M.B.B.S, F.R.A.C.P., F.C.S.A.N.Z., F.E.S.C., Ph.D.

Calvary Central Districts Hospital
Northern Cardiology and Specialists Clinic

Dr Devan Mahadavan is an imaging cardiologist with a clinical and research interest in heart failure and valvular heart disease. He specialises in all forms of cardiac imaging and is active in developing advanced imaging technologies.

Dr Devan Mahadavan graduated in 1997 from Flinders University. He subsequently completed his clinical cardiology training at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in 2005 and then spent three years in the United Kingdom and Brisbane completing his post-graduate and fellowship training in cardiac imaging which includes all forms of echocardiography, cardiac MRI and cardiac CT. He has level 3 accreditation for both echocardiography and cardiac MRI and level A accreditation for Cardiac CT.

Since 2009, he has been working as a Staff Specialist Cardiologist and also heading cardiac imaging at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital/Lyell McEwin Hospital. He also works at the new Royal Adelaide Hospital as an imaging Cardiologist. In 2015, he was accepted as a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology.

His research interests are predominantly in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, the focus of his doctoral thesis. He also has a strong interest in valvular heart disease with publications in peer -reviewed journals, as well as being an invited speaker in national and international meetings in his areas of interest. His major focus is to implement advanced imaging technologies into his daily practice, as well as provide dedicated individualised care for his patients.