Dr Soniah Bigie Moloi

Biography and Clinical interests

Dr Moloi has been a Consultant Cardiologist at The Townsville University Hospital (TUH) and Mater Private Hospital Townsville since 2017. He is also a Senior Lecturer with James Cook University and lead in ECHOLAB at TUH. He is currently Acting Director of Cardiology at Townsville University Hospital and is Head of Cardiology Registrar Training.  Dr Moloi is an examiner with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

He received his undergraduate Medical Degree from University of Newcastle Australia, in 2004 and proceeded to work as a junior medical officer in various hospitals including Gosford, Wollongong and St Vincent Hospital in NSW. He is a Fellow of the Australasian college of Physicians (FRACP), Fellow of Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, board certified in adult echocardiography in the USA and holds a level A certificate in CT coronary angiography.

Dr Moloi specialises in multimodality imaging with expertise in complex echocardiography including transthoracic echo (Including 3D ECHO and strain), exercise stress ECHO, dobutamine stress echo, transoesophageal echo (including peri-operative TOE, in valve surgery, TAVI and Shunt closure).

Dr Moloi manages a wide range of cardiac diseases including valvular heart disease, heart failure, cardiomyopathies, simple and complex coronary artery disease, difficult to treat hypertension and all forms of arrhythmias. His research interest includes valvular disease, cardiomyopathies and cardio-oncology.