Dato' Dr. Simon Lo

Dato’ Dr. Simon Lo
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Experience: 35 years of experience
Hospital: Gleneagles Hospital, Penang

About

About Dato’ Dr. Simon Lo Dato’ Dr. Simon Lo has 35 years of rich experience as an Interventional Cardiologist.  He practises in Penang with expertise in cardiology and interventional cardiology, including endovascular work involving peripheral vascular diseases and aneurysms. He holds a Proficiency Certificate in Echocardiography from the British Society of Echocardiography.  He pioneered the introduction of Endovascular Reconstruction Therapy for Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection in Penang. He is a member of the American College of Cardiology, the European College of Cardiology and the Academy of Medicine (Malaysia). Dato’ Dr. Simon Lo has several publications, journals, and articles to his name.   He has completed an MBBS (1985) and MD (1995) from the University of Wales, UK. He has obtained FRCP from London, UK and Edinburgh, Scotland. Dato’ Dr. Simon Lo is well-versed in English, Bahasa Melayu, Mandarin, Bahasa Indonesia, Cantonese and Hakka.

List of Treatments

  • Arrhythmia Treatment with Ablation and Pacemakers
  • Coronary Artery Surgery
  • Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Treatment
  • Cardiac OPD Procedures
  • ECG-Treadmill Test TMT
  • 24 Hour Holter Monitoring
  • Ambulatory BP Monitoring (ABPM)
  • Echocardiography with Color Doppler
  • Stress Echocardiographyn
  • Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (MPI) Test
  • Thallium Test – Nuclear Stress Test
  • 64 Slice CT Angiography
  • PET Scan
  • Off Pump beating CABG LV restoration
  • surgery
  • Valve Repair Replacement
  • Atrial Fibrillation Surgery
  • Ross Procedure
  • Cardiac Tumour Treatment
  • Aortic Dissection Repair Surgery
  • Minimal access surgeries for valves
  • ASD (Atrial Septal Defect) Closure
  • Coronary Angiogram
  • Peripheral Angiogram
  • PTCA-Percutaneous Transluminal
  • Coronary Angioplasty
  • Aortic Stent Grafting
  • EPS-Electrophysiological
  • Radiofrequency Ablation
  • PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant – Single Chamber
  • Biventricular Pacing
  • AICD
  • PTMC – Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy
  • Heart Bypass Surgery (CABG)
  • Angiography
  • Aortic Valve Replacement
  • Mitral Valve Replacement
  • VSD Closure (Adult) Surgery
  • Heart Double Valve Replacement
  • PPI-Permanent Pacemaker Implant – Double Chamber
  • CRT- D Implant (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy)
  • Single Bypass and Valve Replacement
  • Valve Replacement
  • Congenital Heart Disorder CHD
  • Heart Bypass – Minimally Invasive CABG
  • Heart Implants
  • Heart Surgery
  • Rotational Atherectomy
  • Redo CABG
  • Angioplasty – 1 Stent
  • Angioplasty – 2 Stent
  • VP Shunting – Programmable Device
  • AV Canal repair
  • Bentall procedure
  • CRT – D (MRI Compatible)
  • CRT – D (MRI Non-Compatible)
  • CRT – P
  • Transarterial Radioembolization – TARE
  • ICD Implantation
  • Cardiac catheterization
  • Balloon mitral valvotomy
  • Cardiac ablation
  • TAVI
  • LVAD

Work Experience

Consultant, Westminster Hospital

Consultant, St. Mary’s Hospital

Consultant, Royal Brompton National Heart Hospital

Consultant, London Chest Hospital, London

Consultant, Harley Street Private Clinic, London

Consultant, Mayo Clinic, USA

Consultant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

Special Interest

Cardiac examination and treatment with non-invasive and invasive techniques.