About
Dr. Onn Akbar Ali
Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist: two decades in the Australian healthcare system, now caring for hearts in Malaysia.
His Story
Dr. Onn studied medicine at the University of Adelaide, Australia, then trained as a physician and cardiologist in Adelaide and Sydney, completing advanced fellowships in interventional cardiology and echocardiography. He rose to Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at The Queen Elizabeth and Lyell McEwin hospitals in Adelaide, where he also trained the next generation of cardiologists.
In 2013, after two decades in the Australian healthcare system, he returned to Malaysia and built a comprehensive heart service from the ground up at KPJ Kajang Specialist Hospital as Head of Cardiac Services. Today he practises at KPJ Ampang Puteri and KPJ Kajang, and reaches more than a million people through social media, television, podcasts and community programmes.
Areas of clinical focus
- →Complex heart disease & second opinions: balloon treatment versus bypass surgery, or medical therapy alone
- →Acute heart attack: established and pioneered the STEMI protocol in private hospital
- →Chest pain, breathing issue, leg swelling: ECG, echocardiography, coronary calcium, CT coronary angiogram
- →Early detection of heart disease: cardiac screening for those at risk
Credentials
- •MBBS, University of Adelaide (1999)
- •FRACP, Royal Australasian College of Physicians (2005)
- •FCSANZ, Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
- •Advanced Fellowships: Interventional Cardiology & Echocardiography
- •Associate Professor (Clinical), KPJ University Berhad
- •Senior Visiting Lecturer, The University of Adelaide
- •MMC 57710 · NSR 129274
See Him In Person
Consultations at KPJ Ampang Puteri and KPJ Kajang Specialist Hospitals.