Dr David Chieng
Dr David Chieng is a highly trained and experienced consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist specialising in the management of heart rhythm disturbances, including cardiac arrhythmia (atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, SVT, ventricular tachycardia) ablation and cardiac device (pacemaker, defibrillator, cardiac resynchronization therapy, conduction system pacing) implantation. He also manages all adult cardiovascular conditions, including cardiac risk assessment, heart failure, ischaemic heart disease, and acute coronary syndrome.
He holds a public appointment at the Alfred Hospital (Melbourne), and is the Director of Cardiac Rhythm Management at Latrobe Regional Hospital.
He completed his medical degree through the University of Western Australia with a UWA SWANS Scholarship, winning multiple academic prizes. He was awarded the prestigious Gotcher Clarke Intern of the Year Award (2011) for outstanding patient care. He then undertook a 4 year clinical fellowship training in electrophysiology and pacing at the Alfred Hospital and Royal Melbourne Hospital, and is a IBHRE certified cardiac device specialist (CCDS). He completed his PhD thesis in 2022 with the support of 3 prestigious scholarships, namely NHMRC, National Heart Foundation, and the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute Bright Sparks scholarships. He was the principal investigator of the CAPLA, Hi-Lo HEAT and STALL HFpEF randomized trials.
Dr Chieng has been recognised nationally and internationally for his achievements in clinical research by being awarded an outstanding 23 prestigious young investigator awards, including the University of Melbourne Graham Brown Prize (2023), the Eric Prystowsky Fellows Clinical Research Award (2023), the Noel and Imelda Foster Prize for Cardiovascular Research (2022), and the Paul Korner Medal for outstanding PhD achievements (2021). In recognition of these achievements he was awarded the highly prestigious 2023 University of Melbourne Chancellor’s Prize for Excellence in Phd Thesis, and the 2024 University of Melbourne Dean’s Award for Excellence in Phd Thesis
He holds a Posdoctoral Fellowship from the National Heart Foundation for 2024-2025
Dr Chieng is multi-lingual and speaks fluent Mandarin and Malay/Indonesian.
