Dr Simon Pearse
Professional statement
Dr Simon Pearse is an experienced consultant cardiologist who sees patients at the New Victoria Hospital, Kingston Private Health and HeartSure clinic in Kingston. Dr Pearse also sees patients at his NHS practice at Kingston and St George's Hospitals, where he is a key member of the cardiology team and clinical lead for cardiology at Kingston Hospital.
He has a wide experience of general cardiology, and he also has a specialist interest in heart failure, pacemakers and complex device therapy. Dr Pearse is skilled at performing angiography and implanting pacemakers, Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators (ICDs), Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT/biventricular pacing) and Implantable Loop Recorders (ILRs/Reveal devices).
Dr Pearse graduated with distinction from Edinburgh University before completing foundation training in the west of Scotland. Dr Pearse had core medical training at Charing Cross and Hammersmith hospitals prior to training in cardiology on the north-west London rotation. This included specialist fellowships in heart failure and devices at Harefield and the Royal Brompton Hospital. Dr Pearse was awarded his MD (Res) from Imperial College London for research in heart failure, devices and sleep apnoea with Professor Cowie and the heart failure service at the Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart and Lung Institute.
Dr Pearse has an interest in medical education and is a member of the BCS Education Committee. He is an active researcher and is the UK Chief Investigator for the PERSEPOLIS and CALLIOPE studies and was the co-investigator for the IRONMAN and ISCOMAT trials. Dr Pearse recently won a Greenshoots research award for his contribution. Dr Pearse has published in leading international journals and has presented at international conferences.
Clinics
New Victoria Hospital
South London, 184 Coombe Lane West, Kingston upon Thames, KT2 7EGMedical insurances accepted
Credentials
Professional experience
- 21 years of experience
- Consultant Cardiologist, Kingston Hospital
Subspecialties
- Pacemaker
- Heart failure
Professional memberships
- Royal College of Physicians
- British Cardiovascular Society
Education
- Doctor of Medicine
- Batchelor of Medicine, Batchelor of Surgery
Publications and conferences
- Akhtar Z, Harding I, Elbatran AI, Gonna H, Mannakkara NN, Leung LWM, Zuberi Z, Bajpai A, Pearse S, Cox AT, Li A, Jouhra F, Valencia O, Chen Z, Sohal M, Beeton I, Gallagher MM. Multi-lead cephalic venous access and long-term performance of high-voltage leads. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. (2021)
- Elbatran AI, Akhtar Z, Bajpai A, Leung LWM, Li A, Pearse S, Zuberi Z, Kaba R, Saba MM, Norman M, Grimster A, Gallagher MM, Sohal M. Percutaneous management of lead-related cardiac perforation with limited use of computed tomography and cardiac surgery. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. (2021)
Prizes and awards
- South London Clinical Research Network Green Shoots Research Award (2020)
- Certificate of Completion of Training (2017)
Languages spoken
- English
Reviews
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- Dr. Pearse is friendly and approachable and answered any questions I had clearly. He explained the likely cause of my symptoms and organised further investigations v speedily. He communicated the results of my test v quickly and gave me a clear management plan.
- Excellent all round. Thank you!
- I saw Mr Pearse for the 2nd time and found as usual to be friendly and engaging, and as always identified the issue and came up with a change in medication, many thanks as always.
- Excellent all round. Thank you.
- So nice to have such professional treatment and to be treated with respect and friendliness
- Dr pearse has a lovely approach and I felt very reassured following his assessment of my condition
- Always so thorough, reassuring and caring in his approach. Really appreciate his attention to detail and explaining everything.
- As always with Dr Pearse, he explains everything clearly, after careful consideration and listening to my symptoms and concerns.