Dr Richard J Hillock MBChB FRACP

Dr Richard Hillock is a highly qualified Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist who has recently completed his Fellowship in Electrophysiology and Pacing at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. He has a strong interest in ablation of atrial fibrillation and atrial tachycardia.  He joined SA Heart in 2007.

Richard graduated from the University of Otago, New Zealand in 1992 and went on to complete his cardiology training at Canterbury DHB, Christchurch in 2003.

Dr Richard Hillock was awarded his Fellowship to the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) in 2003 and completed his Fellowship in Electrophysiology and Pacing at The Royal Melbourne Hospital in 2006. During his fellowship he worked with some of the leading arrhythmia specialists and electrophysiology researchers in Australasia.

He has extensive experience with the current leading technologies in arrhythmias and pacing, including new ablation techniques and pacemakers/ defibrillators.

Richard has been involved in several research projects including:

• Characterisation of electrophysiology substrates in patients with focal atrial tachycardia.
• BNP infusion in post-myocardial infarction population and the effect on left ventricular remodelling.
• Neurohormonal response to components of cardiac resynchronisation therapy in chronic heart failure.
• Selective site pacing for right ventricular pacemaker leads.

Richard also has a strong interest in GP education sessions as well as teaching and mentoring cardiology fellows and registrars, medical students, nursing and cardiac technician staff.

He achieved membership of The New Zealand Pacing and Electrophysiology Group in 2003 and the Australian Pacing and Electrophysiology Group in 2006. He is an Associate Member of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand.

Dr Hillock consults regularly at Flinders, Noarlunga, Ashford and North Adelaide. He performs electrophysiology studies, cardiac ablations, pacing and defibrillator device implantation at the Ashford and Wakefield Hospitals. Dr Hillock also performs public electrophysiology and pacing procedures at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

Publications

1.  Hillock RJ, Mond HG, Pacing the right ventricular outflow tract septum: are we there yet?, Asian Pacific Cardiology Volume 1 ( 1) 2008
2. Hillock RJ, Stevenson IH , Mond IH, The right ventricular outflow tract: a comparative study of septal, free wall and anterior wall pacing,  PACE 2007 30(8) 942–947
3. Hillock RJ, Frampton CM, Yandle TG , Troughton RW, Lainchbury LG , Richards AM, B-type natriuretic peptide infusions in acute myocardial infarction,  HEART 2007 Online First July 16th
4. Mond HG ,Hilllock RJ, Stevenson IH, McGavigan AD, The right ventricular outflow tract: the road to septal pacing  pacing and clinical electrophysiology, PACE (2007)  30 (4), 482–491.
5. Hillock RJ, Kalman JM, Roberts-Thomson KC, Haqqani H, Sparks PB, Multiple focal atrial tachycardias in a healthy adult population: characterization and description of successful radiofrequency ablation,  Heart Rhythm Journal 2007 Apr;4(4):435-8. Epub 2006 Dec 28.
6. Hillock RJ, Roberts-Thomson KC, McGavigan AD  & Kalman JM, A case of ventricular tachycardia related to Wolf-Parkinson-White surgery,  EuroPACE 2007 Feb;9(2):130-3.
7. Roberts-Thomson KC, Kistler P, Haqqani H, McGavigan AD, Hillock RJ, Stevenson IH, Morton JB, Sparks PB, Vohra J, Kalman JM, Focal atrial tachycardias arising from the right atrial appendage: electrocardiographic and electrophysiological characteristics and radiofrequency ablation, J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2007 Apr;18(4):367-72. Epub 2007 Feb 7.
8. AD McGavigan, KC Roberts-Thomson, RJ Hillock, IH Stevenson & HG Mond, Selective site ventricular pacing – radiographic and electrocardiographic correlates of lead position,  Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology, October 2006;29:1-6
9. Lee G, McGavigan AD, Hillock RJ, Roberts-Thomson KC, Stevenson IH, Mond HG, A grave case of bradycardia,  Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology  2006;29(7), 788-790
10. Hillock RJ, Smyth DW, Elliott JM, Proficiency in coronary angiography, local experience and college requirements, Heart Lung and Circulation 2006, 15 (3);161-240 , also in Cardiology News (Australian edition) 2006 3(3), 10-11
11. Hillock RJ, Singarayar S, Kalman JM, Sparks PB, A tale of two tails: the tip of the atrial appendages are unusual sites for focal atrial tachycardia, Heart Rhythm Journal. 2006 Apr;3(4):467-9.
12. Hillock RJ, Morton JB, Kalman JM, Role of intracardiac echocardiography in identification of right atrial anatomy: use in mapping and ablation, Book Chapter  in “An Atlas of Intracardiac Echocardiography for the Interventional Electrophysiologist” Editor A. Natale, Taylor and Francis. April 2006.
13. Hillock RJ, Melton I, Crozier IG, Radiofrequency ablation for common atrial flutter using an 8-mm tip catheter and up to 150 w,  Europace 2005  Volume 7, Issue 5, Pages 409-412 (September 2005)
14. Hillock RJ, Lainchbury J, Robertson B, Cardiac angiosarcoma: diagnosis by coronary angiography, Heart, Oct 2005; 91: 1270
15. Hillock RJ, Smyth DW, A case of coronary subclavian steal syndrome,  Heart Lung and Circulation 2004.13:4 pp. 421-422 
16. Hillock R, Physiological altitude and high altitude pulmonary oedema,  The Internal Medical Journal. November 2003;33:11 p545
17. K Marshall, Te M Tau, R Hillock et al, Report to the Royal Commission on Social Policy on behalf of the Ngai Tahu Maori Trust Board 1988.

