Electrophysiologist in VIC
Biography
Associate Professor Sandeep (Sunny) Prabhu is a Cardiologist Electrophysiologist located in Melbourne and is passionate about improving the outcomes of patients with heart rhythm disorders.
A/Prof Sandeep completed a Medicine and Law dual degree, graduating with honours from Monash University. He completed his advanced cardiology training at the Alfred, Royal Melbourne, and Frankston Hospitals in Victoria.
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Procedures & Conditions
Procedures Performed
- Electrophysiological (EP) Studies
- Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
- Atrial Flutter Ablation
- Supra Ventricular Tachycardia (SVT) Ablation
- Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) Ablation
- AV Node Ablation
- Pacemaker and Cardiac Defibrillator Implantation
- Implantable Loop Recorder (ILR)
- Smartphone ECG Monitoring
Conditions Treated
- Arrythmias
- Cardiac Rhythm Disorders
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Supra Ventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
- Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)
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Clinical Associate Professor
University of Melbourne (Department of Medicine) 2021 - Present -
Senior Research Fellow
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute (Cardiometabolic Unit, Cardiac Electrophysiology) 2021 - Present -
Honorary Research Fellow
University of Melbourne 2020 - Present -
NHMRC Emerging Leader Research Fellow
2019 -
Heart Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow
2019 -
Heart Foundation Health Professional Scholarship
2014 -
NHMRC Postgraduate PhD Scholarship
2014 -
Cardiology Fellowship Training
The Alfred, Royal Melbourne and Frankston Hospitals
Membership & Awards
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
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2013
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)
Awards
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2019
Finalist Victorian Premiers Award for Health and Medical Research
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2019
Nominee University of Melbourne Chancellors Award for Outstanding PhD
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2018
American College of Cardiology JACC EP Young Author Achievement Award
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2018
Australian Government Endeavour Scholarship Award
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2018
European Heart Rhythm Association International Training Fellowship Award
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2018
Heart Lung and Circulation Review Article of the Year Award
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2017
Baker Institute Highest Impact Publication Award
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2017
Finalist CSANZ Ralph Reader Young Investigator Award
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2016
Runner Up Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society Young Investigator Award
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2014
Finalist Asia Pacific Heart Rhythm Society Young Investigator Award
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2014
Heart Foundation Top Ranked Health Professional Scholar
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2013
CSANZ Advanced Trainee Registrar Research Award
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2011 & 2013
2011 & 2013 CSANZ Advanced Trainee Registrar Research Award
Research & Publications
Publications
1. Kistler, Peter & Chieng, David & Sugumar, Hariharan & Ling, Liang-Han & Segan, Louise & Azzopardi, Sonia & Al-Kaisey, Ahmed & Parameswaran, Ramanathan & Anderson, Robert & Hawson, Joshua & Prabhu, Sandeep & Voskoboinik, Alex & Wong, Geoffrey & Morton, Joseph & Pathik, Bhupesh & McLellan, Alex & Lee, Geoffrey & Wong, Michael & Finch, Sue & Kalman, Jonathan. (2023). Effect of Catheter Ablation Using Pulmonary Vein Isolation With vs Without Posterior Left Atrial Wall Isolation on Atrial Arrhythmia Recurrence in Patients With Persistent Atrial Fibrillation: The CAPLA Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 329. 127-135. 10.1001/jama.2022.23722.
2. Hawson, Joshua & Al-Kaisey, Ahmed & Anderson, Robert & Chieng, David & Segan, Louise & Watts, Troy & Campbell, Timothy & Morton, Joseph & McLellan, Alexander & Sparks, Paul & Lee, Adam & Gerstenfeld, Edward & Hsia, Henry & Voskoboinik, Alex & Prabhu, Sandeep & Pathik, Bhupesh & Kumar, Saurabh & Kistler, Peter & Kalman, Jonathan & Lee, Geoffrey. (2023). Retrospective Window of Interest Annotation Provides New Insights Into Functional Channels in Ventricular Tachycardia Substrate. JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology. 9. 1-16. 10.1016/j.jacep.2022.10.025.
3. William, Jeremy & X, Xiao & A, Shirwaiker & Patel, Hitesh & Prabhu, Sandeep & Ling, Liang-Han & Sugumar, Hariharan & Mariani, Justin & Kistler, Peter & Voskoboinik, Alex. (2022). Diagnostic evaluation of unexplained ventricular tachyarrhythmias in younger adults. 10.22541/au.166961343.35242593/v1.
