Dr Navin Chandra

Professional statement

Dr Navin Chandra is a leading consultant cardiologist at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust and an honorary consultant cardiologist at Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust. He manages all aspects of adult cardiology in the emergency, acute and chronic setting. Dr Chandra specialises in interventional cardiology including diagnostic coronary angiography, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and permanent pacemaker implantation (PPM).

Dr Chandra qualified from Guy’s, King’s & St. Thomas’s School of Medicine in 2004 with MBBS and BSc (Hons) degrees and achieved full Membership to the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP UK) in 2007. He also completed an MD (Res) from the University of London in 2014 and maintains a strong academic background. His award winning research has focused on ‘Sports Cardiology & Inherited Cardiac Conditions’ where he was regularly reviewing elite athletes. This led to numerous high impact peer-reviewed publications and international conference presentations.

Dr Chandra undertook specialist training in cardiology in the London Deanery (North-West Thames Rotation) and subspecialty training in interventional cardiology at Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust. Following this, he was awarded the prestigious British Cardiovascular Interventional Society (BCIS) International Fellowship in Vancouver Island, Canada. This training developed his expertise in managing complex patients with heart disease, including those conventionally considered ‘high-risk’. He is passionate about incorporating the use of technology, physiology and imaging in the management of heart disease to optimise patient care and maximise patient outcomes.