Dr Ram Parameswaran is a specialist cardiologist and electrophysiologist with a passion for managing heart rhythm disorders.

After completing his undergraduate and post-graduate (Doctor of Medicine) degrees in India, he moved to Australia and completed his cardiology training at Launceston General Hospital, Tasmania. Subsequently, Ram undertook his subspecialty training in cardiac electrophysiology and device implantation at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Sydney, The Royal Melbourne and The Alfred Hospitals.

He obtained his PhD from The University of Melbourne for his research on mechanisms of persistent atrial fibrillation and the three dimensional activation characteristics of human atrium. He is a recipient of The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Research Scholarship and the NHMRC Post Graduate Scholarship and has won the ‘Young Investigator Award’ in the 12th Asia-Pacific Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Session in 2019 in recognition of his substantial contribution to the field of atrial fibrillation.

He has authored several research publications in leading peer-reviewed journals including Nature Reviews Cardiology, Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology and Heart Rhythm.

Ram holds his public appointment at University Hospital Geelong and performs complex ablations of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias and implants a wide range of cardiac devices at Barwon Health and St John of God Geelong Hospital. He has private consulting sessions at Geelong Cardiology Practice and at Heart Centre in St John of God Geelong Hospital.