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Dr Michael Mullen is a consultant interventional cardiologist based in London. He has an international reputation for his expertise in the transcatheter treatment of structural and congenital heart disease with over 20 years of experience in this field. Dr Mullen's private practice is based at Harley Street Clinic and Barts Heart Centre, where he leads the UK’s largest structural heart intervention program.  Treatments provided by Dr Mullen include percutaneous repair or replacement of heart valves, including TAVI, Mitraclip, Triclip and pulmonary valve implantation, closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) and atrial septal defect (ASD) and other bespoke interventions  for structural heart abnormalities. Dr Mullen has played a key role in the development and evaluation of many of these innovative technologies and their subsequent introduction into clinical practice.  Dr Mullen has a broad research portfolio and is frequently invited to give lectures and live demonstrations at national and international conferences.

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Dr Amanda Varnava is a leading cardiologist and a highly experienced consultant based in London. In addition to managing patients with chest pain, palpitations, and hypertension, Dr Varnava offers specialist services for patients with inherited heart problems (cardiomyopathies, channelopathies and sudden cardiac death), athletes requiring cardiac sports screening, and heart disease in pregnancy. Dr Varnava established the Inherited Cardiac Conditions specialist clinic at Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare Trust and leads the Pregnancy and Heart Disease Service at Watford General Hospital. She is an expert in sports cardiology and one of the few national experts in this field. Dr Varnava sees many athletes (both professional and amateur) and is the cardiologist to a number of professional football teams including Arsenal, Watford, and Fulham FC. Dr Varnava qualified from Oxford University and then St Bartholomew's Hospital with triple honours. She then undertook specialist cardiology training at some of the leading cardiac centres in the UK, including St George's Hospital, Royal Brompton Hospital, and The London Chest Hospital. Dr Varnava took up her consiltant post in 2005. She has a very active research programme and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London. Dr Varnava's research into inherited cardiac conditions is published in leading cardiology journals, and she regularly speaks at national and international conferences. Dr Varnava runs a paediatric screening service at St Mary's Hospital and sees patients from 12 years onwards in her private practice. 

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Dr Tapesh Pakrashi is a cardiologist based in Kingston Upon Thames and London, whose areas of expertise include heart failure, valvular diseases, coronary artery disease, cardiac imaging, arrhythmias and palpitations. Dr Pakrashi studied medicine at Magdalen College, Oxford and graduated in 1999. He then went to train in Newcastle, Leeds and Cambridge. Later, he undertook specialist registrar training in cardiology and general (internal) medicine at several hospitals in London including the Royal Brompton Hospital, Harefield Hospital and the Whittington Hospital. Dr Pakrashi was appointed his first position as a consultant cardiologist in 2012 at Kingston Hospital. Whilst practising there, he became the Heart Failure Lead and also a visiting consultant cardiologist at St George's Hospital until 2015. He also became the Clinical Director for the cardiology and clinical haematology department at Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust from 2013 to 2018. He developed the heart failure service there and also the community cardiology services in Kingston and East Elmbridge.

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Professor Giovanni Di Salvo is a highly experienced consultant cardiologist based at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London. Professor Di Salvo trained in Italy, where he completed both a Master's and PhD in his field of expertise, cardiology. He has worked in numerous locations around the world, including Naples, where he still has a strong connection, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, and London. He is at the leading edge of developments in echocardiology and his specialities include paediatric cardiology, cardiomyopathy, 3D echo, and transoesophageal echocardiography. Due to his expertise, Professor Di Salvo has lectured extensively, with teaching positions in the Second University of Naples, the Al Faisal University in Saudi Arabia, and at the Imperial College of London. He has written and published over 175 research papers, featured in the European Heart Journal, and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, among many more.

