Our consultant directory is an easy reference guide to the specific clinical services and interests of all consultants working at or for University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
Cardiology
Dr Adnan NadirConsultant Interventional Cardiologist
Dr Nadir is an expert in treating coronary heart and valve diseases. He had advanced training in coronary and structural heart interventions including TAVI and MitraClip in the USA before his consultant [...]
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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Dr Alex ZaphiriouConsultant Interventional Cardiologist
Dr Zaphiriou trained in the West Midlands and specialises in coronary intervention with an interest in complex interventions using adjuvant technology such as rotational and LASER atherectomy and left [...]
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Gail Lammas |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 4745 |
| Secretary email: | Gail.Lammas@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Bethan FreestoneConsultant Cardiologist
Biography pending.
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Heartlands Hospital |
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| Secretary: | Julie Pearce |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 424 1736 |
| Secretary email: | Julie.Pearce@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Binoy SkariaConsultant Cardiologist
Biography pending.
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Solihull Hospital |
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| Secretary: | Jacqui Abbass |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 424 5562 |
| Secretary email: | Jacqui.Abbass@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Colin ChueConsultant Cardiologist
Biography pending.
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Kay Fletcher |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 8830 |
| Secretary email: | Kay.Fletcher@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Dipak KotechaHonorary Consultant Cardiologist
Dipak works with the University of Birmingham and is a fellow of both the National Institute for Health Research and the European Society of Cardiology. His main research focus is the treatment of [...]
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Marcus Jones |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 4495 |
| Secretary email: | Marcus.Jones@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Farhan ShahidConsultant Cardiologist
Biography pending.
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Sharon Kerr |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 4623 |
| Secretary email: | Sharon.Kerr@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr George PulikalConsultant Interventional Cardiologist
Biography pending.
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Solihull Hospital |
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| Secretary: | Sarah Lovatt |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 424 4564 |
| Secretary email: | Sarah.Lovatt@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Gurbir BhatiaConsultant Cardiologist
Biography pending.
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Heartlands Hospital |
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Dr Helen SimpsonConsultant Cardiologist
Biography pending.
| Sites: |
Good Hope Hospital |
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| Secretary: | Lorna Sharpe |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 424 7478 |
| Secretary email: | Lorna.Sharpe@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Hossam ElsayedConsultant Cardiologist
Biography pending.
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Good Hope Hospital |
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Dr Howard MarshallConsultant Cardiologist and Clinical Service Lead
Howard first qualified in Leeds in 1988, he has since gained an MBChB, an MD and an MRCP. His clinical interests are in pacing and electrophysiology.
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Rachel Mountford |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 4039 |
| Secretary email: | Rachel.Mountford@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Jerome MentConsultant Cardiologist
Biography pending.
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Heartlands Hospital |
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| Secretary: | Margaret Goodwin |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 424 0744 |
| Secretary email: | Margaret.Goodwin@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Joseph De BonoConsultant Cardiologist
Joseph specialises in the management of abnormal heart rhythms. He qualified from Oxford University. He trained in Oxford before undertaking a senior fellowship in electrophysiology at the Heart Hospital, [...]
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Helen Shirley |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 4895 |
| Secretary email: | Helen.Shirley@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Kaeng LeeConsultant Cardiologist
Biography pending.
| Sites: |
Heartlands Hospital |
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| Secretary: | Tracey Kader |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 424 1738 |
| Secretary email: | Tracey.Kader@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Khalid MahmoodConsultant Cardiologist
Biography pending.
| Sites: |
Solihull Hospital |
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| Secretary: | Jacqui Abbass |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 424 5562 |
| Secretary email: | Jacqui.Abbass@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Lucy HudsmithConsultant Cardiologist
Lucy's special interests are in congenital heart disease, obstetric cardiology and cardiac MRI.
| Sites: |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Marcus Jones |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 4495 |
| Secretary email: | Marcus.Jones@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Manish KallaConsultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist
Biography pending.
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Sally-Ann Towler |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 4615 |
| Secretary email: | Sally-Ann.Towler@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Mauro LencioniConsultant Cardiologist
Mauro undertook undergraduate degrees and early training in South Africa. Once in the UK, he trained in general medicine (MRCP) and then specialised in cardiology and specifically electrophysiology. [...]
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Kaye Campbell |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 4893 |
| Secretary email: | Kaye.Campbell@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Michael GriffithConsultant Cardiologist
Biography pending.
| Sites: |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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Dr Michael PittConsultant Cardiologist
Biography pending.
| Sites: |
Heartlands Hospital |
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| Secretary: | Julie Pearce |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 424 1736 |
| Secretary email: | Julie.Pearce@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Mubarak AhamedConsultant Cardiologist
Biography pending.
| Sites: |
Heartlands Hospital |
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| Secretary: | Jacqueline McKenzie |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 424 3737 |
| Secretary email: | Jacqueline.McKenzie@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Nitin KumarConsultant Cardiologist
Biography pending.
| Sites: |
Solihull Hospital |
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| Secretary: | Louise Greensill |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 424 4368 |
| Secretary email: | Louise.Greensill@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Paul CliftConsultant Cardiologist
Paul trained at Birmingham Children's Hospital and the Great Ormond Street and Heart Hospital in London. He is a specialist in adult congenital heart diseas and has carried out varied research into [...]
| Sites: |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Saima Shabnum |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 4731 |
| Secretary email: | Saima.Shabnum@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Paul JordanConsultant Cardiologist
Biography pending.
| Sites: |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Deanne Hastilow |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 4628 |
| Secretary email: | Deanne.Hastilow@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Peysh PatelConsultant Cardiologist
Biography pending.
