Lidia Perin Medical Centre , 1/12 Napier Close
Deakin, ACT, Australia & New Zealand
2600
Facility Affiliations
Dr. Christopher Allada's Credentials
Accepting New Patients
Yes, this doctor is accepting new patients
Biography
Christopher Allada did his primary schooling at Westall Primary School and completed his secondary school education at Haileybury College in Melbourne. He was the dux of Haileybury College in 1990. He was also awarded the Australian Student Prize recognising his academic achievement during his schooling. After completing his medical degree at the University of Melbourne in 1996, he commenced work as an intern at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. In 2001, he commenced cardiology training at St Vincents Hospital in Sydney and the three years of training included a year in the heart transplant and failure unit. He first worked as a cardiologist in 2004 in Ballarat but soon realised that his passion was to perform coronary artery stenting. In 2006, he spent a year at Canberra Hospital as the interventional cardiology fellow and returned to Canberra in 2009 after being appointed as a staff specialist in interventional cardiology at Canberra Hospital. He also works at National Capital Private Hospital and is on its Medical Advisory Committee. Dr Allada loves teaching including medical education and served on the Specialist Training Committee in cardiology at the Royal Australasian College of Physicians from 2003 to 2015. From 2008 to 2015 he was the Coordinator of Advanced Training on this committee. He is also a lecturer at the Australian National University Medical School and assists in the training of both medical students as well as medical residents. Dr Allada is married and has a daughter and a son. He is passionate about cricket and loves jogging, bike riding, table tennis and badminton. He also enjoys gardening. He practices what he preaches. At his heaviest he was 85kg but with discipline, he has reduced his weight to under 68kg. He has written a patient article on his thoughts on weight loss which can be found on this website.
Languages
- English
- Telugu
Education
- University of Melbourne (Grad. 1996)
Areas of Expertise
- 24-Hour Holter Monitoring
- Echocardiogram (echo), Atherosclerosis, Heart Valve Disease
- Coronary Angiography and Intervention
- Blood Pressure Management
- Atrial Fibrillation, Heart Problems, Cardiac (heart) Stress Testing And More
Awards & Recognitions
- Australian Students Prize
- Clarke Scolarship
- Dux of Haileybury College
Publications & Research
- Unusual variant of single coronary artery arising from right coronary sinus Heart Lung Circ. 2013 Dec;22(12):1058-9
- Shorter Ischaemic Time and Improved Survival with Pre-hospital STEMI Diagnosis and Direct Transfer for Primary PCI Heart Lung Circ. 2014 Sep 30
- Prehydration alone is sufficient to prevent contrast-induced nephropathy after day-only angiography procedures- a randomised controlled trial Heart Lung Circ. 2005 Dec;14(4):245-51
- Ivabradine in stable coronary artery disease without clinical heart failure N Engl J Med. 2014 Sep 18;371(12):1091-9
I saw Dr Allada out of an abundance of caution. The office was quite nice and comfortable to wait in.
I found Dr Allada a little neutral in our first interaction but admittedly it was first thing in the morning and who is super engaged at that time in the morning.
However in my final consult with him, he was very calm and reassuring about my test results and answered my questions thoroughly. The whole experience wasnt cheap (blame stagnant medicare rebates) but I did walk out of there thinking it was money well spent. He also made some changes to my meds which made a big difference.
Overall I found him quite capable, engaging, knowledgeable and reassuring. If I do develop any heart issues in the future, I have complete faith in his future care.
Submitted Dec. 7, 2022