What Eastern Heart Clinic does

Eastern Heart Clinic (EHC) is a private interventional cardiology hospital located on the Prince of Wales Hospital campus in Randwick, Sydney. Operating since 2006 (with the firmographic founding year recorded as 1991), it performs more than 5,500 cardiac procedures annually, positioning it as one of the largest and busiest interventional cardiology centres in Australia. Its clinical offering spans 13 distinct procedures, including diagnostic angiography, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stent placement, cryoablation and radiofrequency ablation for arrhythmias, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), permanent pacemakers, trans-oesophageal echocardiography, lead extraction, and advanced structural heart interventions such as transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), mitral valve clip (MitraClip), and patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure. The clinical team comprises 20+ procedural cardiologists, clinical cardiologists, visiting cardiac and vascular surgeons, anaesthetists, radiographers, specialist nurses, and administrative staff, with several physicians holding conjoint academic appointments at UNSW.

EHC's defining structural feature is its hybrid public–private model: it is a privately operated cardiology service embedded within a major tertiary public hospital, allowing it to accept both private health-insured patients (on a no-gap basis with all Australian private health insurers) and public patients referred through the Prince of Wales Hospital emergency department and inpatient pathways. Patients enter the service primarily through GP and cardiologist referrals. The clinic has developed proprietary radiation dose minimisation protocols in collaboration with GE Healthcare and Philips Healthcare, achieving patient radiation exposure well below the global average. A comprehensive patient tracking and follow-up program delivers outcomes consistently above clinical benchmark.

Commercially, EHC generates revenue from professional services billed against private health insurance (no-gap model) and from public patient activity routed through the hospital arrangement. The clinic does not disclose revenue, has no external funding rounds, and is independently operated with no identified parent or PE/VC ownership. The sister-clinic alliance with Sutherland Heart Clinic extends service coverage across Sydney, and the Action Day annual conference — the world's largest gathering of catheter lab professionals — functions as both a professional development platform and a brand-building channel. Leadership includes Medical Director Nigel Jepson and senior interventional cardiologist Mark Pitney (Order of Australia recipient, 2021).

Name

Eastern Heart Clinic

Legal name

Eastern Heart Clinic

Website

https://ehc.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Eastern Heart Clinic is a private interventional cardiology hospital at the Prince of Wales Hospital campus in Randwick, Sydney, performing 5,500+ cardiac procedures annually — one of the largest such centres in Australia. It serves both private and public patients across 13 procedural categories.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Interventional Cardiology Services

NAICS

Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers (621493), Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111), Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (62231)

SIC

Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011)

akta.pro primary industry

Interventional Cardiology (PCI/Structural Heart) (HLAKABAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Cardiovascular / Cath Lab & Electrophysiology Centers (HLAFAIAI), Ambulatory Cardiology Diagnostic & Procedure Centers (Non-hospital-based) (HLAFABAK)

Keywords

• Interventional cardiology
• Cardiac catheterisation
• Electrophysiology services
• Structural heart interventions
• Cardiac device implantation

Headquarters

HQ city

Randwick

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Healthcare services revenue: Private cardiology services provided to patients, with contracts with all private health insurance funds. They are a no-gap facility. Public patients are also served through the tertiary hospital arrangement.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Eastern Heart Clinic is an interventional cardiology clinic providing diagnostic and treatment procedures for cardiovascular disease, including angiograms, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stenting, electrophysiology studies, ablation therapies (cryoablation and radiofrequency ablation), cardiac device implantations (pacemakers, ICDs), and structural heart interventions such as TAVI and MitraClip. The clinic performs more than 5,500 procedures annually and operates a unique private cardiology service within a major tertiary public hospital (Prince of Wales Hospital), accepting both private and public patients regardless of referral source.

Product overview

Eastern Heart Clinic is an interventional cardiology hospital offering a comprehensive portfolio of cardiac diagnostic and treatment procedures. The clinic operates as a single, integrated cardiac care service providing 13 distinct cardiac procedures including angiograms for diagnosis, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stent placement for treating blocked arteries, electrophysiology studies for diagnosing rhythm disorders, and various ablation therapies (cryoablation and radiofrequency ablation) for treating arrhythmias. The clinic also offers cardiac device implantations including permanent pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), and mitral valve clips, as well as structural heart interventions such as TAVI and PFO closure. Additional services include cardioversion, lead extraction, and trans-oesophageal echocardiography (TOE). The clinic performs more than 5,500 procedures annually and serves both public and private patients at the Prince of Wales Hospital campus.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Angiogram

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered supporting and core.

• GE HealthcaresupportingTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration to optimise machine settings and minimise radiation dose to patients during cardiac procedures. Working together to ensure patients receive lower radiation doses than the average worldwide.
• Philips HealthcaresupportingTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration to optimise machine settings and minimise radiation dose to patients during cardiac procedures. Working together to ensure patients receive lower radiation doses than the average worldwide.
• Sutherland Heart CliniccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister clinic sharing staff, research collaboration, and co-hosting Action Day professional development event. Both clinics are part of the same network providing cardiology services across Sydney.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Greenslopes Private Hospital — Cardiology: Large Brisbane private hospital with a high-volume interventional cardiology and cardiothoracic service. Similar private cardiac hospital model to Eastern Heart Clinic but in a different state, so it competes for share-of-voice rather than for the same patients directly.

Broad incumbents

• St Vincent's Hospital Sydney — Cardiology: Long-established Sydney tertiary hospital with a comprehensive interventional cardiology, EP and structural heart service. Overlaps directly with Eastern Heart Clinic's procedures and catchment in metropolitan Sydney.
• Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Cardiology: Major Sydney tertiary public hospital with a sizeable interventional cardiology and structural heart program. Competes with Eastern Heart Clinic for Sydney cardiac referrals and procedural volumes from public and insured patients.
• Sydney Adventist Hospital — San Cardiology: Large private hospital in northern Sydney with a significant interventional cardiology program serving privately insured patients. Competes directly with Eastern Heart Clinic for the Sydney private insured market.
• Cabrini Hospital — Cardiology: Major Melbourne private hospital with established interventional cardiology, structural heart and EP services. Comparable in scale and case-mix complexity but operates in a different catchment, limiting direct head-to-head competition.
• GenesisCare Australia — Cardiology: National private provider of cardiology (and oncology) services across Australia, with multiple cath-lab capable sites. Comparable as a multi-site private cardiology platform; broader portfolio makes it an incumbent rather than a pure-play peer.

Direct peers

• Victorian Heart Hospital: Australia's first dedicated heart hospital, opened in 2023, providing comprehensive interventional cardiology, cardiac surgery and ambulatory cardiac services. Closest direct peer in terms of being a high-volume, specialist cardiac hospital.
• Advara HeartCare: One of Australia's largest cardiology provider networks, offering interventional and general cardiology services across multiple sites. Directly comparable as a private cardiology platform competing for the same patient and referrer pool.
• MonashHeart: Major Victorian cardiology service at Monash Medical Centre delivering high-volume interventional cardiology, structural heart and EP procedures. Comparable as a large-scale, hospital-co-located interventional cardiology program with a similar public-private mix.
• Sutherland Heart Clinic: Sister private cardiology clinic sharing staff, research collaboration, and the Action Day professional development event with Eastern Heart Clinic. Operates an almost identical private cardiology model in southern Sydney under the same medical advisory committee.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/EasternHeartClinic
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eastern-heart-clinic-pty-limited

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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