4. Ezeani, Martin & Prabhu, Sandeep. (2022). PI3K signalling at the intersection of cardio-oncology networks: cardiac safety in the era of AI. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 79. 10.1007/s00018-022-04627-1.
5. Chieng, David & Segan, Louise & Sugumar, Hariharan & Al-Kaisey, Ahmed & Hawson, Joshua & Moore, Benjamin & Nam, Michael & Voskoboinik, Alex & Prabhu, Sandeep & Ling, Liang-Han & Ng, Jer & Brown, Gregor & Lee, Geoffrey & Morton, Joseph & Debinski, Henry & Kalman, Jonathan & Kistler, Peter. (2022). Higher power short duration vs. lower power longer duration posterior wall ablation for atrial fibrillation and oesophageal injury outcomes: a prospective multi-centre randomized controlled study (Hi-Lo HEAT trial). Europace. 10.1093/europace/euac190.
6. Chieng, David & Sugumar, Hariharan & Segan, L & Al-kaisey, Ahmed & Hawson, Joshua & Prabhu, Sandeep & Voskoboinik, Alex & Morton, J & Lee, Geoffrey & Mariani, Justin & La Gerche, Andre & Kistler, Peter & Kalman, J & Kaye, D & Ling, Liang-Han. (2022). Catheter ablation in atrial fibrillation and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction improves peak pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, exercise capacity and quality of life: RCT STALL HFpEF. European Heart Journal. 43. 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.607.
7. Segan, L & Nanayakkara, Shane & Spear, E & Shirwaiker, A & Chieng, David & Sugumar, Hariharan & Ling, Liang-Han & Prabhu, Sandeep & Lee, Geoffrey & Morton, Joseph & Kalman, J & Voskoboinik, Alex & Kistler, Peter. (2022). Clinical risk prediction for left atrial appendage thrombus among patients with atrial fibrillation. European Heart Journal. 43. 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.568.
8. Segan, L & Canovas, R & Nanayakkara, Shane & Chieng, David & Prabhu, Sandeep & Ling, Liang-Han & Voskoboinik, Alex & Sugumar, Hariharan & Lee, Geoffrey & Morton, Joseph & Kalman, J & Kistler, Peter. (2022). Development and validation of the HARMS2-AF lifestyle risk score to predict incident AF. European Heart Journal. 43. 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.2278.
9. Prabhu, Sandeep. (2022). Back to the Future: Can retrospective analyses fill in the gaps left by prospective data?. International journal of cardiology. 371. 10.1016/j.ijcard.2022.09.067.
10. Chieng, David & Canovas, Rodrigo & Segan, Louise & Sugumar, Hariharan & Voskoboinik, Alex & Prabhu, Sandeep & Ling, Liang-Han & Lee, Geoffrey & Morton, Joseph & Kaye, David & Kalman, Jonathan & Kistler, Peter. (2022). The impact of coffee subtypes on incident cardiovascular disease, arrhythmias, and mortality: long-term outcomes from the UK Biobank. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 29. 10.1093/eurjpc/zwac189.
11. Ezeani, Martin & Prabhu, Sandeep. (2022). PI3K(p110α) as a determinant and gene therapy for atrial enlargement in atrial fibrillation. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 10.1007/s11010-022-04526-w.
12. Nalliah, Chrishan & Wong, Geoffrey & Lee, Geoffrey & Voskoboinik, Alex & Kee, Kirk & Goldin, Jeremy & Watts, Troy & Linz, Dominik & Parameswaran, Ramanathan & Sugumar, Hariharan & Prabhu, Sandeep & Mclellan, Alex & Ling, Liang-Han & Joseph, Shary & Morton, Joseph & Kistler, Peter & Sanders, Prashanthan & Kalman, Jonathan. (2022). Impact of CPAP on the Atrial Fibrillation Substrate in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: The SLEEP-AF Study. JACC. Clinical electrophysiology. 8. 869-877. 10.1016/j.jacep.2022.04.015.
13. Chieng, David & Canovas, Rodrigo & Segan, Louise & Sugumar, Hariharan & Voskoboinik, Alex & Prabhu, Sandeep & Ling, Liang-Han & Lee, Geoffrey & Morton, Joseph & Kalman, Jonathan & Kistler, Peter. (2022). CE-544-04 HABITUAL COFFEE CONSUMPTION AND INCIDENCE OF ARRHYTHMIAS: A LARGE POPULATION STUDY. Heart Rhythm. 19. S96. 10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.03.770.
