About Kawa

Kawa possess expertise in advanced cardiac procedures, in particular coronary intervention, advanced coronary imaging and minimally invasive (keyhole) heart valve procedures. He is one of the few trained valvular interventional cardiologists providing services directly to Melbourne’s Western suburbs and Ballarat.

Kawa completed his cardiology training at Western Health, Royal Melbourne Hospital and Ballarat. He did further sub-speciality training in coronary intervention at Western Health, one of the highest volume coronary intervention centers in Victoria and further structural training at the Victorian heart transplant center, Alfred Health.

Kawa completed his PhD thesis at the University of Melbourne and Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute. His research focused on novel cardiac imaging techniques. He has published his work in high-ranking international journals and has presented his work at both international and national conferences.

Winner, Innovation Acceleration Program 2022 – founder of MyHeart app (Western Health – Melbourne University)Seed funding - the Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health at University of Melbourne 2023National Heart Foundation 2022 Vanguard Grant – 12 monthsFinalist Rod Andrew Prize for best student oral presentation at Baker Heart and diabetes institute research symposium 2021Robert Newman prize for best abstract, Western Health, Melbourne, Australia 2020Robert Newman prize for best abstract, Western Health, Melbourne, Australia 2018PhD stipend Scholarship, Baker heart and diabetes Institute, Melbourne 2017-2018Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship - 2017