Prof Scott Harding is the Director of the Cardiology Research Group and an Interventional Cardiologist at Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand. Prof Harding is also an Adjunct Professor at the School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University, Wellington and a past chairman of the New Zealand Interventional Group. He undertook cardiology training in Wellington Hospital, New Zealand and the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, United Kingdom before undertaking an Interventional Fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
As well as a general cardiologist, Prof Harding is an expert in interventional cardiology. In particular the treatment of complex coronary disease including chronic total coronary occlusions. Prof Harding has lectured on, and proctored hundreds of complex PCI, and intravascular imaging internationally, and has published more than 100 papers. His current research interests include, intravascular imaging, optimising PCI and platelet biology.
Proctoring in China
Prof Scott Harding – Professional Qualifications
1992 Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB), University of Otago.
1993 Granted full registration as a Medical Practitioner in New Zealand.
2000 Fellowship awarded by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
2001 Completed Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Programme (Massachusetts General Hospital, United States of America).
2003 Granted Vocational Registration in Internal Medicine (New Zealand)
2009 Granted Registration by the Medical Board of Australia
Professional Associations / Roles
Fellow Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
Past Executive Member, Interventional Council, Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand.
Past Chair New Zealand Interventional Group 2009-2012
Convenor Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting 2013
Director Australian and New Zealand CTO Club
Director Asia Pacific CTO Club
Course Director CTO Club Japan
Chairman PHARMAC Cardiovascular Device Advisory Board
Editorial Board JACC Case Reports
Editorial Board Heart Lung and Circulation
Present Appointments
Interventional Cardiologist, Wellington Hospital, Capital & Coast District Health Board, Wellington, New Zealand
Interventional Cardiologist, Wakefield Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand
Director, Wellington Cardiovascular Research Group.
Adjunct Professor, School of Biological Science, Victoria University of Wellington.
Previous Hospital Appointments
01/10/01 to 31/05/03 Lecturer in Cardiology, University of Edinburgh / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
08/07/01 to 30/9/01 Locum Specialist Registrar in Cardiology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
01/07/00 to 30/06/01 Interventional Cardiology Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
27/07/98 to 30/06/00 Specialist Registrar, Department of Cardiology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
10/06/96 to 07/06/98 Cardiology Registrar, Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand.
12/12/94 to 09/06/96 Medical Registrar, Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand.
30/11/92 to 27/11/94 House Officer, Napier Hospital, Napier, New Zealand.
