Cardiologist in VIC
Biography
Dr Kawa Haji is a Consultant Cardiologist specialising in coronary and valvular heart disease, with a focus on general cardiology, heart disease risk assessment, and coronary artery stenting.
Dr Haji completed his cardiology training at Western Health, Royal Melbourne Hospital, and Ballarat, followed by advanced subspecialty training at Western Health and Alfred Health. He earned his PhD from the University of Melbourne and Baker Heart Read More...
Procedures & Conditions
Procedures Performed
- Coronary Angiogram
- Angioplasty
- Functional Angiography & Coronary Physiology
- Advanced Coronary Artery Imaging
- Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)
- Patent Foramen Ovale Closure
- ASD Closure
Conditions Treated
- Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
- Chest Pain
- Valvular Heart Disease
Experience
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Interventional Cardiologist
Heart Centre at The Alfred 2024 - Present -
Interventional Cardiologist
Western Health 2024 - Present -
Structural fellow
Alfred Health 2023 - Present -
Cardiology Fellow
Western Health 2022 - 2023 -
Cardiology Advanced Trainee
The Royal Melbourne Hospital 2021 - 2022 -
Cardiology advanced trainee
Ballarat Health 2021 -
Cardiology advanced trainee
Western Health 2019 - 2021 -
Cardiology research fellow
Western Health 2017 - 2019 -
Cardiology Registrar
Central Australia Health Service 2016 - 2017 -
Cardiology Registrar
MonashHeart 2016
Memberships & Awards
Professional Memberships and Affiliations
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Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)
Awards
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2022
Winner, Innovation Acceleration Program 2022 – founder of MyHeart app (Western Health – Melbourne University)
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2023
Seed funding - the Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health at University of Melbourne 2023
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2022
National Heart Foundation 2022 Vanguard Grant – 12 months
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2021
Finalist Rod Andrew Prize for best student oral presentation at Baker Heart and diabetes institute research symposium 2021
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2020
Robert Newman prize for best abstract, Western Health, Melbourne, Australia 2020
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2018
Robert Newman prize for best abstract, Western Health, Melbourne, Australia 2018
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2018
PhD stipend Scholarship, Baker heart and diabetes Institute, Melbourne 2017-2018
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2017
Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship - 2017
Research & Publications
Publications
1. Backhouse, Brendan & Dade, Fabien & Bloom, Jason & Xiao, Xiaoman & Haji, Kawa & Yang, Yang & French, Craig & Stub, Dion & Nanjayya, Vinodh & Lo, Sidney & Chiang, Michael & Basir, Mir & O’Neill, William & Noaman, Samer & Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Kaye, David & Cox, Nicholas & Chan, William. (2025). Protocolised Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock in Australia-Initial Experience From a Hub-and-Spoke Model. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions. 10.1002/ccd.31462.
2. Sehgal, Kartik & Butala, Anant & Stub, Dion & Palmer, Sonny & Noaman, Samer & Haji, Kawa & Htun, Nay & Johnston, Rozanne & Walton, Antony & Nanayakkara, Shane. (2024). Incidence and Predictors of Vascular Complications Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A Comparison of the MANTA and Suture-Based Vascular Closure Devices. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 104. 10.1002/ccd.31185.
3. Vriesendorp, Pieter & Nanayakkara, Shane & Heuts, Samuel & Ball, Jocasta & Chandrasekar, Jaya & Dick, Ronald & Haji, Kawa & Htun, Nay & McGaw, David & Noaman, Samer & Palmer, Sonny & Cairo, Sesto & Shulman, Mark & Lin, Enjarn & Hastings, Stuart & Waldron, Benedict & Proimos, George & Soon, Kean & Yudi, Matias & Walton, Antony. (2024). Routine Protamine Administration for Bleeding in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: The ACE-PROTAVI Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Cardiology. 10.1001/jamacardio.2024.2454.
4. Huynh, Quan & Haji, Kawa & DePasquale, C. & Hare, James & Leung, D. & Stanton, T. & Marwick, T.. (2024). Cognitive Impairment as a Factor to Influence Development of Heart Failure. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 33. S253. 10.1016/j.hlc.2024.06.272.
