Welcome
Queensland Echocardiography Brisbane and Rockhampton are specialist cardiac imaging clinics with a focus on clinically accurate transthoracic echocardiography.
Queensland Echocardiography is the only private imaging clinic in Queensland to specialise in both adult and paediatric transthoracic echocardiography. All studies are reported in conjunction with specialist adult and paediatric imaging cardiologists.
Queensland Echocardiography boasts the only private paediatric echocardiography service, reported in conjunction with a paediatric cardiologist, anywhere in Brisbane and now Rockhampton.
The clinic is staffed by Mr Christopher Thomas. Mr Thomas leads Queensland with unmatched, extensive scanning and interpretation experience in a tertiary level institution. Queensland Echocardiography welcomes referrals from general practitioners as well as public and private specialty medical teams.
Imaging services
Paediatric Echocardiography:
Queensland Echocardiography Brisbane and Rockhampton specialises in the accurate paediatric echocardiographic assessment of heart structure and function. Simple murmur investigations through to complex post-surgical assessments are expertly catered for. All reports are prepared in conjunction with a specialist Paediatric Echo-Cardiologist. This is a unique service in Brisbane and now Rockhampton.
The service is available to outpatients from any referrer. This is a highly specialised private imaging service. With an appropriate referral, Medicare rebates are available. Please call 1300 299 440 to book a test and to receive payment information.
Waiting lists for paediatric echocardiography are kept to a minimum to ensure patients are seen quickly.
Queensland Echocardiography is an imaging service only. Paediatric cardiology follow-up can be arranged for any significant findings.
Adult Echocardiography:
Queensland Echocardiography Brisbane and Rockhampton specialises in the accurate adult echocardiographic assessment of heart function. Simple murmur investigations through to complex post-surgical assessments are expertly catered for. Reports are prepared in conjunction with a specialist Echo-Cardiologist.
Queensland Echocardiography also specialises in the accurate assessment of cardiac function in the cardio-oncology cohort, with speckle tracking strain imaging standard in all examinations (early cardiomyopathy screening).
The service is available to outpatients from any referrer. This is a highly specialised private imaging service. With an appropriate referral, Medicare rebates are available. Please call 1300 299 440 to book a test and to receive payment information.
Locum service
For over 15 years, Christopher Thomas has provided the east coast of Australia with a unique locum service. For discerning cardiology and radiology practices, Mr Thomas is available to cover staff leave/shortfalls, in a short and medium term capacity.
Mr Thomas was the first independent locum in Queensland and Australia, and has a long list of clients, both in the private and public sector.
Mr Thomas’ vast experience and networking skills allow him to seamlessly integrate within any existing practice, so that your downtime is minimised or eradicated completely.
For more information, please contact our office on 1300 299 440 or email info@qldecho.com.au.
Our staff
Mr Christopher Thomas
BScApp. MScSt. AMS. DMU
Mr Christopher Thomas graduated from The University of Queensland in 1997 with a Bachelor Applied Science in Human Movement Studies. He went on to completing a Master of Scientific Studies specialising in cardiac physiology and rehabilitation.
Mr Thomas started working at the specialist cardio-thoracic quaternary referral centre, The Prince Charles Hospital in Chermside, Australia, as a Cardiac Scientist (1999). He was very quickly selected to train in cardiac ultrasound and a Diploma of Medical Ultrasound was completed in his early years. Mr Thomas made an 18-year contribution to the Echocardiography Department, where he has been considered an educational resource for the hospital’s staff and has vast experience in emergency and critical care scenarios. Mr Thomas has trained many Specialist Echo-Cardiologists working in Australia and abroad.
Mr Thomas specialises in the accurate echocardiographic assessment of ischaemic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, heart failure, valvular lesions, paediatric and adult congenital heart disease, plus assessing cardiac function post-cardiac surgery (paediatric and adult). Christopher has also been utilising advanced techniques for over 15 years in the early detection of cardiomyopathy for cardio-oncology patients, with speckle tracking strain imaging being performed in all relevant studies.
Mr Thomas was the first sonographer in QLD and Australia to conduct private imaging clinics as a locum/contractor (2002), and currently is still in wide demand over 2 states to provide expert level echocardiography services to a discerning cardiology customer base.
Mr Thomas is fully accredited with the Australian Sonographer Accreditation Registry. He is also a member of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE).
In addition to presenting his original research at the World Congress of Cardiology in 2002, Mr Thomas has been involved in countless research initiatives as new technologies arrived on to the market, such as ASD/VSD closure devices, Ventricular assist devices and trans-catheter heart valve replacements.
Our reporting doctors
Dr Robert Gluer
MBBS FRACP JP (Qual.)
Dr Robert Gluer is a general cardiologist with a sub-specialty interest in echocardiography. He completed his advanced training in cardiology at The Prince Charles Hospital in 2016 as the Senior Cardiology Registrar, being awarded his Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Physicians, prior to taking up a post at Toowoomba Base Hospital as a Consultant Cardiologist.
He has undergone further post-fellowship training in echocardiography through The Prince Charles Hospital in 2017, and performs and reports transthoracic echocardiography, transoesophageal echocardiography, and stress (exercise and dobutamine) echocardiography.
He has an interest in developing accessible, high quality, cardiologist reported echocardiography services in Toowoomba.
Dr Christopher Whight
MBBS FRACP DDU.
Consultant in Paediatric and Adolescent Cardiology. Consults in Chermside, Caboolture, Everton Park, and Buderim.