Our Specialists
BSc, MBChB, FRACP, FCSANZ
Jonathan is a graduate of Otago Medical School and
Christchurch Clinical School. He trained
in Cardiology at Christchurch Hospital and completed a fellowship in cardiac
imaging and adult congenital heart disease at the Yorkshire Heart Centre,
Leeds, UK.
He has been a Consultant Cardiologist at Tauranga and
Whakatane Hospitals since 1999 and Clinical Director since 2005. He is a general cardiologist with special
interests in imaging, angiography, pacemaker and defibrillator implantation,
sports cardiology and cardiac inherited diseases.
He has post graduate qualifications in Pacing
and Defibrillation from the international Heart Rhythm society.
He has been on the NZ committees of the College of
Physicians and the Cardiac Society of Australia and NZ. He is on the Midland regional cardiac
planning group and is the local representative of the NZ Cardiac Inherited
diseases group.
He is a keen mountain biker and road cyclist.
MBChB, MAvMed(Dist.), PGDipOccMed(Dist.), FRACP, FCSANZ
Calum graduated from the University of Otago and Wellington School of Medicine in 1994. He spent his initial postgraduate years at Tauranga Hospital and then undertook specialist Cardiology training at Christchurch Hospital. He returned to the Bay in 2004 after a period as a Cardiology Clinical Fellow at the Western Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland. He has a particular interest in cardiac risk assessment and Cardiac CT scanning, including attending and presenting at international meetings in these fields. In 2013, he undertook a sabbatical- spending time with a number of Cardiac CT centres across the UK and Europe.
Calum is accredited with the Australasian Committee for CT Coronary Angiography and is a Member of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography. He is a Member of the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association of the European Society of Cardiology. In 2018, Calum completed his Master of Aviation Medicine and Post Graduate Diploma in Occupational Medicine, both with Distinction. He is a previous Honorary Senior Lecturer with the Department of Occupational and Aviation Medicine, University of Otago. He is a Member of the Aerospace Medical Association and is a committee member of the Aviation Medical Society of New Zealand.
He is also an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer with the University of Auckland.
Calum lives locally with his young family, and his extracurricular interests include mountain biking and running.
Dean Boddington is a Cardiologist who has subspecialised in electrical cardiology (Electrophysiology). His area of expertise involves working with patients experiencing problems with abnormal heart rhythm. He performs electrophysiology studies and ablation procedures using electrical cables advanced into the heart to track down and potentially eradicate abnormal rhythm. Dean is also an expert in implanting pacemakers and defibrillators (ICD’s) in patients requiring such devices. The service offered by Dean at Bay Cardiology is focussed on diagnosing and treating patients experiencing palpitations and abnormal heart rhythm.
Dean graduated from the University of Cape Town medical school where he went on to specialise in Internal Medicine. He completed specialist training in Cardiology at Auckland Hospital and then did further training as a fellow in electrical cardiology. He is a member of Heart Rhythm New Zealand, the European Heart Rhythm Association and also of the Heart Rhythm Society in the USA.
MBChB, FRACP, FCSANZ
Stuart is a general cardiologist with interests in cardiovascular disease prevention and management of coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, and congestive heart failure. He has been involved in clinical trials of dyslipidaemia and diabetes treatment in patients following myocardial infarction. He graduated from University of Otago School of Medicine in 1997 and finished his specialist cardiology training in Dunedin Hospital in 2007. He has been consultant cardiologist at Tauranga Hospital since 2008.
His special interest is cardiac imaging including echocardiography and CT coronary angiogram.
Dr Rob McIntosh
MBChB, BSc, FRCP, MD
Rob completed his medical training in 2003 in the UK. His cardiology sub-specialty training was undertaken in London, based at Imperial College and at The Harefield and Royal Brompton Hospitals NHS trust.
Rob spent two years (2012-2014) working in New Zealand fellowship programs, based in Wellington (Cardiac Rhythm Management and Electrophysiology) and Hamilton (Interventional Cardiology and Structural Heart Disease). He completed a doctorate in medical research based at St George’s, University of London in 2018. This focused on heart failure management and the use of implantable cardiac therapies such as cardiac resynchronization, pacemakers and defibrillators. He received the award of Scientific Investigator of the Year from the British Society of Echocardiography for this work. Rob worked in the UK as an interventional cardiologist in the Peak District for six years before making the move over to New Zealand. He is father to twin girls and one son
Rob has worked at Tauranga public hospital as one of the Te Whatu Ora cardiology team since February 2022. He enjoys biking, fishing and boating on the lakes and bay. His special interests are diagnostic cardiology, coronary artery disease (including stent placement), heart rhythm disorders, cardiac device therapy (pacemakers, defibrillators, cardiac resynchronization) and heart failure management..