5. Haji, Kawa & Vogrin, Sara & D’Elia, Nicholas & Bloom, Jason & Lefkovits, Jeffrey & Reid, Christopher & Brennan, Angela & Dinh, Diem & Nicholls, Stephen & Nehme, Emily & Nehme, Ziad & Smith, Karen & Stub, Dion & Ball, Jocasta & Zaman, Sarah & Oqueli, Ernesto & Kaye, David & Cox, Nicholas & Chan, William. (2024). Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown on Emergency Medical Service Utilisation, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Volume—An Australian Perspective. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 33. 10.1016/j.hlc.2024.02.018.
6. Butala, Anant & Nanayakkara, Shane & Navani, Rohan & Palmer, Sonny & Noaman, Samer & Haji, Kawa & Htun, Nay & Walton, Antony & Stub, Dion. (2024). Incidence, Predictors and Outcomes of Non-Home Discharge Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A Multicentre Australian Experience – The NHD TAVI Study. The American Journal of Cardiology. 220. 10.1016/j.amjcard.2024.04.001.
7. D’Elia, Nicholas & Vogrin, Sara & Brennan, Angela & Đinh, Diễm & Lefkovits, Jeffrey & Reid, Christopher & Stub, Dion & Bloom, Jason & Haji, Kawa & Noaman, Samer & Kaye, David & Cox, Nicholas & Chan, William. (2024). Electrocardiographic patterns and clinical outcomes of acute coronary syndrome cardiogenic shock in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention — A propensity score analysis. Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 65. 10.1016/j.carrev.2024.02.022.
8. Butala, Anant & Nanayakkara, Shane & Navani, Rohan & Palmer, Sonny & Noaman, Samer & Haji, Kawa & Htun, Nay & Walton, Antony & Stub, Dion. (2024). Acute Kidney Injury Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation-A Contemporary Perspective of Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes. Heart, lung & circulation. 33. 10.1016/j.hlc.2023.11.018.
9. Zheng, Wayne & Zheng, Maye & Ho, Felicia & Noaman, Samer & Haji, Kawa & Batchelor, Riley & Hanson, Laura & Bloom, Jason & Shaw, James & Yang, Yang & Stub, Dion & Cox, Nicholas & Kaye, David & Chan, William. (2023). Clinical Features and Outcomes Among Patients With Refractory Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest and an Initial Shockable Rhythm. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions. 16. 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.123.013007.
10. Potter, Elizabeth & Huynh, Quan & Haji, Kawa & Wong, Chiew & Yang, Hong & Wright, Leah & Marwick, Thomas. (2023). Use of Clinical and Echocardiographic Evaluation to Assess the Risk of Heart Failure. JACC. Heart failure. 12. 10.1016/j.jchf.2023.06.014.
11. Hanson, Laura & Vogrin, Sara & Noaman, Samer & Goh, Cheng Yee & Zheng, Wayne & Wexler, Noah & Jumaah, Haider & Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Bloom, Jason & Haji, Kawa & Schneider, Daniel & Kadhmawi, Ahmed & Stub, Dion & Cox, Nicholas & Chan, William. (2023). Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Pressure for the Prediction of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Who Underwent Primary Percutaneous Intervention (the ELEVATE Study). The American journal of cardiology. 203. 219-225. 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.06.111.
12. Ho, Felicia & Zheng, Wayne & Noaman, Samer & Batchelor, Riley & Wexler, Noah & Hanson, Laura & Bloom, Jason & Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Haji, Kawa & D’Elia, Nicholas & Kaye, David & Shaw, James & Yang, Yang & French, Craig & Stub, Dion & Cox, Nicholas & Chan, William. (2022). Sex differences among patients presenting to hospital with out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest and shockable rhythm. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 35. 10.1111/1742-6723.14117.