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Dr Ayyaz Sultan is an experienced consultant cardiologist based in Greater Manchester and Liverpool. He treats all aspects of adult heart disease, including high blood pressure, angina, palpitations, heart failure and heart murmurs. He also specialises in interventional cardiology, and is currently the Cardiac Catheter Lab/PCI Lead at the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust. Dr Sultan completed his cardiology training in Sheffield in 2013, after which he did an interventional cardiology fellowship at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. He has been a consultant in the UK since 2015 and in 2016 he was appointed as an honorary senior lecturer for the University of Manchester. In this role, Dr Sultan is responsible for training junior doctors, undergraduates and cardiology registrars, and he also acts as clinical supervisor for training nurses. His key interests within interventional cardiology include the treatment of coronary artery disease, non-invasive cardiac CT, angioplasty and stenting. In fact, Dr Sultan has performed more than 4,000 angiographies and over 1,400 angioplasty procedures.

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Dr Fadi Jouhra is a highly regarded consultant cardiologist who sees patients at HCA Healthcare Harley Street, London Medical Clinic in Marylebone and Spire St Anthony Hospital. Dr Jouhra is a consultant and an honorary senior lecturer at St George’s University Teaching Hospital in London. He specialises in complex cardiac devices and heart failure. Dr Jouhra uses the best evidence-based medicine to treat patients with shortness of breath, acute and chronic chest pain, palpitations, arrhythmia, hypertension (high blood pressure), dizziness, angina, heart murmur, heart failure and dilated cardiomyopathy.  Dr Jouhra has a special interest in cardio-oncology field, he spent his early years as a clinical research fellow in breast-oncology at St Georges's Hospital, and he further consolidated his clinical experience during his heart failure fellowship at King's College Hospital. His treatment is always personalised for each patient who needs necessary care.  He has a niche interest in implanting biventricular pacemakers and defibrillators (ICD) that deliver cardiac resynchronisation (CRT) for heart failure patients. Dr Jouhra provides comprehensive heart check-ups, using the latest technologies in his practice to fundamentally improve the quality of life of his patients. Dr Jouhra had specialist training in cardiology at leading teaching hospitals in London, including King’s College, St Georges and St Thomas’ Hospitals.  Dr Jouhra has a strong interest in medical education. He is an active researcher and has contributed to various peer-reviewed medical journals. 

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Dr Ganesan Kumar is a highly experienced consultant cardiologist in Luton and Harpenden  who specializes in coronary artery disease, heart failure, cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, syncope and cardiac and vascular disease prevention . Dr Kumar completed his medical degree in general medicine in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He moved to the UK for higher training in cardiology in 1998. He works as consultant cardiologist at Luton and Dunstable Hospital since 2009 and later secured a substantive role in November 2015. Apart from offering general cardiology services for most cardiac problems, he has championed multiple service developments. Dr Kumar leads a  myocardial perfusion imaging service at Luton and Dunstable Hospital, a non invasive functional assessment that helps in the diagnosis of ischaemic heart disease and to plan revascularisation. He also holds an accreditation in Cardiac CT, a non invasive anatomical test to diagnose coronary artery disease.  Dr Kumar leads heart failure service at  Luton and Dunstable Hospital  and primary care  (Luton and Central Bedfordshire, extending advice to parts of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire). He has practiced cardiology at different levels over the last 20 years and was based in Glasgow until February 2001. Most of Dr Kumar's higher training and practice was at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital. He completed additional training at Bedford Hospital's Catherterisation Lab and short training at the busy Harefield Hospital Cardio-Thoracic ITU and Electrophysiology Unit. Dr Kumar has a keen interest in teaching and training medical students, junior doctors, nurses and other paramedical staff. He lectures at patient support group meetings.

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Dr Syed Ahsan is a leading consultant cardiologist based in London who has been nominated for and won many awards in his field. Having trained in various prestigious centres in London, Dr Ahsan is highly experienced in all areas of cardiology with a specialist interest in heart rhythm disorders (arrhythmias). He also sees patients with palpitations, chest pains, shortness of breath and high blood pressure. Dr Ahsan graduated from Guys Kings and St Thomas’ Medical School in 2000 and undertook cardiology specialist training at prestigious hospitals in London, working with world-renowned experts. His post-graduate medical doctorate was awarded from University College London and has produced pioneering work that was also awarded by the Royal Society of Medicine National Prize in 2009. This was then presented internationally across Europe and the USA. His NHS practice is based at Barts Heart Centre, one of the largest cardiac units in Europe, where Dr Ahsan is one of the lead clinicians for atrial fibrillation (AF). He performs catheter ablation procedures for AF and other heart rhythm disorders and is an expert in implanting all kinds of cardiac devices such as pacemakers, defibrillators and resynchronisation devices. In addition, he is an honorary consultant at North Middlesex University Hospital where he also established the first cardiac ablation service in North London. Dr Ahsan is known for his patient-centred approach, ensuring that his patients are always fully aware and comfortable with the consultation and treatment process. From his clinics across London, Dr Ahsan offers treatment for all aspects of adult cardiology and heart rhythm disorders.

