Dr Luan Huynh MBBS PhD FRACP FCSANZ FESC AFRACMA is a senior cardiologist who has special interest in cardiovascular imaging, diagnosis and management of valvular heart disease, non-invasive testing for ischaemic heart disease and cardiac risk assessment. He welcomes new and returning patients with the full spectrum of adult cardiology conditions.
Having graduated from Adelaide University in 2001, Luan completed his internship the following year at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. He continued on to postgraduate studies at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital before undertaking his PhD at Flinders University in 2006 in cardiovascular epidemiology. His research has contributed to cardiovascular reference material and has been published in peer reviewed medical journals.
Luan completed his specialty cardiology training at Flinders Medical Centre and was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) in 2009. He subsequently undertook a subspecialty clinical fellowship in echocardiography before returning to Adelaide.
With advanced expertise in echocardiography, including transoesophageal echocardiography and stress echocardiography, Luan also holds the highest qualifications in CT coronary angiography (Level B) and cardiac MRI (Level III).
Luan’s goal is to provide patients with an empathetic medical experience that helps them to feel comfortable and in control of their situation. He takes pride in staying on top of the most modern and up-to-date medical information in his field.
Consulting regularly at our Calvary Adelaide, Modbury, Norwood and St Agnes locations, Luan is also senior staff specialist at the Lyell McEwin Hospital. There he has supervised and taught cardiac imaging to advanced trainees for over a decade. He is the northern area lead for cardiac valvular dysfunction.
More recently re-engaging in clinical research Luan aims to draw on his strong imaging, epidemiological and biostatistics base to answer practice changing, clinically relevant questions from an imaging perspective.
A keen gardener, Luan also enjoys cycling, jogging and spending time with his family.