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Dr Iqbal Malik
Top Doctors Awards: 2018, 2021 and 2025
MBBCh MA FRCP PhD
GMC: 3506145Professional statement
Dr Iqbal Malik is an outstanding cardiologist based at Welbeck Heart Health and London Cardiovascular Clinic on Harley Street. He sees patients with chest pain, breathlessness, palpitations, artrial fibrillation, high blood pressure or cholesterol problems. He is an expert in valve disease. He specialises in coronary angioplasty (PCI), TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation), and closure of holes in the heart, such as atrial septal defect (ASD) and patent foramen ovale (PFO).
A highly qualified and experienced specialist, Dr Malik graduated from Cambridge and trained in London. He completed a PhD in vascular biology at the Hammersmith Hospital, where he was appointed as a consultant in 2003, and is now the lead for Structural Heart Disease as well as the Heart Attack Centre (HAC) program.
He is Medical Director of Welbeck Heart Health, leading a group of 23 top cardiologists in London.
Dr Malik is actively involved in research, particularly in coronary artery disease and structural heart disease. He has been involved in conducting many clinical trials, and was a founding member of the International Centre for Circulatory Health (ICCH) - a centre of research excellence at Imperial College London. He has published over 100 original research papers, and performs “live” educational cases regularly to international meetings.
Alongside this, he is the program director for CSI-Frankfurt, one of the world's premier cardiology meetings. Dr Malik also regularly appears in the media commenting on cardiology issues.
He runs the YouTube channel LondonCardioClinic, which provides education of patients and doctors alike.
Clinics
Central London, 1 Welbeck St, London W1G 0AR, UKMedical insurances accepted
Credentials
Professional experience
- 36 years of experience
- Medical Director, Welbeck Heart Health (present)
Subspecialties
- Structural and interventional cardiology
- Angioplasty
Professional memberships
- Royal College of Physicians
- British Cardiac Society
Education
- BA (1st Class Hons), University of Cambridge (1987)
- MB BChir, University of Cambridge (1990)
Teaching posts
- Honorary Senior Lecturer, International Centre for Circulatory Health, Imperial College , London
Positions in organisations
- Founding member, the International Centre for Circulatory Health (ICCH), Imperial College London
- Program Director, CSI-Frankfurt - one of the world's leading cardiology meetings
Publications and conferences
- Over 100 Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals 1987-2020
Prizes and awards
- Clinical Excellence Bronze Award
- TopDoctors award winner 2018
Languages spoken
- English
- Urdu
Registration number: 3506145
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Article
Hailey Bieber Stroke - PFO: What is it, and when should it be closed?
In this fascinating article, esteemed London-based consultant interventional cardiologist,...
Video
Dr Iqbal Malik has a CT Coronary Angiogram (CTCA) at One Welbeck Heart Health (OWHH)
<p>I had a CTCA (CT coronary angiogram). Why? Because I wanted to assess my coronary arter...
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CT coronary angiogram scan: your all-you-need-to-know guide
Read this patient-journey-style guide where highly esteemed London-based cardiologist, Dr ...
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Facing COVID 19 with PCR and Dr Maliks Team: A summary of all that we are trying to do
Dr Malik and Dr Cook discuss all the protection measures we can take - This will be on the...
Article
CT coronary angiogram: what do you know?
Sometimes a CT coronary angiogram (CTCA) may be necessary to check out the heart. When is ...
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Transcatheter Aortic Valve-Medtronic TAVI done in 2015- a short 4 minute video
This video is meant for patients. Only 4 minutes to see the steps of a TAVI procedure: 1....
Article
An expert explains COVID-19 and LONG COVID
Over a year has passed since COVID-19 entered our lives. However, there are still many que...
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Dr Iqbal Malik features on the BBC's #hospital documentary
Dr Malik featured in #hospital, a BBC documentary filmed at the Imperial College hospitals...
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Aortic stenosis: what is it and how does it occur?
In our latest article, we spoke to exceptionally well-regarded cardiologist, Dr Iqbal Mali...
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What is COVID-19? What is 'long COVID'?
Dr Iqbal Malik, a leading cardiologist based in central London, explains what COVID-19 dis...
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Chest pain: symptoms, causes and what to do if you think it is a heart emergency
It is difficult to know when you should take your chest pain seriously and when you can sa...
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I have aortic stenosis: what are my options?
Find out from Dr Iqbal Malik, a pioneering interventional cardiologist, what aortic stenos...
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Does the daily use of aspirin really prevent a heart attack or stroke?
Dr Iqbal Malik, an award-winning London-based cardiologist explains whether taking a low-d...
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Breathlessness: is it the heart or the lungs?
<p>What is breathlessness? Dr Iqbal Malik, a top cardiologist and Medical Director of OneW...
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TAVI: the alternative to open heart surgery
If your cardiologist would like for you to have transcatheter aortic valve insertion (TAVI...
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Atrial fibrillation: how is it treated?
<p>Dr Iqbal Malik, a renowned cardiologist based in central London at OneWelbeck Heart Hea...
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Chest pain: symptoms, causes and what to do
<p>Dr Iqbal Malik, a leading consultant cardiologist and Medical Director of OneWelbeck He...
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Iqbal interviewed at Hammersmith Hospital for Channel 4 News
<p>Dr Malik commented on Heart Attack Treatment on Channel 4 News with Krisha Guru-Murthy:...
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PROTECT THE PATIENT: Dr Malik does a TAVI as a day case during the COVID-19 crisis
Consent and TAVI procedure in the UK. Our patient was on the surgery waiting list. All sur...
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Dr Malik Talk Radio 29 07 2016
Dr Malik is interviewed on Talk Radio addressing the recent findings of a Lancet published...
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Dr Malik Talk Radio 09/09/2016
Statins: Yet again the benefits outweigh the risks. If 10,000 people with a heart attack o...
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- Dr Malik is an excellent cardiologist and extremely proficient cardiac interventions specialist. I have been under his treatment for more than a year and I am extremely pleased with the treatment and the procedures I have received.
- Dr Malik is an excellent professional. He’s funny, approachable, very attentive and very insightful.