14. Chieng, David & Sugumar, Hariharan & Segan, Louise & Al-Kaisey, Ahmed & Moore, Benjamin & Nam, Michael & Prabhu, Sandeep & Voskoboinik, Alex & Ling, Liang-Han & Kalman, Jonathan & Kistler, Peter. (2022). CA-535-02 HIGH POWER SHORT DURATION (HPSD) VERSUS LOWER POWER LONGER DURATION (LPLD) ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION: A PROSPECTIVE MULTICENTRE RANDOMISED CONTROLLED STUDY. THE HI-LO HEAT STUDY. Heart Rhythm. 19. S75. 10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.03.728.
15. Chieng, David & Sugumar, Hariharan & Canovas, Rodrigo & Segan, Louise & Ling, Liang-Han & Voskoboinik, Alex & Al-Kaisey, Ahmed & Lee, Geoffrey & Prabhu, Sandeep & Morton, Joseph & Kalman, Jonathan & Kistler, Peter. (2022). PO-668-04 IMPACT OF DECAFFEINATED, GROUND AND INSTANT COFFEE SUBTYPES ON THE INCIDENCE OF ARRHYTHMIAS: LONG TERM OUTCOMES FROM THE UK BIOBANK. Heart Rhythm. 19. S313. 10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.03.390.
16. Chieng, David & Canovas, Rodrigo & Segan, Louise & Sugumar, Hariharan & Voskoboinik, Alex & Prabhu, Sandeep & Ling, Liang-Han & Lee, Geoffrey & Morton, Joseph & Kalman, Jonathan & Kistler, Peter. (2022). BS-400-09 HABITUAL COFFEE CONSUMPTION AND INCIDENCE OF ARRHYTHMIAS: A LARGE POPULATION STUDY. Heart Rhythm. 19. S513-S514. 10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.03.1209.
17. Segan, Louise & Nanayakkara, Shane & Canovas, Rodrigo & Chieng, David & Sugumar, Hariharan & Voskoboinik, Alex & Ling, Liang-Han & Prabhu, Sandeep & Kalman, Jonathan & Kistler, Peter. (2022). PO-670-03 IMPACT OF LIFESTYLE RISK FACTORS ON THE INCIDENCE OF AF: A LARGE POPULATION-BASED STUDY. Heart Rhythm. 19. S321. 10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.03.407.
18. Segan, Louise & Chieng, David & Sugumar, Hariharan & Voskoboinik, Alex & Ling, Liang-Han & Lee, Geoffrey & Kalman, Jonathan & Kistler, Peter & Prabhu, Sandeep. (2022). PO-703-06 ATRIAL SCARRING PREDICTS AF RECURRENCE BUT NOT LV RECOVERY IN AF-MEDIATED CARDIOMYOPATHY. Heart Rhythm. 19. S448-S449. 10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.03.1060.
19. Segan, Louise & Nanayakkara, Shane & Canovas, Rodrigo & Chieng, David & Sugumar, Hariharan & Voskoboinik, Alex & Ling, Liang-Han & Prabhu, Sandeep & Kalman, Jonathan & Kistler, Peter. (2022). CE-543-02 DEVELOPMENT OF THE HARMS2-AF LIFESTYLE RISK SCORE TO PREDICT INCIDENT AF. Heart Rhythm. 19. S85-S86. 10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.03.748.
20. Kistler, Peter & Chieng, David & Canovas, Rodrigo & Morton, Joseph & Lee, Geoffrey & Ling, Liang-Han & Prabhu, Sandeep & Voskoboinik, Alex & Sugumar, Hariharan & Segan, Louise & Kalman, Jonathan. (2022). PO-654-01 REGULAR COFFEE INTAKE IS SAFE AND IMPROVES SURVIVAL IN PEOPLE WITH UNDERLYING ARRHYTHMIA AND/OR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. Heart Rhythm. 19. S257-S258. 10.1016/j.hrthm.2022.03.262.
21. Prabhu, Sandeep & Ahluwalia, Nikhil & Tyebally, Sara & Dennis, A. & Malomo, S. & Abiodun, A. & Tyrlis, Angelos & Dhillon, Gurpreet & Segan, L. & Graham, Adam & Honarbakhsh, Shohreh & Sawhney, Vinit & Sporton, Simon & Lowe, M. & Finlay, Malcolm & Earley, M. & Lambiase, Pier & Schilling, Richard & Hunter, Ross. (2022). Erratum for Long-term outcomes of index cryoballoon ablation or point-by-point radiofrequency ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation and systolic heart failure. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2021;32:941-948. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 33. 567-567. 10.1111/jce.15312.
