Dr Amera Halabi

BMBS, FRACP, PhD, BMedSci (Hons)
Consultant Cardiologist

Amera completed a Bachelor of Medical Science degree at La Trobe University in 2007 and her medical degree at Flinders University in 2011. She pursued cardiology training at Flinders Medical Centre which included rotations at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and the Royal Darwin Hospital. She moved back to Melbourne in 2019 to undertake a PhD at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in early heart failure in type 2 diabetes which she completed in 2023. She underwent a cardiac imaging fellowship at Western Health and completed this in 2024. 

Amera has experience in diagnosing and managing diseases in general cardiology and has a special interest in heart failure. Through her fellowship at Western Health she has expertise in performing and reporting transthoracic echocardiography, stress echocardiography, transoesophageal echocardiography, and cardiac CT.

Amera is a consultant cardiologist at Western Health (Footscray and Sunshine Hospital) and at Sunshine Private Hospital. She consults in general cardiology (such as chest pain, palpitations, shortness of breath and syncope), heart failure (reduced and preserved ejection fraction), ischaemic heart disease, hypertension, valve problems and other specific cardiac disorders.

She continues to do research with the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute and through Western Health, primarily in heart failure. She teaches junior medical doctors and students through her appointment at Western Health.

Specialisation

• Chest pain
• Palpitations
• Shortness of breath
• Syncope and related symptoms
• Heart failure
• Hypertension
• Ischaemic heart disease
• Valve disorders

Publications

• Halabi A & Marwick TH. The Heart in Diabetic Hypertensive Patients. Updates in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Protection. Springer Nature. 2022; Chapter 13.
• Halabi A, Potter E, Yang H, Wright L, Sacre JW, Shaw JE, et al. Association of biomarkers and risk scores with subclinical left ventricular dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2022;21(1):278
• Halabi A, Nolan M, Potter E, Wright L, Asham A, Marwick TH. Role of microvascular dysfunction in left ventricular dysfunction in type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Diabetes Complications. 2021;35(5):107907.
• Halabi A, Yang H, Wright L, Potter E, Huynh Q, Negishi K, Marwick, TH. Evolution of Myocardial Dysfunction in Asymptomatic Patients at Risk of Heart Failure. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2021;14(2):350-61.
• Zisis G, Halabi A, Huynh Q, Neil C, Carrington M, Marwick TH. Use of novel non-invasive techniques and biomarkers to guide outpatient management of fluid overload and reduce hospital readmission: systematic review and meta-analysis. ESC Heart Fail. 2021;8(5):4228-42.
• Halabi A, Sen J, Huynh Q, Marwick TH. Metformin Treatment In Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: A Systematic Review And Meta-Regression Analysis. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2020;19(1):124.
• Halabi A, Wright L, Marwick TH. Measurement Of Global Myocardial Work With Exercise Testing. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2020;33(5):631-2.
• Halabi A, Chew DP. Outpatient Heart Failure Programs: Time For A New Standard. Med J Aust. 2018;208(11):482-3.
• Chuang AM, Hancock DG, Halabi A, Horsfall M, Vaile J, De Pasquale C, Et Al. Invasive Management Of Acute Coronary Syndrome: Interaction With Competing Risks. Int J Cardiol. 2018;269:13-8.
• Halabi A, Chew DP, Horsfall M, Huyn K, Macisaac A, Juergens C, Amerena J, Rankin J, French J, Brieger, D. Has Invasive Management For Acute Coronary Syndromes Become More ‘Risk-Appropriate’: Pooled Results Of Five Australian Registries. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2017;3(2):133-40.
• Hancock DG, Chuang MA, Bystrom R, Halabi A, Jones R, Horsfall M, Et Al. Rational Clinical Evaluation Of Suspected Acute Coronary Syndromes: The Value Of More Information. Emerg Med Australas. 2017;29(6):664-71.