Treatments carried out:
Minimally invasive keyhole procedures for children and adults with congenital heart disease, including:
- Diagnostic testing for heart / blood vessel conditions (cardiac catheterisation)
- Closure of holes in the heart (patent foramen ovale and atrial septal defects)
Biog (general experience):
Dr Tony Hermuzi is a consultant paediatric and adult congenital cardiologist at the Freeman Hospital’s Children’s Heart Unit where he specialises in congenital catheter intervention, transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation, heart failure in congenital heart disease, single ventricle physiology and mechanical circulatory support.
Dr Hermuzi was educated at University of Newcastle, he trained in paediatrics in the Yorkshire and Northern Deaneries and then congenital cardiology in Newcastle.
He undertook additional training in congenital heart disease and cardiac catheterisation at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada (2014-2015) and a post CCT fellowship in congenital catheter intervention at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (2016-2017).
He was appointed as consultant paediatric and ACHD cardiologist at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle in 2017.
Qualifications:
- MBBS (Distinction) University of Newcastle upon Tyne 2005
- MRCPCH 2009
- MRCP (Lond)
- Fellowship Paediatric Cardiology Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada 2014-2015
- Certificate of Completion of Speciality Training Paediatric Cardiology 2016
- Post CCT Fellowship in Congenital Catheter Intervention at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust 2016-2017
- Clinical lead for Congenital Catheter Intervention, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2023 – present
Memberships:
- Associate Clinical Lecturer at Newcastle University
- British Congenital Cardiac Association
- Association for European Paediatric Cardiology
GMC number:
6114813