MBBS BSc MRCP DPhil

Special Interests

General cardiology (including ECG, echocardiography, ambulatory monitoring)

Interventional cardiology (including coronary intervention)

Structural intervention (including aortic and mitral valve intervention, paravalvular leak closure)

PFO/ASD closure and left atrial appendage occlusion

Cardiac imaging (echocardiography and CT)

Awards

He was awarded a British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Fellowship for the research which culminated in his PhD. He has been the Oxford University teacher of the month on several occasions. He was awarded the Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel Trust Travelling Fellowship which partially funded his Fellowship in Los Angeles. While working in LA, he was awarded the Will Rogers Foundation Research Fellowship Award for research into the early diagnosis of aortic stenosis. He was also voted the Teaching Fellow of the Year at Cedars Sinai Medical Center by the Residents in Internal Medicine.

Research and Teaching

MitraClip in patients with cardiogenic shock, MitraClip in patients with failed surgical mitral repair, TAVI in low risk patients, novel devices for left atrial appendage occlusion, cerebral protection for TAVI, vascular access for TAVI, PCI optimisation with coronary physiology and imaging, and percutaneous tricuspid valve intervention.