About Professor Robin Choudhury
Consultant Cardiologist
Heart Health
Sub-specialties: Cardiology, Interventional Cardiology, Coronary Artery Disease, Cholesterol Disorders, heart-health.
Prof. Robin Choudhury is a consultant cardiologist at OneWelbeck Heart Health, specialising in cardiology, coronary artery disease and coronary intervention.
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Areas of Expertise
Prof Choudhury performs a range of treatments, including:
- Treatment optimisation in patients with high risk coronary disease (e.g. family history, early onset, recurrent events)
- Management of cardiac and cardio-metabolic risk
Some of the conditions he commonly treats are:
- Coronary artery disease / angina
- Cholesterol problems
- General Cardiology
About Professor Robin Choudhury
Professor Robin Choudhury is a consultant interventional cardiologist (honorary) at the Oxford Heart Centre and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (since 2005) and Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at Oxford University. He qualified in medicine at the University of Oxford with postgraduate training in London at Royal Brompton, Hammersmith and St Mary’s hospitals and in New York at Mount Sinai Medical Centre.
His NHS clinical practice is in interventional and general cardiology. He has particular expertise in optimising cardiovascular risk factors.
He is a former President of the Royal Society of Medicine Section on Lipids, Metabolism and Vascular Risk. He has led numerous clinic trials and studies in this area including the use of canakinumab, a novel interleukin-1β neutralising antibody in patients with diabetes and vascular disease. He is UK Chief Investigator for the ZEUS trial of the anti-interleukin-6 agent, ziltivekimab. Prof. Robin Choudhury leads the Novo Nordisk Foundation funded MeRIAD programme on metabolic influences in cardiovascular disease, an international collaboration between Oxford and Copenhagen Universities and the Karolinska Institute.
He has published over 200 articles on aspects of cardiovascular disease. He is a Section Editor (Clinical Cardiology) for the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the world’s leading journal on cardiovascular disease.
His approach is one of clear explanation that addresses both the medical problem and any attendant anxieties. He seeks to empower patients to make evidence-based and informed decisions.
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Awards
- Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Toronto
- Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship in Clinical Science
- John French Lecture (British Atherosclerosis Society)
- Herbert Kayden Lecture (New York University)
- Wellcome Trust Prize International Fellowship
- Graham-Dixon Prize in Clinical Cardiology (Imperial College)
Qualifications
- BA – Oxford
- BM, BCh – Oxford
- DM – Oxford
- FRCP (London)
- FESC
Research Highlights
Prof Choudhury has published over 200 articles and book chapters on aspects of cardiovascular disease.
Key Publications
New Research - Diabetes & Vascular disease:
- Hyperglycemia Induces Trained Immunity in Macrophages and Their Precursors and Promotes Atherosclerosis. Circulation. 2021
- Diabetes and Metabolic Drivers of Trained Immunity: New Therapeutic Targets Beyond Glucose. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2021
- Related commentary:
New Research - Inflammation & Vascular disease:
- Characterization of inflammation processes and pathways in cardiovascular disease as a route to rational targeted therapies. Nature Reviews Cardiology 2017
- Related commentary:
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