Associate Professor David Colquhoun is a Specialist cardiologist who has been in private practice in Queensland for over 30 years. He’s been involved in clinical practice and research in the fields of cardiology, lipids, nutrition, diabetes, obesity, nutraceutical and psychological aspects of heart disease.

A/Prof Colquhoun is the AMA spokesperson for Cardiology in Queensland and is on the Board of the National Heart Foundation of Australia (NHFA). He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the National Institute of Complementary Medicine (NICM) and Chairman of the Preventive Cardiology Council of the Cardiac Society of Australian and New Zealand (CSANZ).

In addition to his Associate Professor of Medicine role at the University of Queensland, A/Prof Colquhoun also holds numerous other weekly tutorials with 4th-year and 3rd-year medical students and is an examiner for RACP Practice Exams at the Greenslopes Hospital. He’s also supervised a number of postgraduate students and University of Queensland 4th-year medical students.

Most notably, A/Prof Colquhoun was announced as the Cardiologist appointed to the Australia 2020 Summit to contribute to the Long-Term National Health Strategy.

• Angiography

• Lipids

• Atherosclerosis

• Preventative cardiology

• Diabetes and diet