Abstracts, Posters and In-house Publications

1. RJ Hillock, IH Stevenson, HG Mond, The right ventricular outflow tract: a comparative study of septal, free wall, and anterior wall pacing,  CSANZ Christchurch 2007
2. RJ Hillock, JM Kalman, KC Roberts-Thomson, H Haqqani, PB Sparks., A new substrate for ablation: multiple focal atrial tachycardias in a healthy adult population, CSANZ Christchurch 2007
3. IH Stevenson, GE Edwards, SJ Spence, PM Kistler, RJ Hillock, AD McGavigan, KC Roberts-Thomson, H Teichtahl, JM Kalman, Atrial electrical remodelling occurs acultely in response to hypercapnia but not hypoxemia – implications for the promotion of atrial fibrillation, CSANZ 2006.
4. Roberts-Thomson, PM. Kistler, AD. McGavigan, RJ. Hillock, IH. Stevenson, S Spence, JB. Morton, JK. Vohra, PB. Sparks, JM. Kalman, Focal atrial tachycardias arising from the right atrial appendage: electrocardiographic and electrophysiologic characteristics and radiofrequency ablation, CSANZ 2006.
5. KC Roberts-Thomson, PM Kistler, IH Stevenson, S Spence, RJ Hillock, J Goldblatt, P Sanders, JM Kalman, Epicardial mapping of the posterior left atrium in patients undergoing cardiac surgery, CSANZ 2006.
6. RJ Hillock, AD McGavigan,  KC Roberts-Thomson, JB Morton, JM Kalman, PB Sparks, The utility 3-dimensional mapping systems for pulmonary vein isolation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, (also accepted Melbourne Research Week, June 2006) CSANZ CANBERRA AUGUST 2006
7. RJ Hillock, KC Roberts-Thomson, AD McGavigan & JM Kalman, A case of ventricular tachycardia related to Wolf-Parkinson-White surgery, HRS Boston May 2006
8. AD McGavigan, KC Roberts-Thomson, RJ Hillock, IH Stevenson & HG Mond, Right ventricular outflow tract pacing: radiographic and electrocardiographic correlates of lead position,  HRS Boston May 2006
9. IH Stevenson, GE Edwards, SJ Spence, PM Kistler, RJ Hillock, AD McGavigan, KC Roberts-Thomson, H Teichtahl, JM Kalman, Atrial electrical remodelling occurs acutely in response to hypercapnia but not hypoxemia – implications for promotion of atrial fibrillation, Oral Abstract HRS, Boston, 2006
10. AD McGavigan, KC Roberts-Thomson, RJ Hillock, IH Stevenson & HG Mond, Radiographic assessment and electrographic features of lead position in right ventricular outflow tract pacing, the British Cardiac Society, Glasgow, UK 2006
11. Hillock Richard* 1, Frampton C2, Yandle T2, Troughton R2, Lainchbury J1, Richards AM2, B –type natriuretic peptide infusion in acute myocardial infarction.
12. Cardiology Department Christchurch Hospital1 and Department of Medicine Christchurch School of Medicine2, Christchurch, New Zealand.  CSANZ 2005
13. Hillock Richard J* 1, Frampton C2, Yandle T2, Troughton R2, Lainchbury J1, Richards AM2, B-type natriuretic peptide infusion and renal function
14. Cardiology Department Christchurch Hospital1 and Department of Medicine Christchurch School of Medicine2.  CSANZ 2005
15. Hillock RJ, Melton IC, Crozier IG, Ablation of atrial flutter using 150 watts, Heart Lung and Circulation ;13,S2:S53  Abstract CSANZ 2004
16. R.J. Hillock, C.M. Young, J.M. Elliott, D.W. Smyth, A review of cardiology trainee radiation exposure during coronary angiography; is there evidence of a learning curve? Heart Lung and Circulation 2004;13S:S150 (Abstract 123) CSANZ 2003
17. Christchurch hospital cardiology department guidelines for the cardiology RMO. 2001,2002, 2003, 2004,2005.

Journal Review

Dr Hillock is an article reviewer for the Heart, Heart Rhythm, and PACE medical peer-reviewed journals.

 

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