Tammy Pegg MBChB (Honours) MRCP, FRACP, FC CANZ, DPhil

Tammy is the head of the Department at Nelson Marlborough's cardiology department. She is a general cardiologist and a specialist in Heart Failure and Non-invasive imaging including cardiac MRI. She graduated with honors from the University of Leeds in 2000. After house jobs, Tammy undertook basic medical training at the University of Manchester Hospitals and gained membership to the Royal College of Physicians in 2003.

In 2004 Tammy commenced advanced training in Cardiology in the Wessex Deanery. In 2005 she commenced a PhD in cardiac surgery at the University of Oxford, working with one of the UK’s leading cardiothoracic surgeons. Her work involved improving surgical techniques in patients with heart failure and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of heart function and injury. In 2008 she was awarded her PhD and has been widely published in peer review cardiology journals. In 2008 she was a finalist for the Vivenne Thomas American Heart Association Young investigator of the year award and also the New Zealand Heart Foundation Young Investigator of the year.