Dr Andrew Elkington

Dr Andrew Elkington is a consultant cardiologist in Reading, Berkshire with expertise in assessing chest pain, breathlessness and palpitations, alongside blackouts, abnormal ECGs, heart valve disease, suspected heart failure and cardiovascular risk in patients with a family history of heart disease. He privately practises at The Berkshire Clinic where he is a partner, while his NHS base is the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.

Dr Elkington, who provides comprehensive general cardiology care, with a particular focus on non-invasive and advanced cardiac imaging, was appointed as a consultant cardiologist in 2009 and is clinical lead for Echocardiography and Cardiovascular MRI at his NHS base. He's established and developed successful cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) services in Reading, overseen the expansion of CMR services at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, as well as establishing the cardio-obstetric clinic at the Royal Berkshire Hospital. Furthermore, he was the previous clinical lead for Cardiology at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.

Dr Elkington trained at St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1997. He completed cardiology training in London, Bristol and Australia, and was awarded an MD in Cardiac Magnetic Resonance from Imperial College London in 2006. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 2013. His clinical interests centre on the accurate, non-invasive assessment of cardiac symptoms, and the evaluation of cardiac dysfunction using echocardiography and CMR.

Alongside his clinical practice, Dr Elkington is actively involved in education and service development. He is an educational supervisor at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, responsible for the training of junior doctors. He lectures regularly to GPs on general cardiology. He works with the British Society of Echocardiography carrying out regular inspections of echocardiography departments around the country, serving on the departmental accreditation committee and inspecting echocardiography departments seeking national accreditation.

Dr Elkington is a member of the British Cardiovascular Society, the British Society of Echocardiography and the British Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. He is frequently invited to speak at regional and national meetings and provides ECG reporting services for wellness centres across southern England.