Dr John Tan

Dr John Tan is an interventional cardiologist who treats patients at St John of God Bunbury, Geraldton and Murdoch Hospitals.

Dr Tan graduated with Honours from the University of Western Australia in 2004 and completed his internship and basic physician training at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, followed by advanced cardiology training at Fremantle Hospital. After obtaining his fellowship from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, he travelled overseas to train with Dr John Webb who is widely regarded as a pioneer and world expert in the field of transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

He returned to Perth after completing a two year clinical fellowship in interventional cardiology at the Centre for Heart Valve Innovation, St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver.

Dr Tan has a strong interest in the management of structural heart disease, with multiple publications and presentations at international meetings.

He has extensive experience with minimally invasive percutaneous treatment of valvular heart disease, as well as percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovales, atrial septal defects and left atrial appendages.

His other major interests are the management of ischemic heart disease and complex coronary artery disease. He has expertise with coronary angiography and coronary angioplasty with stenting using the trans-radial (wrist) approach.