Our Cardiologists

• Specialist expertise: Assessment of chest pain, shortness of breath and valve disease. He performs simple and complex coronary angioplasty and is an expert in PFO, ASD and LAA closure as well as TAVI procedures to treat valve disease.
• Dr Malik is a consultant cardiologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust where he is Director of Structural Heart Disease and Clinical Lead for TAVI procedures.
• He also leads the West London Heart Attack Centre at Hammersmith Hospital and is on the Pan-London Heart Attack Group, delivering world class treatments at Hammersmith, Bupa Cromwell and Wellington Hospital.

• Specialist expertise : the diagnosis and management of Congenital Heart Disease in adults.
• His subspecialty interest is in catheter-based treatment of Congenital Heart Disease, including ASD and PFO closures.
• He is a Consultant at Barts Heart Centre, one of the UK’s largest Adult Congenital Heart Disease Units, and also an Honorary Consultant at Great Ormond St Hospital where he sees children who are ready to have their care transitioned to adult services

Mr Aktuerk has experience in all aspects of adult cardiac surgery, with a special interest in coronary artery surgery, aortic valve surgery and mitral valve repair. He has completed prestigious international fellowships in both transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and minimal access and robotic valve surgery and is therefore in a unique position to objectively provide a wide range of treatment opinions to individual patients.

• Specialist expertise: Heart failure and is an expert in advanced cardiac imaging with a focus in MRI. She routinely sees patients with shortness of breath, valvular heart disease and heart murmurs, cardiomyopathy, myocarditis, chest pain, high blood pressure, palpitations and pre-operative risk assessments.
• Dr Manisty has set up and leads the Cardiac MRI Centre at St Bart’s scanning a very high volume of patients including those with cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators, and co-authored the national recommendations for MR imaging in patients with implantable cardiac devices. She also set-up and currently leads the specialist Cardio-oncology service at St Bart’s Hospital to assess and treat cancer patients with heart problems.
• She is a Senior Lecturer at University College London, and leads the academic heart failure program at St Bart’s Heart Centre.

• Specialist expertise: interventional cardiology.
• His dedication to training the next generation of cardiovascular specialists has led him to set up and lead the Cardiovascular Training Institute at Barts Health NHS Trust, where he is also the director of training for interventional cardiology, and the director of the Barts Interventional Group (BIG).
• He is widely-recognised as a national expert in complex angioplasty procedures, including rotational atherectomy and minimally invasive treatment of chronic total occlusions.

• Specialist expertise: Interventional cardiology and cardiovascular risk assessment. Treats angina, coronary artery disease, hypertension, high cholesterol, valve disease, palpitations and fainting as well as those at high risk of heart disease.
• Dr Khamis is a consultant cardiologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust with a joint academic appointment as a Clinical Senior Lecturer at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London.
• He has a deep interest and is a leader in the research field of cardiovascular risk stratification. He and his team work on the innovative development of interventional cardiology technologies for the diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease which is the leading single cause of the death globally.

• Specialist expertise: Valvular heart disease, heart failure, and chest pain assessment using multi-modality imaging including advanced echocardiography, transoeophageal echocardiography, cardiac MRI and coronary CT.
• Dr Kanaganayagam is a consultant cardiologist at Imperial College London, where he was appointed the Lead for Quality and Safety in Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, and the clinical lead for a community heart failure service.
• Dr Kanaganayagam also works at Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust, where he is the lead for cardiac imaging.

• Specialist expertise: Managing all aspects of cardiovascular disease. This includes screening high risk patients for ischaemic heart disease, identifying modifiable risks & aggressively managing these to reduce risk. Investigating patients with symptoms of coronary artery disease, and the subsequent diagnosis and management. He specialises in coronary angiography & coronary angioplasty (opening of narrowed or blocked arteries through the radial artery).
• Dr Wasan was accredited as a Cardiologist in 2004 and was both appointed and continues to work as a Consultant Cardiologist at the Queen Elizabeth & St Thomas’ Hospitals.