13. Zheng, Wayne & Noaman, Samer & Batchelor, Riley & Hanson, Laura & Bloom, Jason & Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Haji, Kawa & D’Elia, Nicholas & Ho, Felicia & Kaye, David & Shaw, James & Yang, Yang & French, Craig & Stub, Dion & Cox, Nicholas & Chan, William. (2022). Evaluation of factors associated with selection for coronary angiography and in‐hospital mortality among patients presenting with out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest without ST‐segment elevation. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 100. 10.1002/ccd.30442.
14. Brennan, Angela & Đinh, Diễm & Lefkovits, Jeffrey & Reid, Christopher & Stub, Dion & Bloom, Jason & Haji, Kawa & Noaman, Samer & Kaye, David & Cox, Nicholas & D’Elia, Nicholas. (2022). TCT-89 Presenting Electrocardiographic Patterns and Outcomes in Acute Coronary Syndrome–related Cardiogenic Shock—A Propensity Score Analysis. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 80. B35-B36. 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.08.107.
15. D’Elia, Nicholas & Vogrin, Sara & Brennan, Angela & Đinh, Diễm & Lefkovits, Jeffrey & Reid, Christopher & Stub, Dion & Bloom, Jason & Haji, Kawa & Noaman, Samer & Kaye, David & Cox, Nicholas & Chan, William. (2022). Outcomes in Acute Coronary Syndrome- Related Cardiogenic Shock – A Risk Score Analysis.
16. D’Elia, Nicholas & Vogrin, Sara & Brennan, Angela & Đinh, Diễm & Lefkovits, Jeffrey & Reid, Christopher & Stub, Dion & Bloom, Jason & Haji, Kawa & Noaman, Samer & Kaye, David & Cox, Nicholas & Chan, William. (2022). Presenting Electrocardiographic Patterns and Outcomes in Acute Coronary Syndrome-related Cardiogenic Shock – A Propensity Score Analysis. Oral Presentation at TCT 2022.
17. Wexler, Noah & Vogrin, Sara & Brennan, Angela & Noaman, Samer & Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Haji, Kawa & Bloom, Jason & Dinh, Diem & Zheng, Wayne & Shaw, James & Duffy, Stephen & Lefkovits, Jeffrey & Reid, Christopher & Stub, Dion & Kaye, David & Cox, Nicholas & Chan, William. (2022). Adverse Impact of Peri-Procedural Stroke in Patients Who Underwent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. The American Journal of Cardiology. 181. 10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.06.063.
18. Haji, Kawa & Huynh, Quan & Wong, Chiew & Stewart, Simon & Carrington, Melinda & Marwick, Thomas. (2022). Improving the Characterization of Stage A and B Heart Failure by Adding Global Longitudinal Strain. JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging. 15. 10.1016/j.jcmg.2022.03.007.
19. Wexler, Noah & Vogrin, Sara & Brennan, Angela & Noaman, Samer & Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Haji, Kawa & Đinh, Diễm & Zheng, Wayne & Duffy, Stephen & Lefkovits, Jeffrey & Reid, Christopher & Stub, Dion & Cox, Nicholas & Chan, William. (2022). ADVERSE IMPACT OF PERI-PROCEDURAL STROKE AMONG PATIENTS UNDERGOING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 79. 823. 10.1016/S0735-1097(22)01814-9.
20. Haji, Kawa & Huynh, Quan & Wong, Chiew & Marwick, Thomas. (2022). PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF GLOBAL LONGITUDINAL STRAIN IN PRECLINICAL STAGES OF HEART FAILURE, 9 YEARS FOLLOWUP STUDY. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 79. 255. 10.1016/S0735-1097(22)01246-3.
21. Hanson, Laura & Goh, Cheng Yee & Vogrin, Sara & Noaman, Samer & Al-Mukhtar, Omar & Schneider, Daniel & Cheng, Yik & Wexler, Noah & Haji, Kawa & Neil, Chris & Stub, Dion & Cox, Nicholas & Chan, William. (2022). LEFT VENTRICULAR END-DIASTOLIC PRESSURE IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCIDENT CONTRAST-INDUCED NEPHROPATHY AND CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH ST-ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION UNDERGOING PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS INTERVENTION. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 79. 618. 10.1016/S0735-1097(22)01609-6.
