Dr Elizabeth Shaw
Structural & Interventional Cardiologist
About Dr Shaw
Dr Elizabeth Shaw is a Structural and Interventional Cardiologist who has a special interest in chest pain, women’s heart health and valvular heart disease.
She is the first female Cardiologist to be accredited to perform Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantations (TAVIs) in Australia. She is the Director of Cardiology at Sydney Adventist Hospital. She also works at Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital and Northern Beaches Hospital.
Dr Shaw has passion for teaching and research and is a Senior Lecturer at The University of Sydney’s Medical School and a Senior Lecturer for The University of Queensland’s Medical School. Dr Shaw is on the steering committee for Australia and New Zealand Endovascular Therapies (ANZET) and is passionate about encouraging junior doctors to pursue their chosen field. She is a founding member of the Women in Interventional Cardiology of Australia and New Zealand group.
Dr Shaw completed her specialist training at Royal North Shore Hospital, after which she completed her interventional training at The Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane. Dr Shaw then completed a structural heart fellowship at William Beaumont Hospital in the United States. Dr Shaw has delivered multiple presentations at both national and international conferences in her research area of coronary artery disease, Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy as well as the treatment of aortic stenosis and other structural heart disorders.
Career Accomplishments
- Cardiology Head of Department at the Sydney Adventist Hospital
- First female Cardiologist to be accredited to perform Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantations (TAVIs) in Australia for the treatment of severe aortic stenosis.
- Steering Committee Member of Australia and New Zealand Endovascular Therapies (ANZET)
- Undertook Structural Interventional Fellowship at William Beaumont Hospital, Michigan, USA.
- Undertook Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at The Prince Charles hospital, Brisbane.
- Undertook Basic Physician Training and Advanced Cardiology Training at Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney.
- Graduated with Bachelor of Medicine at the University of Sydney with Honours.
- Published multiple journal articles and presented as invited speakers at both national and international Cardiology conferences.