• Specialist expertise: Heart rhythm management including seeing patients with palpitations, dizziness or fainting. He also treats complex referrals from around the country for catheter ablation or pacemaker implantation.
• He performs over 200 ablation procedures per year for conditions such as atrial fibrillation (AF), and at the last count in 2017 was one of the 3 highest volume operators in the UK for complex ablation procedures. He is the AF lead at The Barts Heart Centre, the largest cardiovascular centre in Europe. He also implants, upgrades and extracts all types of pacemakers including cardiac defibrillators (ICDs), sub-cutaneous ICDs, and biventricular pacemakers/ICDs for heart failure.
• Professor Hunter completed his PhD in novel methods of mapping and ablating persistent AF. He continues to pioneer this field and is the Director of Arrhythmia Research at The Barts Heart Centre, running clinical trials and developing new technologies for the treatment of Arrhythmias. He is also an elected national council member and trustee of the British Heart Rhythm Society, a fellow of The European Society of Cardiology and a fellow of The European Heart Rhythm Association.

• Specialist expertise: Treatment of arrhythmia’s through Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Ablation since 1998 and has been involved in the evolution and development of AF since its inception performing over 200 AF ablations a year.
• He is a Professor of Cardiology at St Bart’s Hospital where he has previously held the positions of Director of Research and Director for Strategy and Commercial.

• Specialist expertise: interventional cardiology.
• He is the current clinical director of cardiovascular services at King’s College Hospital, London, and performs over 500 coronary angiograms, 350 percutaneous coronary interventions and 150 transcatheter aortic valve implants a year.
• A dedicated researcher, he is also committed to discovering state-of-the-art technologies and finding new approaches to improve patient experience, which is visible through his recent work on the structural programme at King’s College Hospital.

• Graham is responsible for the safe management of the centre and is committed to ensuring each patient gets the best possible experience.
• He trained as a cardiac physiologist at St Mary’s Hospital before taking a role as a department lead at the hospital. Most recently Graham was practice manager of the London Cardiovascular Clinic.

• Specialist expertise: Hypertension and the heart, cardiac screening, chest pain assessment and the heart in pregnancy.
• Prof. Mayet is Head of Cardiology at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Professor of Cardiology at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London.
• With over 25 years of experience screening athletes for cardiovascular disease, he is a member of the Football Association Cardiac Consensus Panel and has performed cardiac assessments for previous England world cup squads and premier league football clubs.

• Specialist expertise: Treatment of heart rhythm disturbances and their underlying heart diseases – ablation, device implant, atrial fibrillation and all associated conditions.
• He is a Professor of Cardiology and Consultant Cardiologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
• Professor Peters established the Connected Care Bureau to drive rapid clinical implementation of tech-enabled care to improve standards and cost effectiveness of care offered. He has more than 220 peer-reviewed papers in the field and has a number of international research collaborations across Europe and the USA.
• He is Clinical Adviser to Google Fit & Health.

• Specialist expertise: Dr Opel is a Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist specialising in the diagnosis and management of heart rhythm conditions, all aspects of device therapy, together with an overlap of heart muscle conditions (cardiomyopathies) and heart failure
• Dr Opel is Clinical director of medical specialties at North Middlesex University Hospital and is heavily involved in training and mentorship of future generations of cardiologists
• She delivers a patient-centred approach to delivering first-class care with a proven record in service development for the betterment of the patient, including the award-winning first day case ablation service for the treatment of atrial fibrillation

• Specialist expertise: interventional cardiology, particularly complex angioplasty and interventional management of myocardial infarction.
• He has an international reputation in interventional cardiology and is recognised as being one of the highest volume interventional cardiologists in the UK, completing hundreds of percutaneous coronary interventions, every year.
• He is an honorary senior lecturer in cardiology at King’s College London where he also co-supervises clinical PhD students.

• Specialist expertise: Atrial fibrillation, palpitations & loss of consciousness episodes. Interventions to correct abnormal rhythms of the heart including; catheter ablation, pacemakers & implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs).
• Dr Earley is a specialist in disorders of the rhythm of the heart (arrhythmia). He is the Clinical Director of the Barts Heart Centre – the largest arrhythmia centre in Europe. He has particular focus on the management of atrial fibrillation – developing techniques to restore normal heart rhythm and prevent stroke.
• In addition to his clinical work, he is chair of the certification committee of the European Heart Rhythm Association providing accreditation to arrhythmia specialists and hospitals across Europe.

