A/Prof Nicholas Cox
MBBS FRACP FCSANZ
Consultant & Interventional Cardiologist
Associate Professor Nicholas Cox is an interventional cardiologist with an interest in the diagnosis and management of patients presenting with coronary disease, heart attacks and chest pain. He is experienced in radial or wrist coronary angiography, angioplasty and infarct management. He is the director of Cardiology for Western Health and on the Epworth Hospital Cardiac Sciences Clinical Institute Committee.
Nicholas trained at Melbourne University, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Sydney, and the The Brigham and Womens' Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
Visiting Medical Officer (Interventional Cardiology):
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Western Hospital (Footscray and Sunshine Hospitals)
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Western Private Hospital, Footscray
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Epworth Private Hospital, Richmond
His particular interests are:
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Chest pain diagnosis and management
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Coronary angiography and stenting
A/Prof Cox consults in all aspects of General Cardiology at Epworth Richmond, Glen Waverley and Sunshine. For all bookings please call 9421 2155.
Positions Held (current)
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Director of Cardiology, Western Health
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Clinical Associate Professor, University of Melbourne
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Epworth Cardiac Clinical Institute Committee
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Board Member, The Heart Foundation (Victoria)
Rob McCarthy jokingly told friends he may need an ambulence if the Bulldogs won the 2016 AFL Grand Final, "because if the doggies win I'm going to have a heart attack". 2 minutes later he did.
Luckily for Rob off duty paramedic Liam Moore was nearby to administer CPR and Rob was quicky taken to the Epworth Hospital where A/Prof Nicholas Cox performed a coronary angiogram and stented the culprit artery.
"While Rob was lucky to have a qualified paramedic there to administer CPR, that is often not the case. In an emergency someone must be prepared to act. Anyone can have a go at CPR or using a defibrillator. You can't make things worse, and you will probably save a life. Every minute that passes your chances of surviving cardiac arrest go down by 10%. After 10 min you've got virtually no change of survival" A/Prof Nicholas Cox.