Dr Robert Perel is a heart rhythm and cardiac device specialist providing assessment and management of patients with symptoms of arrhythmia including palpitations, slow or fast heart beats, dizziness, blackouts/syncope, and patients with heart rhythm disorders including atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, supraventricular tachycardia, ectopic beats, ventricular tachycardia and inherited arrhythmias.

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Dr Robert Perel is a heart rhythm and cardiac device specialist providing assessment and management of patients with symptoms of arrhythmia including palpitations, slow or fast heart beats, dizziness, blackouts/syncope, and patients with heart rhythm disorders including atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, supraventricular tachycardia, ectopic beats, ventricular tachycardia and inherited arrhythmias.

Dr Perel performs diagnostic electrophysiology studies, atrial fibrillation ablation, atrial flutter ablation, supraventricular tachycardia ablation, ventricular tachycardia ablation and implantation of cardiac electronic devices (pacemakers, transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillators, subcutaneous defibrillators, cardiac resynchronisation therapy defibrillators and implanted cardiac monitors/loop recorders). He provides ongoing cardiac device management including programming, follow-up and remote follow-up for applicable devices.

Dr Perel is also a general cardiologist, offering consultation and management for patients with coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy, heart failure and valvular heart disease.

He is a graduate of the University of Queensland with degrees in medicine and veterinary science. He undertook his physician and cardiology specialty training in Queensland, predominantly at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and the Princess Alexandra Hospital. He completed a two-year fellowship in cardiac electrophysiology with the University of Toronto at St Michaels’ Hospital in Toronto, Canada. Dr Perel is recognised as a Certified Electrophysiology Specialist (CEPS-AC) and Cardiac Device Specialist (CCDS) by the International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners (IBHRE), affiliated with the Heart Rhythm Society.

Dr Perel works within Queensland Cardiovascular Group and is predominantly based at Mater Medical Centre and Mater Private Hospital in South Brisbane. He also consults at Times Square Sunnybank Private Hospital Consulting Suites. He performs procedures at Mater Private Hospital Brisbane and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital Brisbane. He also provides inpatient consultations at Sunnybank Private Hospital, Mater Mothers’ Private Hospital, St Andrew’s Ipswich Private Hospital and Greenslopes Private Hospital. Dr Perel also provides a monthly rural cardiology service in Charleville and Roma via the Heart of Australia cardiology service.