Dr Farouk Mamdoo graduated with an MBBCh from the University of Witwatersrand Medical School and obtained the FCP (SA) and Certificate in Cardiology (SA) and was awarded the Jock Gear Memorial Award and SA Heart Award for best oral congress presentation.

He underwent training in Interventional Cardiology at the Washington Hospital Centre,(USA), Advanced Echocardiography at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Centre,(USA), Cardiac Synchronisation Therapy at Santa Maria Della Misericordia Hospital, (Italy).

He was Director of the Transoesophageal Echocardiography Unit and began the 3D Echocardiography Service at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital publishing the TORCH Registry Data and various other publications/presentations in journals such as Circulation, the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging and the SA Heart Journal.

Dr Mamdoo is a Lecturer and Co-Ordinator for the Graduate Entry Medical Program in the Unit for Undergraduate Medical School Education, the Department of Physiology and the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand as well as an External Examiner.

He is a Director for The Cardiovascular Research and Training Unit in Johannesburg and the Structural Heart Centre at the Netcare Alberton Hospital with proctoring roles for a number of multinational companies for interventional procedures including complex interventional coronary revascularization, structural heart interventions e.g., TAVI, LAA Occlusion, balloon valvotomy, pacing, cardiac resynchronization therapy, 3D transoesophageal echocardiography and cardio-oncology imaging.

His interests include acute coronary syndromes, heart failure management and structural heart disease.

He was Congress Chair for the SA Heart Annual Congress for 2022 and 2023 and is on several advisory bodies for device and pharmaceutical companies.

He is the current President of the Johannesburg Branch of SA Heart.