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Dr Arvind Vijay Singh is a highly experienced, expert consultant cardiac surgeon who currently practises privately at the highly esteemed The Essex Cardiothoracic Centre in Basildon, with his main location of medical practice being at the equally prestigious London-based The Harley Street Clinic. He specialises in adult cardiology, heart valve surgery, aortic surgery and cardiac screening but to mention a few, and possesses a special medical interest in areas including minimally invasive aortic valve repair and replacement, coronary artery bypass grafts, aortic root replacement, aortic aneurysm repair, as well as complex aortic surgery and complex aortic valve surgery.  As a highly professional, dedicated and esteemed consultant cardiac surgeon, Dr Singh's main mission is to save the aortic valve. In order to succesfully do this, he (whenever possible) incorporates the use of various durable repair techniques as opposed to replacing it with an artificial valve. He is the current clinical lead for the complex aortic aneurysm program at the London-based The Keyhole Heart Clinic.  Dr Singh is mightily experienced when it comes to medical surgery. In 1991, he obtained a bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery from the well-regarded and established Government Medical College in Nagpur, India, prior to then successfully going on to complete a master's degree in general surgery at the same education centre six years later, in 1997. 2002 would be the year when the highly trained and qualified Dr Singh would specialise in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, completing a MCh in this particular field at the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, India.  Dr Singh undertook his specialist medical training at The Trent Cardiac Centre in Nottingham, and was awarded two Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons' qualifications in 2003 and 2010 respectively. 

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Dr Paramjit Jeetley is a leading consultant cardiologist in London. He is a leading expert in all aspects of his field and dedicates his profession to ensuring patients receive the highest possible level of care. He has subspecialist interests in heart failure management and cardiac imaging - particularly echocardiography of which he has undergone advanced training of the use of complex studies with stress echo and transoesophageal echo. His wide range of expertise also consists of valvular heart disease, advanced renal disease, ischaemia testing for coronary artery disease, and cardiac CT.  Since 2001, Dr Jeetley has been a consultant at the Royal Free Hospital, where he has also been Clinical Director since 2016. As Clinical Director, he provides leadership for the hospital's cardiology department as well as community-based services in Barnet and Enfield. He practices privately at the Royal Free Hospital and Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth. As well as greatly committing to patient care, he also contributes to research in his field. Dr Jeetley is currently involved in a number of research projects relating to cardio-renal disease as well as contributing to the conception, analysis and writing of publications relating to cardiology care and the recent COVID-19 pandemic.

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Dr Neil Hobson is a leading consultant cardiologist based at the Spire Hull and East Riding Hospital. His areas of expertise lie in treating palpitations, atrial fibrillation, shortness of breath, heart failure, chest pain and unexplained blackouts and falls. Dr Hobson underwent specialist cardiology training in Sheffield. After researching the use of stress echocardiography in assessing the haemodynamic profiles of native and prosthetic heart valves, he produced original research publications in this area and achieved his medical degree in 2005. He also continued his training in the field of interventional electrophysiology and obtained his fellowship at The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, Australia. Whilst there, he was trained extensively in the management of cardiac arrhythmias. Dr Hobson currently practices at Spire Hull and East Riding Hospital and provides electrophysiological ablation of cardiac arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation ablations to a regional population of over 1 million. He is also committed to screening patients with a family history of sudden cardiac death (SCD) and routinely offers treatment to those considered at high risk with the implantation of cardiac pacemakers. Furthermore, he has a clinical interest in treating patients with heart failure using pioneering biventricular pacemakers. Dr Hobson was one of the very few cardiologists to receive a certificate of accreditation from the British Society of Echocardiography, which recognised his practical and theoretical understanding of cardiac echocardiography.

