Dr Tapash Bakshi

Dr Tapash Bakshi MBBS FRACP FCSANZ PhD is an interventional cardiologist with expertise in percutaneous coronary interventions and CT coronary angiography.

Dr Bakshi graduated from Dhaka Medical College, Bangladesh in 1985 and pursued his postgraduate training in Cardiology at the Ukrainian Strazhesko Research Institute of Cardiology, Kiev, Ukraine. In 1994 he was awarded his PhD in Medicine.

Dr Bakshi joined Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand before transferring to Greenlane Hospital Auckland, NZ where he completed his Advanced Cardiology training in 2004. He was awarded clinical fellowship in Interventional cardiology at Vancouver General Hospital, Canada, in association with the University of British Columbia and in 2004 Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP).

In early 2007 Dr Bakshi completed advanced training in CT coronary angiography in White Plains, New York, USA.

Dr Bakshi conducts regular clinics at our Ashford, Norwood, Mount Barker and Calvary Adelaide locations.

His special interests are:

• Percutaneous coronary interventions
• Geriatric cardiology
• General cardiology

Publications and Abstracts

1. R Gabriel, T Bakshi, J Christiansen, T Scott, H Patel, S Wong, G Armstrong : Reliability of echocardiographic  indices of  dyssynchrony. Echocardiography 2007:Volume 24, Number 1
2. A. Lin, A Martin, T Bakshi:  Anti-factor Xa Monitoring of Low-molecular weight Heparin at Palmerston North Hospital: Our experience from Jan 2004 to Feb 2006. Abstract- Annual Scientific Meeting of CSANZ, Auckland, NZ, 2006
3. A Martin, A Lin, T Bakshi: Audit of Patients with a Positive Troponin Test at Palmerston North Hospital – Nov 2004 to April 2005. Abstract- Annual Scientific Meeting of CSANZ, Auckland, NZ, 2006
4. A Martin, A Lin, T Bakshi: Audit of Patients with a Troponin Positive ACS at Palmerston North Hospital – Nov 2004 to April 2005. Abstract- Annual Scientific Meeting of CSANZ, Auckland, NZ, 2006.
5. T Bakshi, R Gabriel, J Christiansen, T Scott, H Patel, S Wong, G Armstrong : Reliability of echo indices of intraventricular dysynchrony. Abstract - Annual Scientific Meeting of CSANZ, Nelson NZ, 2005
6. R Gabriel, T Bakshi, J Christiansen, T Scott, H Patel, S Wong, G Armstrong : Reliability of echo indices of interventricular dysynchrony. Abstract - Annual Scientific Meeting of CSANZ, Nelson NZ, 2005
7. Tapash Bakshi, Michael Choo, Colin Edwards, Anthony Scott, Hamish Hart, Guy Armstrong:  Causes of elevated troponin with normal coronary angiogram; Internal Medicine Journal 2002; 32: 520-525
8. Tapash Bakshi, Michael Choo, Colin Edwards, Anthony Scott, Hamish Hart, Guy Armstrong : Tachycardia causes troponin elevation despite normal coronary arteries ; Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2002;39(9):71B
9. Tapash Bakshi, Michael Choo, Colin Edwards, Anthony Scott, Hamish Hart, Guy Armstrong: Causes of elevated troponin with normal coronary angiogram; Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2002; 39(9):93B
10. Tapash Kumar Bakshi and Mahmudur Rahaman : Isolated Systolic Hypertension. Editorial–Journal of Preventive Medicine.(1994); V 13, N(2-4), 32
11. Bobrov V. A. , Bezyuk N.N., Bakshi T. K.: Noninvasive  evaluation of Tiracizen in ventricular arrhythmias. Abstract – 4th  International Congress of Non Invasive Cardiology, Limmasol, CYPRUS
12. Bobrov V. A., Bezyuk N.N., Bakshi T. K.:Diagnosis and management  of sinus node dysfunction. Task Force Recommendation. 1991, Kiev, Ukraine, C18