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Biography

Dr Damian Roper is a non-invasive cardiologist specialising in echocardiography, and Associate of the Queensland Cardiovascular Group. His main interests include the primary prevention of heart disease in addition to the work-up and management of coronary artery disease, valvular disease and cardiomyopathies.

Having graduated from the University of Liverpool Medical School in the United Kingdom, Dr Roper moved to Brisbane where he completed his basic physician training at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. He undertook his Cardiology Advanced Training at The Prince Charles Hospital, obtaining his Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2012. He followed this up with a Fellowship in Advanced Echocardiography also at The Prince Charles Hospital, and subsequently moved to the United Kingdom where he completed a second Echocardiography Fellowship at the prestigious King’s College Hospital in London.

Dr Roper’s training has given him expertise in a variety of Echocardiographic modalities, including transthoracic, transoesophageal, and stress echocardiography. He has written a number of publications in peer reviewed journals, as well as being a reviewer for the European Journal of Ultrasound. Most recently, Dr Roper has written a book chapter in the American Society of Echocardiography’s latest textbook, ‘Dynamic Echocardiography’.