Matthew Brooks MBBS, BMedSci, FRACP

Dr. Matthew Brooks completed his medical training at The University of Melbourne, followed by specialist cardiology and interventional training at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. He undertook two further fellowships at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Copenhagen University Hospital, with a focus on structural heart disease intervention and complex percutaneous coronary intervention. He is a consultant cardiologist at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and also practices at Melbourne Private and John Fawkner Private Hospitals.

Dr Brooks’ expertise is in complex percutaneous coronary artery intervention including chronic total occlusions, left main PCI, and rotational atherectomy. He has a special interest in structural heart disease intervention including transcatheter aortic valve replacement and mitral valve repair/replacement, percutaneous left atrial appendage closure, device closure of interatrial defects, and paravalvular leak closure. In 2019 at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Dr. Brooks broke new ground by performing the first BASILICA operation in Australia. The surgery uses a technique developed in the USA that prevents coronary artery obstruction, a rare but often fatal complication during transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).