Dr Anil Kumar Taneja

Professional statement

Dr Anil Kumar Taneja is a renowned consultant cardiologist with years of experience in the field of cardiology and internal medicine. He is the only consultant in UK to have undergone training in four specialities and with accreditation in all four on the specialist register. He specialises in chest pain, breathlessness, palpitations, arrhythmia, coronary heart disease, and heart failure. He practises at a host of hospitals in London, including The Spire London East Private Hospitals, and his main practice is at Nuffield, The Holly Private Hospital in addition to NHS hospital [Barts NHS Trust]. 

Dr Taneja completed his basic training in medicine from Oxfordshire deanery in 1999, before going on to complete an MRCP in both the UK and Ireland. Following this, Dr Taneja would go on to successfully complete an MSc in cardiology from Imperial College London, followed by an MD from Royal Brompton Hospital. Notably, he was a nominated fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and as well of Edinburgh before being appointed the regional speciality advisor for cardiology for the Oxford region by RCP and the British Cardiac Society.

To date, Dr Taneja has presented on a considerable amount of occasions at both national and international cardiology society meetings [British, American and European]. He has published articles in various peer-reviewed journals and has written plenty of book chapters relating to acute coronary syndrome. Impressively, Dr Taneja obtained full accreditation in echocardiography both from the British Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging.

Not only that, but Dr Taneja also completed level 2 cardiac CT training and is an accredited member of the British Society of Cardiac imaging and the Society of Cardiac CT in the USA. Dr Taneja, who successfully completed his BSc with honours and then MBBS in medicine, is also a specialist when it comes to stroke prevention, hypertension, syncope, heart scans, and imaging. He currently leads the clinical governance group for the cardiology department at Whipps Cross Hospital.