Mr Pearce has a clinical interest in all areas of cardiac diagnostic testing in both non-invasive and invasive areas. Echocardiography is his specialist area of practice, with specialised interests in stress echocardiography, valvular heart disease and detection of coronary heart disease.

Dr Cain has specialist clinical interests in the following areas: • Critical care medicine • Anaesthesia • Sepsis • Perioperative medicine • Echocardiography • Intubation • Line insertion • Bronchoscopy • Percutaneous tracheostomy • Organ donation • End of life care • Infection control • Transfer medicine • Airway management

Dr Ashworth administers cardiothoracic anaesthesia, anaesthesia for heart and lung transplantation, and general and regional anaesthesia. He also administers care to the critically ill, including life support, invasive monitoring techniques, resuscitation and end-of-life care. He has a special interest in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), mechanical circulatory support and transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE).

Experienced general cardiologist with US (Stanford, CA) echocardiography subspecialty training • Special expertise: • General, transoesophageal & stress echocardiography • Fields of interest: coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathies & pericardial disease, arrhythmias • Numerous scientific publications in national & international journals