22. Hanson, Laura & Goh, Cheng Yee & Vogrin, Sara & Al-Mukhtar, O. & Schneider, D. & Kadhmawi, A. & Cheng, Y. & Wexler, Noah & Haji, Kawa & Neil, C. & Stub, D. & Cox, N. & Chan, William. (2022). Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Pressure Is Associated With Incident Contrast-Induced Nephropathy and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Intervention. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 31. S342. 10.1016/j.hlc.2022.06.601.
23. Ho, F. & Zheng, Wayne & Noaman, Samer & Batchelor, Riley & Wexler, Noah & Hanson, Laura & Bloom, Jason & Al-Mukhtar, O. & Haji, Kawa & D’Elia, Nicholas & Kaye, D. & Shaw, James & Yang, Y. & French, C. & Stub, D. & Cox, N. & Chan, William. (2022). Sex Differences Among Patients Presenting With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest and Shockable Rhythm. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 31. S131. 10.1016/j.hlc.2022.06.192.
24. Haji, Kawa & Huynh, Quan & Be, Kim & Wright, Leah & Marwick, Thomas. (2021). Interobserver agreement of LA strain assessment by 2D speckle echocardiography. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography. 35. 10.1016/j.echo.2021.10.008.
25. Haji, Kawa & Marwick, Thomas & Stewart, Simon & Carrington, Melinda & Chan, Yih-Kai & Chan, William & Huynh, Quan & Neil, Christopher & Wong, Chiew. (2021). Incremental Value of Global Longitudinal Strain in the Long-term Prediction of Heart Failure Among Patients with Coronary Artery Disease. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 35. 10.1016/j.echo.2021.09.003.
26. Clarke, Neive & Kangaharan, Nadarajah & Costello, Ben & Tu, Samuel & Hanna-Rivero, Nicole & Le, Kim & Agahari, Ian & Choo, Wai & Pitman, Bradley & Gallagher, Celine & Haji, Kawa & Roberts-Thomson, Kurt & Sanders, Prashanthan. (2021). Left atrial, pulmonary vein, and left atrial appendage anatomy in Indigenous individuals: Implications for atrial fibrillation. IJC Heart & Vasculature. 34. 100775. 10.1016/j.ijcha.2021.100775.
27. Hanson, Laura & Vogrin, Sara & Noaman, Samer & Goh, Cheng Yee & Đinh, Diễm & Lefkovits, Jeffrey & Reid, Christopher & Brennan, Angela & Zheng, Wayne & Bloom, Jason & Batchelor, Riley & Haji, Kawa & Koh, Youlin & Stub, Dion & Cox, Nicholas & Chan, William. (2021). CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF UNPROTECTED LEFT MAIN CORONARY ARTERY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN AUSTRALIAN NON-SURGICAL CENTRES. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 77. 1253. 10.1016/S0735-1097(21)02612-7.
28. Haji, Kawa & Marwick, Thomas. (2021). Clinical Utility of Echocardiographic Strain and Strain Rate Measurements. Current Cardiology Reports. 23. 10.1007/s11886-021-01444-z.
29. Hanson, Laura & Vogrin, Sara & Goh, Cheng Yee & Đinh, Diễm & Lefkovits, Jeffrey & Reid, Christopher & Brennan, Angela & Zheng, Wayne & Bloom, Jason & Batchelor, Riley & Haji, Kawa & Koh, Youlin & Stub, Dion & Cox, Nicholas & Chan, William. (2021). Clinical Outcomes of Unprotected Left Main Coronary Artery Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Australian Non-Surgical Centres. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 30.
30. Clarke, Neive & Kangaharan, Nadarajah & Costello, Ben & Tu, Samuel & Hanna-Rivero, Nicole & Agahari, Ian & Choo, W. & Pitman, Bradley & Gallagher, Celine & Haji, Kawa & Robertson-Thomson, K. & Sanders, Prashanthan. (2020). 701 Left Atrial, Pulmonary Vein, and Left Atrial Appendage Anatomy in Indigenous Individuals: Implications for Atrial Fibrillation. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 29. S351-S352. 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.708.
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