Dr Roland Hilling-Smith

Dr Roly Hilling-Smith is a Specialist Cardiologist who studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and trained in cardiology at the prestigous MonashHeart in Melbourne before completing two interventional fellowships.   He was awarded the Chamberlain Scholarship in Advanced Coronary and Structural Intervention at the world renowned Royal Sussex County Hospital, England. 

 

Roly’s main interest is in clinical cardiology with a focus on coronary and structural intervention. Roly is also trained, accredited and performs cardiac CT giving a unique perspective in the diagnosis, investigation and management of cardiovascular diseases. 

 

Roly performs a wide range of percutaneous interventional procedures including coronary stents, rotablation and chronic total occlusion revascularisation.  He performs the full range of structural interventions including TAVI, PFO / ASD closure, percutaneous treatments of aortic and mitral valves, left atrial appendage occlusion and renal denervation amongst others. 

 

Roly is now a proctor for others in structural techniques including TAVI procedures.  He is well published and presents at conferences internationally.  He is involved in several ongoing collaborative research projects, primarily in the field of improving patient outcomes following percutaneous structural intervention. 

 

Roly is a proud member of the Heart of Australia project providing cardiovascular care to regional Queensland.  

AMC Certificate, Australian Medical Council, Australia, 2009 Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2005 Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Adult Medicine Division, Australia, 2013