Interventional Debate
Tracks
Rongomātāne Room A
| Friday, June 12, 2026 |
| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
| Rongomātāne Room A |
Speaker
Dr Sandeep Basavarajaiah
Consultant Cardiologist
Heartlands Hospital
Left main stem disease: PCI vs CABG
1:30 PM - 2:10 PMBiography
Dr Sandeep Basavarajaiah has been working as a consultant cardiologist at Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom, since 2014. He received intervention training at world-renowned centres (Papworth Hospital, Cambridge; San Raffaele Hospital, Milan; and Imperial College, London). He also researched the athlete’s heart, focusing on differences in the cardiovascular adaptation to training in black and white athletes.
He works in a busy unit that undertakes around 2000 angioplasties per year, and he performs over 250 PCI annually. Most of his cases are complex interventions, including CTO-PCI, calcified lesions, and left main cases. He leads the CTO-PCI at Heartlands Hospital and regularly organises workshops in collaboration with World experts. Sandeep also has special interests in drug-coated balloons and is considered one of the field's experts. He has presented at various international meetings. He has also been proctoring various centres in Europe and Asia on performing DCB angioplasty. He has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is also the research lead in his trust and is part of several randomised control trials and registries.
Dr Ali Khan
Cardiologist
North Shore Hospital
Left main stem disease: PCI vs CABG
1:30 PM - 2:10 PMBiography
Dr. Khan completed his Bachelor of Medicine (MBBS) and postgraduate training in Medicine in Bangladesh before relocating to New Zealand. He worked across all three Auckland district health boards as a Resident Medical Officer before pursuing specialisation in Cardiology at the Greenlane Cardiovascular Centre in Auckland.
Dr. Khan was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) in January 2008. He is subsequently undertook Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology at the William Beaumont Hospital in Michigan, USA, before returning to North Shore Hospital as a Consultant.
He is actively involved in interventional cardiology research at Waitemata District Health Board and serves as a supervisor for interventional cardiology trainees.
Dr. Khan’s clinical interests span both invasive and non-invasive cardiology, encompassing catheter-based cardiac and endovascular interventions, CT coronary angiography, general and preventative cardiology, cardiomyopathies, cardiac rhythm disorders, cardio-metabolic disorders.
Dr Andrew Chatfield
Cardiologist
Wellington Hospital
SAVR vs TAVI in low risk aortic stenosis
2:10 PM - 2:50 PMBiography
Andrew studied medicine at the University of Otago, qualifying in 2010, and completed cardiology training at Auckland City Hospital, attaining FRACP in 2020. He undertook a two‑year fellowship in coronary and structural heart disease at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada, working alongside Professor John Webb and other leading interventional cardiologists. Andrew returned to New Zealand in 2022 and currently works full‑time as a cardiologist in the Wellington region. He is an experienced general and interventional cardiologist with interests in coronary artery disease, intravascular imaging, and structural heart interventions including TAVI, TEER.
All Speakers
Q&A / Discussion
2:50 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
Dr Sarah Fairley
Interventional / Obstetric Cardiologist
Wellington Hospital
Chair
Biography