Dr Kasun De Silva is a consultant cardiologist at Westmead Private Hospital and a current cardiac electrophysiology research and clinical fellow at Westmead Public Hospital. His practice encompasses all aspects of adult cardiology, including coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, heart rhythm disorders, heart failure, cardiovascular imaging, and preventative cardiology. He completed his undergraduate medical training at the University of New South Wales, graduating with distinction and first-class honours in 2014. He completed his Basic Physician and Cardiology Advanced training at Westmead Hospital in Sydney. He was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) in 2022 and is currently a cardiac electrophysiology clinical and research fellow at Westmead Hospital as well as consultant cardiologist at Westmead Private Hospital. He has presented research at national and international conferences, published multiple research articles and won the national Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Cardiovascular Prevention prize. He is currently a recipient of a prestigious National Health and Medical Research Council Postgraduate Research Scholarship to support his PhD candidature which is investigating novel technologies to diagnose and treat heart rhythm disorders that cause sudden cardiac death. He is fluent in English and Sinhalese
Interests Include:
All aspects of clinical cardiology, including but not limited to: prevention medicine, coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, heart rhythm disorders, heart failure and cardiomyopathy.