association. In addition to his clinical work, Dr Lim was a clinical assistant professor at Duke-NUS Medical School. He was the director of the SingHealth Duke-NUS cardiovascular sciences residency academic clinical programme. He was also a core faculty member of SingHealth Duke-NUS cardiology senior residency programme and the SingHealth internal medicine residency programme. He serves as an adjunct assistant professor at Duke-NUS Medical School and has published manuscripts in various peer-reviewed journals. He has also been invited to present at local, regional, and international conferences. Dr Lim has been recognised for his work and has received several SingHealth Service Quality Awards.

Abdul Razakjr Bin OmarMRCP (UK)

Heart · Singapore

Dr Abdul Razakjr Bin Omar is a cardiologist at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore. He treats general cardiology and cardiac arrhythmia, particularly conditions like palpitation, fainting and sudden cardiac arrest. He also performs cardiac catheterisation study and interventional therapy including minimally invasive, percutaneous coronary intervention, cardiac electrophysiology study, radiofrequency catheter ablation, and implantation of pacemakers and cardioverter defibrillators. He was a former consultant cardiologist and clinical director, cardiac electrophysiology and pacing at the National University Heart Centre, Singapore. He later joined a private hospital as its consultant cardiologist. He was made managing partner and later deputy medical director there. Dr Abdul Razakjr graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and obtained his master’s there. He was awarded the Health Manpower Development Plan award to do cardiology fellowship at the University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Canada. He was conferred as a fellow of the Academy of Medicine and the American College of Cardiology. He has more than 25 years of clinical experience. He is an assistant professor at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. He was also an adjunct associate professor at Lee Kong Chian/Imperial College London School of Medicine. Dr Abdul Razakjr has been invited as a lecturer and faculty for local and international cardiology meetings. He was also involved in scientific research and his works were published in peer-reviewed international journals. He was the specialty editor of the Singapore Medical Journal and honorary secretary of the Singapore Medical Association. He is a board member of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the previous chairman of the outreach committee at NKF. Currently, he is the chairman of the MediFund committee, Ang Mo Kio-Thye Hua Kwan Hospital and a member of People’s Association, Ang Mo Kio Community Club Management Committee. He also sits on the Singapore Medical Council’s complaints panel. He was the member of the board of trustees for the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) and was a member of academic advisory committee of SIT. Notably, he was appointed by the Honourable Chief Justice to be a member of inquiry panel and was also appointed as member of the committee to review the salaries of the president, prime minister, political appointment holders and members of Parliament. In 2013, Dr Abdul Razakjr was conferred the Berita Harian, Singapore Press Holdings, Achiever of the Year award.

Liew Kay Choon Reginald

Heart · Singapore

Dr Reginald Liew is a cardiologist at Gleneagles Hospital and Mount Elizabeth Hospitals, Singapore. He is trained in cardiac electrophysiology (EP) procedures such as catheter ablation (radiofrequency energy that rectifies abnormal heart rhythm) using conventional and 3D mapping systems. He also performs cardiac device implantation, such as cardiac pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) and cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) devices. He undertook his medical training at Cambridge University, and Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, graduating with distinction. He obtained a PhD from Imperial College London, where he investigated the effects of oestrogens on the heart, and received his cardiology training at the Royal Brompton Hospital and subspecialty training in cardiac arrhythmias at St Bartholomew’s Hospital and St George’s Hospital in the UK. He has been active in the field of heart rhythm problems, and was involved in some of the early clinical studies in the UK that validated the use of 3D mapping systems to treat complex heart rhythm problems. Dr Liew was the former senior consultant and deputy director of the research and development unit at the National Heart Centre, where he helped develop the research programme, especially in the fields of cardiac arrhythmias and the use of stem cells in cardiovascular disease. His research interests include atrial fibrillation, cardiac risk assessment, and sudden cardiac death. He is also a member of the research committee for the Singapore Heart Foundation and the basic science committee of the Asian Pacific Heart Rhythm Society. He is a keen health educator and has mentored cardiologists in Singapore and in countries like the UK in performing cardiac EP procedures, and regularly proctors EP cases in neighbouring countries.