• Specialist expertise: Chest pain, angina, high blood pressure, hypertension, valve disease, TAVI, murmurs, heart failure, referrals for investigation of palpitations and collapse, atrial fibrillation/arrhythmias, cardiovascular risk assessment, perioperative cardiac assessment and treatment of elevated cholesterol.
• Dr Ozkor has a special interest in minimally invasive interventional procedures for heart valves, TAVI and complex coronary treatments such as balloon angioplasty and stenting.
• He also has a keen interest in patient management and driving patient safety. He is a clinical director and has run and overseen multiple audit and major clinical governance projects including improving access and timing to the Heart Attack Centre for all Acute Coronary Syndromes.

• Specialist expertise: Hypertension, resistant and hard-to-control hypertension and secondary hypertension.
• He is an honorary senior lecturer at Imperial College London and the lead clinician for the Peart-Rose Clinic, at St Mary’s Hospital, London: a tertiary referral centre which specialises in hypertension and cardiovascular disease prevention.
• He is a dedicated researcher, with interests in primary and secondary cardiovascular disease prevention, and hypertension.

• Specialist expertise: Coronary artery disease/ischaemic heart disease, myocardial infarction, coronary revascularisation, preventative cardiology, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, arrhythmia management and heart failure.
• He is the lead consultant for cardiology training at the Royal Free Hospital, London: one of London’s dedicated heart attack centres, specialising in intracoronary imaging and coronary physiology.
• He is technically experienced in advanced and complex angioplasty techniques and continues to be a keen clinical researcher in interventional cardiology.

• Specialist expertise: Chest pain, hypertension, palpitations and fainting, and specialist services for patients with inherited heart problems (such as cardiomyopathy, Brugada syndrome and aortopathies) and heart disease in women and through pregnancy.
• She leads the Inherited Cardiac Disease Centre at Imperial College NHS Trust where she is an honorary senior lecturer, and undertakes an active research programme. She regularly lectures at international meetings and is widely published in leading medical journals.
• She is an international expert in sports cardiology and is expert adviser to the Football Association. She currently provides cardiac services to several professional football and rugby teams.

• Specialist expertise: Syncope, diagnosis and treatment of heart rhythm disturbances, catheter ablation for Atrial Fibrillation (AF), Pacing, Loop Recorder Implants.
• Dr Lim is the clinical lead for the nationally-renowned Imperial Syncope Diagnostic Unit, with experience in reporting and reviewing over 5,000 tilt table tests, and has one of the largest volume dedicated practice in London and the UK for patients with syncope.
• He is a heavy volume operator for catheter ablation, and has performed over 1,500 electrophysiology and ablation procedures and taught registrars on approximately 2,000 procedures. He has a strong research interest in mapping and improving catheter ablation techniques for atrial fibrillation based at Imperial College London.

• Specialist expertise: Investigation and management of heart rhythm disorders involving drug treatment, catheter ablation, and device therapy – insertion of pacemakers, defibrillators and cardiac resynchronisation therapy devices for heart failure, leadless pacemaker implantation and device extraction.
• Dr Sporton has specialised since 1999 in the treatment of heart rhythm disorders.
• He is the Deputy Medical Director of the Barts Heart Centre, the largest cardiac unit in the UK. He performed the first leadless pacemaker implant at Bart’s and directs the leadless pacing programme there.

• Specialist expertise: Coronary angiography, intervention stenting with an interest in complex coronary intervention including rotablation, and assessment and management of cardiac risk status. Dr Deven Patel’s experience in invasive coronary angiography and imaging exceeds 16,000 cases and in coronary intervention and stenting over 3,000 cases. He also implants permanent pacemakers for bradycardia.
• He regularly sees patients with chest pain, breathlessness, palpitation and heart murmurs. This includes established coronary heart disease, heart failure, arrhythmia, valvular disease and hypertension.
• His research interests have been in the investigation and risk assessment of patients with chest pain syndromes, coronary intervention, and more recently in the role of CT coronary angiography in assessment of coronary disease.
• He has been one of the leading cardiologists at Barnet and Royal Free NHS Hospitals for some years and currently co-leads on Clinical Governance.

• Specialist expertise: cardiac MRI and cardio-oncology.
• Dr Westwood is dedicated to developing the use of cardiac MRI for the assessment of heart disease in patients and sits on the board for leading CMR societies.
• He is the director of education at Barts Heart Centre, where he jointly founded and developed the largest CMR service in the UK, and is also current chief examiner of the advanced level European CMR examination.
• He is also the lead for the North and East London regional training programme in cardiology – one of the highest-ranking cardiology training programmes in the UK.