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Dr Vinay Kumar Bhatia is a highly-experienced, fully UK trained general adult cardiologist based at the Tunbridge Wells hospital, Pembury, Royal Tunbridge Wells. He specialises in cardiology, having held the position as a consultant cardiologist since 2009. In his role to-date, he has obtained particular specialist expertise in cardiac imaging, echocardiography, stress echocardiography, as well as transoesophageal echocardiography and CT coronary angiography.  Dr Bhatia obtained an MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) at the Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital Medical School, London, in 1994, and has gained up to 15 years' worth of formal training in general medicine and cardiology at highly-renowned London-based teaching hospitals. Within this period of training, this distinguished doctor completed a PhD in science research (Vascular Biology & Immunology) at the Imperial College London in 2005.  Impressively, Dr Bhatia supervises and performs approximately 1,000 transthoracic echocardiograms and over 500 stress echocardiograms per year. He is directly involved in the care of over 1,000 patients on a yearly basis and provides expert testing and/or opinions on treadmill stress testing, transthoracic echocardiography, CT coronary angiography, transoesophegeal echocardiography, as well as electrocardiographic and holter monitoring analysis.  In relation to Dr Bhatia's mission statement, he affirms that he is proud to mainly practice in the NHS, but over the years he has grown to appreciate the constraints on consultation and waiting times for many tests and procedures. Dr Bhatia stresses and recognises that this is not always best suited for many patients who need more time for a doctor to listen to their medically related issues, with greater in-depth discussion and explanation about why and how adult cardiologists carry out cardiac investigations in order to provide either an explanation (diagnosis) for patients' symptoms, or at the very least, reassurance and peace of mind.   

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Dr Francesco Lo Monaco is a well-known consultant cardiologist based in London at the One Heart Clinic - Cardiology Consulting & Diagnostic Centre. He specialises in clinical cardiology and cardiac imaging, with expertise in echocardiograms, electrocardiograms (ECG), stress tests, palpitations and heart check-ups. After Dr Lo Monaco graduated from the University of Pavia, Italy in 1997, he went on to do specialty cardiology training until 2003. From there, Dr Lo Monaco worked in the USA as a cardiologist before moving to New York to undertake his postdoctoral fellowship in cardiology, which he completed in 2009. Since then, Dr Lo Monaco has worked in London as a consultant cardiologist, providing general cardiology care and cardiac imaging services for his patients. On top of his clinical work, Dr Lo Monaco is also involved in education and has been an honorary senior clinical lecturer and undergraduate tutor at Imperial College London since 2013. 

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Dr Simon Pearse is an experienced consultant cardiologist who sees patients at Kingston Private Health and the New Victoria Hospital. 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. 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 study 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. 

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Dr Riyaz Kaba is a leading consultant cardiologist with over 25 years of experience. He cares for patients with a wide range of cardiac conditions, including atrial fibrillation, heart failure, palpitations, breathlessness, syncope (fainting) and chest pain. He regularly performs curative interventional procedures and specialises in implanting both standard and complex pacemakers. In fact, he is one of the first operators in the world to implant the state-of-the-art Quadripolar LV Lead pacemaker to treat a patient with severe heart failure. Dr Kaba graduated in the UK and proceeded to undergo training as a junior doctor at King's College Hospital London, where he reached molecular and cellular cardiology at the National Heart & Lung Institute at the Royal Brompton Hospital. During his training, he was granted an advanced fellowship at the prestigious IVY League institution of Columbia University, New York. He has been recognised nationally and internationally: he has received several academic awards and been presented with international awards from America and Europe. 

