Dr Fiona Foo
Dr Fiona Foo is a General and Interventional Cardiologist. A Malaysian born Australian, she graduated from the University of Western Australia with Honours in 2001. She received the prize for Medicine in her year. She was an intern at Royal Perth Hospital. She completed her Basic physician training at Concord Hospital (NSW) and her Advanced Adult Cardiology training at Fremantle Hospital (WA). She was awarded her FRACP (Specialising in Cardiology) in 2008. She undertook an interventional cardiology fellowship at The University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton, Canada (2009-2010); and gained further interventional cardiology experience at The Golden Jubilee National Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland, (2010-2011). She gained considerable experience and skills in interventional cardiology at both of these world renowned, high volume institutions. She returned to Australia in 2011.
Dr Fiona Foo is one of the first South East Asian (Malaysian/Chinese) Females to become an interventional cardiologist in Australia. She is one of <20 Female Interventional Cardiologists in Australia.
She has interests in Interventional cardiology, Prevention, Sports Cardiology, Women and Heart disease, Climate Change and Cardiovascular Disease, Non traditional Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease (eg women specific risk factors, autoimmune and inflammatory diseases such as Psoriasis and Rheumatoid, and mental health disorders) and preoperative assessment of the cardiac patients prior to non cardiac surgery.
She is a huge advocate of a healthy lifestyle and practices what she preaches - exercising every day. She also has an interest in healthy diet and nutrition and will not uncommonly go through patient's diets to help them lower their cardiovascular risk.
She is an active member of Doctors for the Environment Australia and started the Macquarie University Hospital Sustainability Committee. She has been actively involved in educating on Climate Change and Cardiovascular disease, Healthcare sustainability, and advocating for action on climate change to protect human health.
She regularly presents at educational events and has many publications. Some articles written for Australian Doctor can be accessed here: