Dr Guy Armstrong

Guy has worked as a cardiologist on the North Shore since 1998, both at North Shore Hospital and in private practice at Waitemata Cardiology. He left Rosmini College for Auckland University where he did a Bachelor of Chemistry, followed by a medical degree.

After training in cardiology at Greenlane, Guy undertook additional training to gain particular areas of expertise. This included:

• Interventional Fellowship at Auckland City Hospital, learning angioplasty and stenting of narrowed coronary arteries
• Examination to become a Testamur of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology, gaining proficiency in the assessment of slow heart rhythms causing faints and funny turns, and in the procedure of pacemaker insertion.
• Advanced Fellowship in Cardiovascular Imaging at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, learning the technique of echocardiography and applying it to patients with heart valve abnormalities and reduced pump function of the heart.

He has published scientific research in all these areas, but his focus is on taking good care of his patients

Areas of Specialisation

• General Cardiology including chest discomfort, shortness of breath, palpitations and risk factor status
• Angioplasty and Stents
• Pacemakers
• Cardiac ultrasound: Echo and Stress Echo

Qualifications/Memberships
BSc (Auckland), MBChB (Auckland), FRACP, FACC, FESC, FCSANZ

Post-fellowship Training

• Advanced Fellow in Cardiac Imaging, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 1996-8
• Examination in Cardiac Pacing and Defibrillation of the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology, 2001
• Fellow in Cardiac Intervention, Auckland City Hospital, 2006

Page last updated on 28 July 2021