Auckland Heart Group

New Zealand’s largest private cardiology group providing a comprehensive cardiac service and inpatient coronary care unit, with sub-speciality expertise in all fields of New Zealand’s largest private cardiology group providing a comprehensive cardiac service and inpatient coronary care unit, with sub-speciality expertise in all fields of cardiology including prevention, ischaemic and valvular heart disease, intervention, electrophysiology and pacing, women’s and maternal cardiology, and children’s heart problems.

Services Offered
Cardiology assessments
Exercise Treadmill Testing (ETT)
Resting ECGs
Holter & Event Monitoring
Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
Echocardiography – cardiac
Exercise and dobutamine stress echocardiography
Transoesophageal echocardiography
Vascular Ultrasound (renal, carotid and abdominal aorta)
Nuclear myocardial perfusion scans
Cardiac MRI
Multislice CT coronary angiography
Conventional coronary angiography
Coronary angioplasty/stenting (PCI)
Renal and Carotid stenting
Percutaneous closure of Atrial Septal Defects (ASDs) and Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO)
Pacemaker implantation
Electrophysiology (EP) studies and Radio Frequency Ablations (RFAs)
Balloon Mitral Valvotomy (BMV) & Balloon Aortic Valvuloplasty (BAV)
Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacements (PAVR)

Service Locations
Outpatient Clinics:
Epsom, Milford, Whangaparaoa, Henderson, Botany Junction, St Heliers, Papakura
Ultrasound Services:
Epsom, Milford and Botany Junction
Angiography Service:
Mercy Hospital, 98 Mountain Rd, Epsom
Inpatient Service:
Mercy Hospital, 98 Mountain Rd, Epsom

CARDIOLOGISTS – Ph 09 623 1020
Dr Nezar Amir
Dr Arthur Coverdale
Dr Rob Doughty
Dr Colin Edwards
Dr Ivor Gerber
Dr David Heaven
Dr Malcolm Legget
Dr Peter Ruygrok
Dr Warren Smith
Dr Fiona Stewart
Dr Jim Stewart
Dr Ralph Stewart
Dr Tim Sutton
Dr Niels Van Pelt
Dr Cara Wasywich
Dr Ted Clarke DDI 09 630 2999
Dr Chris Ellis DDI 09 623 9831
Dr John Ormiston DDI 09 630 1961
Dr Tom Gentles – Paediatric – 09 623 6377
Dr Ross Nicholson – Paediatric – 09 623 6377