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Dr Manas Sinha is a vastly experienced consultant cardiologist based mainly in Wiltshire, also attending to patients in Dorset and Hampshire. He specialises in all areas of cardiology, particularly cardiac screening, high blood pressure and angina. His personalised patient care over twenty-five years of experience, thirteen of those as a consultant, has enabled him to grow into one of the most respected cardiologists in his region.   After graduating from St George's, University of London in 1994, Dr Sinha received his MD for research in acute coronary syndromes. He later received cardiology training in both London and Wessex before accepting consultant cardiologist positions at both Salisbury District Hospital and Nuffield Health Bournemouth.   Dr Sinha is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, which is one of the highest honours that can be given to a physician. Additionally, he is a member of numerous organisations including the British Medical Association, British Cardiovascular Interventional Society, General Medical Council and Medical Defence Union. He has also written and contributed to numerous cardiological publications.

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Dr Michael Papadakis is a revered consultant cardiologist in London who specialises in sports cardiology, preventive cardiology, heart failure, cardiac MRI, palpitations and shortness of breath. He is an honorary consultant cardiologist at St George's University Hospitals and a reader in cardiology at St George's, University of London. He has a stellar educational background including an MBBS degree from Imperial College London, membership of the Royal College of Physicians and an MD from Kings College London. He was awarded a fellowship with the European Society of Cardiology in 2016. Using his vast experience and expertise, he has contributed to numerous education and research projects such as the creation of the sports cardiology core curriculum, the creation of the ECG criteria for evaluating athletes and building educational material for the European Society of Cardiology. He also launched an MSc degree in Sports Cardiology, the first such postgraduate qualification in the UK. Dr Papadakis is the chair of the sports cardiology and exercise section of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology and has majorly contributed to over 80 peer-reviewed medical publications. He regularly presents his research findings at national and international conferences.  

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Dr Saagar Mahida is a consultant cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist whose private practice is based in Liverpool and Manchester. He specialises in treatment of heart rhythm disturbances (arrhythmia), including atrial fibrillation, heart palpitations, ectopic beats, supraventricular tachycardia, and ventricular tachycardia.  Dr Mahida specialised in management of heart rhythm abnormalities at a number of the best centres in the world, including Brigham and Women's Hospital, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and Hospital Haut Leveque, Bordeaux where the first curative catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation worldwide was performed. He spent three years in the Harvard system in Boston working with world-leading heart rhythm experts. He has since established himself as a leading UK heart rhythm specialist and atrial fibrillation specialist.  Dr Mahida's NHS practice is based at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, the largest specialist heart hospital in the UK. Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital is a tertiary referral centre covering Merseyside, Wirral, Cheshire, and North Wales. Dr Mahida has led the development of a supra-regional (quaternary) service for specific heart rhythm abnormalities and proctors specialist consultants from UK and Europe on complex ablation techniques. Detailed information on Dr Mahida’s areas of expertise can be found at www.drsaagarmahida.co.uk

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Dr Aftab Gill is a renowned consultant cardiologist with advanced expertise in interventional cardiology and general cardiology. Dr Gill uses his leading expertise to provide patients with the management of numerous conditions. This includes, but is certainly not limited to, palpitations, irregular heart rhythms (arrhythmia), high blood pressure (hypertension), chest pain, and heart failure. Furthermore, he is highly skilled in interventional procedures such as pacemaker implantation of complex devices as well as diagnostic tests such as CT coronary angiography. His studies and training took place at the University of Bristol, which was then followed by a prestigious British Heart Foundation junior fellowship to complete two years of research at the Bristol Heart Institute. After this, he relocated to the West Midlands to complete his specialist training in cardiology. Dr Gill was then awarded an international fellowship in Canada at the Ottawa Heart Institute. This fellowship gave him the opportunity to further advance his coronary angioplasty skills.  Dr Gill provides his patients with the utmost quality of patient care and attention. He does this by keeping up to date with the latest techniques and by ensuring his patients are fully informed about their condition and treatment options for their individual needs.

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Dr Fakhar Khan is a prominent London cardiologist, specialised in the field of heart rhythm disorders. He divides his time between various top London hospitals and sees patients to fit pacemakers, defibrillators, and other devices. A Cambridge graduate, he completed his studies in Oxford and London. He has written numerous peer-reviewed articles, is a member of many prominent associations and is an accomplished, patient orientated consultant.

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