22. Prabhu, Sandeep & Ahluwalia, Nikhil & Tyebally, Sara & Dennis, A. & Malomo, S. & Abiodun, A. & Tyrlis, Angelos & Dhillon, Gurpreet & Segan, L. & Graham, Adam & Honarbakhsh, Shohreh & Sawhney, Vinit & Sporton, Simon & Lowe, M. & Finlay, Malcolm & Earley, M. & Lambiase, Pier & Schilling, Richard & Hunter, Ross. (2022). Erratum for Long-term outcomes of index cryoballoon ablation or point-by-point radiofrequency ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation and systolic heart failure. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2021;32:941-948. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 33. 567-567. 10.1111/jce.15312.
23. Prabhu, Sandeep & Ahluwalia, Nikhil & Tyebally, Sara & Dennis, A. & Malomo, S. & Abiodun, A. & Tyrlis, Angelos & Dhillon, Gurpreet & Segan, L. & Graham, Adam & Honarbakhsh, Shohreh & Sawhney, Vinit & Sporton, Simon & Lowe, M. & Finlay, Malcolm & Earley, M. & Lambiase, Pier & Schilling, Richard & Hunter, Ross. (2022). Erratum for Long-term outcomes of index cryoballoon ablation or point-by-point radiofrequency ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation and systolic heart failure. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2021;32:941-948. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 33. 567-567. 10.1111/jce.15312.
24. Chieng, David & Canovas, Rodrigo & Sugumar, Hariharan & Segan, Louise & Ling, Liang-Han & Voskoboinik, Alex & Al-Kaisey, Ahmed & Lee, Geoffrey & Prabhu, Sandeep & Kaye, David & Morton, Joseph & Kalman, Jonathan & Kistler, Peter. (2022). GROUND, INSTANT, OR DECAFFEINATED COFFEE? IMPACT OF DIFFERENT COFFEE SUBTYPES ON INCIDENT ARRHYTHMIA, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND MORTALITY. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 79. 26. 10.1016/S0735-1097(22)01017-8.
25. Kistler, Peter & Chieng, David & Canovas, Rodrigo & Kaye, David & Morton, Joseph & Lee, Geoffrey & Ling, Liang-Han & Prabhu, Sandeep & Voskoboinik, Alex & Sugumar, Hariharan & Segan, Louise & Kalman, Jonathan. (2022). REGULAR COFFEE INTAKE IS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVED MORTALITY IN PREVALENT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 79. 1490. 10.1016/S0735-1097(22)02481-0.
26. Chieng, David & Canovas, Rodrigo & Segan, Louise & Sugumar, Hariharan & Voskoboinik, Alex & Prabhu, Sandeep & Ling, Liang-Han & Lee, Geoffrey & Morton, Joseph & Kaye, David & Kalman, Jonathan & Kistler, Peter. (2022). EFFECTS OF HABITUAL COFFEE CONSUMPTION ON INCIDENT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, ARRHYTHMIA, AND MORTALITY: FINDINGS FROM UK BIOBANK. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 79. 1455. 10.1016/S0735-1097(22)02446-9.
27. Chieng, David & Sugumar, Hariharan & Segan, L & Al-kaisey, Ahmed & Moore, B & Nam, Michael & Prabhu, Sandeep & Voskoboinik, Alex & Ling, Liang-Han & Kalman, J & Kistler, Peter. (2022). High power short duration (HPSD) versus lower power longer duration (LPLD) atrial fibrillation ablation: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial (HiLo-HEAT study). European Heart Journal. 43. 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab849.027.
28. Prabhu, Sandeep & Segan, Louise. (2022). The Fa(r)st or the Spurious – Pulmonary vein cycle length – Is it the fuel driving persistent AF, or simply just fumes?. 10.22541/au.164382378.85386871/v1.
29. Prabhu, Sandeep & Segan, Louise. (2022). The Fa(r)st or the Spurious ‐ Pulmonary vein cycle length – Is it the fuel driving persistent AF, or simply just fumes?. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. 33. 10.1111/jce.15406.
30. Segan, Louise & Prabhu, Sandeep & Kalman, Jonathan & Kistler, Peter. (2022). Atrial Fibrillation and Stress. JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology. 8. 10.1016/j.jacep.2021.12.008.
More research publications are available upon request.
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