Overview

Dr Iman Bayat is an Australian-trained vascular and endovascular surgeon who manages a wide range of arterial and venous disease. His particular interests are the endovascular management of lower limb arterial and venous disease, post-thrombotic syndrome and complex venous disease.

Iman completed his internship and basic surgical training in the United Kingdom, earning Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. After further general, paediatric and vascular surgical training as a registrar at the Mater Hospital in Brisbane, he entered the Vascular Surgery Training Program of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, training at Royal Perth, Western and Austin Hospitals. His training included a year at Cambridge University Hospitals in the UK, a centre recognised for aortic aneurysm and chronic venous disease care.

After gaining his FRACS in Vascular Surgery, Iman undertook post-fellowship training at Skane University Hospital in Malmo, Sweden (complex aortic surgery) and the Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute in Charlotte, USA (thoracic aortic and complex venous disease), completing his post-fellowship training at Box Hill Hospital. He works at Northern Health, where he helped establish the NH Vein Clinic as part of a vision to create a centre of excellence for chronic venous disorders, and is a visiting vascular surgeon at Bendigo Health and the Austin Hospital.

Qualifications & fellowships

2001Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (MRCS)
Vascular surgery training at Royal Perth Hospital, Western Hospital and Austin Hospital, including a year at Cambridge University Hospitals, UK
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS), Vascular Surgery
Fellowship in complex aortic surgery, Skane University Hospital, Malmo, Sweden
Fellowship in thoracic aortic and complex venous disease, Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, Charlotte, USA
Post-fellowship training, Box Hill Hospital, Melbourne

Getting to know Dr Bayat

I fell in love with the elegant and precise surgical techniques of vascular surgery. Australia was well known for its excellent training in this field. I wanted the best and had to follow my dream.

Iman lives in Montmorency with his wife and two children. He spends his spare time with his family, gardening and fixing things around the house.