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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Dr Purushottam DesaiConsultant Cardiologist
Purushottam graduated from Bombay University in 1986. He trained in adult and paediatric cardiology at King Edward VII Hospital, Mumbai with cardiology training in London and the Midlands. He joined [...]
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Linda Harris |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 4036 |
| Secretary email: | Linda Harris@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Richard WatkinConsultant Cardiologist
Biography pending.
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Good Hope Hospital |
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| Secretary: | Natalie Hughes |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 424 9127 |
| Secretary email: | Natalie.Hughes@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Rick SteedsConsultant Cardiologist
Rick's clinical interests are in the diagnosis of heart problems through cardiac imaging, he has expertise in echocardiography (including tissue doppler, contrast and stress imaging), CMR imaging, [...]
| Sites: |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Sonia Marshall |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 4035 |
| Secretary email: | Sonia.Marshall@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Sagar DoshiConsultant Cardiologist
Sagar obtained his first medical qualifications in Wales in 1990. His specialist clinical interest is in angioplasty. His research interests include stents, bifurcations and coronary angioplasty.
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Anne Morris |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 4613 |
| Secretary email: | Anne.Morris@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Samuel WhiteConsultant Cardiologist
Samuel graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2004 and undertook cardiology and general internal medicine training in the West Midlands. He was appointed as a consultant to the Trust in 2016 [...]
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Jane Kirby |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 8841 |
| Secretary email: | Jane.Kirby@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Sandeep BasavarajaiahConsultant Cardiologist
Biography pending.
| Sites: |
Good Hope Hospital |
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| Secretary: | Lorna Sharpe |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 424 7478 |
| Secretary email: | Lorna.Sharpe@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Sarah BowaterConsultant Cardiologist
Sarah graduated from London and completed specialist training in Birmingham. She specialises in adult congenital heart disease. Her interests include heart failure, supportive care and heart disease [...]
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Kathryn Ward |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 4493 |
| Secretary email: | Kathryn.Ward@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Sayqa ArifConsultant Cardiologist
| Sites: |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Sarah Dupree |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 4494 |
| Secretary email: | Sarah.Dupree@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Sern LimConsultant Cardiologist
Sern's special interests include heart failure and heart transplantation, pacemakers and defibrillators.
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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Clare Palmer |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 8826 |
| Secretary email: | Clare.Palmer@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Sohail KhanConsultant Cardiologist
| Sites: |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Shannon Elliott |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 4722 |
| Secretary email: | Shannon.Elliott@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr Sudhakar GeorgeConsultant Cardiologist
Sudhakar graduated from the University of Cambridge. He gained an MD after a period of research in Brighton. He completed cardiology training in the West Midlands before a fellowship in percutaneous [...]
| Sites: |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Julie Lloyd |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 4474 |
| Secretary email: | Julie.Lloyd@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr William BradlowConsultant Cardiologist
William undertook echocardiography in Auckland and cardiovascular magnetic resonance at the Royal Brompton Hospital before training in Oxford.
| Sites: |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Gina Campbell |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 4448 |
| Secretary email: | Gina.Campbell@uhb.nhs.uk |
Dr William MoodyConsultant Cardiologist
Biography pending.
| Sites: |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Kelly Fitzpatrick |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 4472 |
| Secretary email: | Kelly.Fitzpatrick@uhb.nhs.uk |
Professor Francisco LeyvaConsultant Cardiologist
Francisco has a special interest in cardiac device therapy and heart failure as well as cardiovascular magnetic resonance. He has published extensively in heart failure, pacemakers, cardiac resynchronisation [...]
| Sites: |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Parveen Akhtar |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 4621 |
| Secretary email: | Parveen.Akhtar@uhb.nhs.uk |
Professor John TownendConsultant Interventional Cardiologist
John is an interventional cardiologist undertaking coronary angioplasty procedures and participating in the primary angioplasty service. He runs a general cardiology outpatient clinic and the assessment [...]
| Sites: |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Sharon Kerr |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 4623 |
| Secretary email: | Sharon.Kerr@uhb.nhs.uk |
Professor Larissa FabritzHonorary Consultant Cardiologist
Biography pending.
| Sites: |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Shannon Elliott |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 4722 |
| Secretary email: | Shannon.Elliott@uhb.nhs.uk |
Professor Peter LudmanConsultant Cardiologist
Peter has previously worked as a consultant cardiologist at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital and as senior registrar at the Papworth Hospital, Cambridge. Since 2002, he has been audit officer for the [...]
| Sites: |
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham |
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| Secretary: | Kay Neale |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 371 4630 |
| Secretary email: | Kay.Neale@uhb.nhs.uk |
Professor Russell SmithConsultant Cardiologist
Russell is a general cardiologist who works closely with the heart failure team. He concentrates on education and training. He's the West Midlands Postgraduate Dean, chairs the Cardiology SAC and is [...]
| Sites: |
Good Hope Hospital |
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| Secretary: | Natalie Hughes |
| Secretary telephone: | 0121 424 9127 |
| Secretary email: | Natalie.Hughes@uhb.nhs.uk |