Melbourne Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist

Associate Professor Sandeep Prabhu (Sunny) is a cardiologist and interventional electrophysiologist specialising in the management of cardiac rhythm disorders. Sunny’s an expert in the treatment of rhythm disorders with catheter ablation, including atrial fibrillation, SVT and ventricular tachycardia ablation. He also implants and manages cardiac devices including pacemakers, defibrillators and implantable loop recorders.

He has a particular interest in the ablation of complex arrhythmia, the use of advanced 3D mapping systems and minimal or radiation-free EP procedures. Sunny is a staff cardiologist and electrophysiologist at the Alfred and Sandringham Hospitals and also works privately at several locations. A full list of his public and private appointments can be found here.

Sunny is an internationally renowned clinical researcher with over 50 peer reviewed publications and is principle investigator for a number of clinical trials. His research is supported by the National Heart and Medical Research Council, the National Heart Foundation and the Baker Heart and Diabetes Research Institute.

Partners

Sunny partners with a number of organisations and institutions across Melbourne to provide cardiac rhythm services.

Procedures are performed at the Alfred, Epworth Richmond, Mulgrave (formerly the Valley) Private and Melbourne Private Hospitals.

Sunny consults at the Alfred Arrhythmia Clinic and performs the full spectrum of electrophysiology procedures at the Alfred Hospital.
Sunny is the Head of Service and consults and manages cardiac devices at the Sandringham Arrhythmia Clinic which he established in 2020.

Sunny is a co-director Bayside Heart and consults and manages cardiac devices at the Bentleigh, Oakleigh and Mulgrave rooms.
Sunny established the Heartscope Arryhtmia Clinic in 2019 where he consults and manages cardiac devices at Wheelers Hill.
Sunny consults and manages cardiac devices on the Peninsula at Peninsula Private Hospital Consulting suites.
Sunny consults and manages cardiac devices at Bayside Heart at both the Bentleigh and Oakleigh rooms.
Sunny performs the full spectrum of electrophysiology procedures and device implantations at the Epworth Hospital.
Sunny performs the full spectrum of electrophysiology procedures and device implantations at the Epworth Hospital.
Sunny performs the full suite of electrophysiology procedures and device implantations at Peninsula Private Hospital.
Sunny performs the full suite of electrophysiology procedures and device implantations at Melbourne Private Hospital.

Sunny is a clinical researcher at the Baker Institute, where he is principle investigator in a number of clinical trials and part of a Melbourne wide consortium of research organisations.
The Alfred Heart Centre has supported Sunny’s clinical and academic career since 2007.
Sunny’s research is supported by an Emerging Leader Investigator Grant from the NHMRC.
Sunny’s research is supported by a Post Doctoral Scholarship from the National Heart Foundation.
Sunny has an appointment as an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne and supervisors several PhD students.
Sunny collaborates with the NanoBiotechnology Laboratory at Monash University’s Australian Centre for Blood Diseases.