Best Cardiologists in Bristol, UK

Dr Kalpa De Silva qualified from St. Bartholomew's & The Royal London Medical School in 2004, and subsequently obtained a PhD in cardiovascular medicine from King’s College London in 2014. He is a consultant interventional cardiologist, practicing at St. Thomas' Hospital, London, having recently relocated from the Bristol Heart Institute. His general and interventional cardiology training was undertaken at King’s College and St Thomas’s Hospitals, London; whilst also completing an international fellowship in complex coronary intervention at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, Australia.

He is experienced in a range of cardiac conditions, and has a particular interest in the treatment of coronary artery disease. He specialises in managing coronary disease using minimally invasive percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) techniques. He is interested in optimising his patients’ outcomes by using physiology and imaging modalities and treats patients with complex coronary disease including multi-vessel disease and chronic total occlusions.

Dr De Silva remains active in academic research within his field. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at King's College London and was previously a nominee for the American College of Cardiology’s young investigator award. His research interests include the management of heart attacks, angina and cardiogenic shock, as well as the use of mechanical circulatory support to assist during stenting procedures. He has published in excess of 50 peer-reviewed journals, and has co-authored books on a variety of topics in interventional cardiology.  He is also a regular invitee to leading national and international conferences.

Nik Joshi is a Consultant Cardiologist with extensive experience in general cardiology and a special interest in coronary artery disease (such as angina and heart attacks) as well as valvular heart disease. His particular focus is prevention, management and treatment of coronary disease. He specialises in invasive treatment of heart artery blockages (coronary angioplasty) and has particular expertise in treatment of heart valve diseases with keyhole procedures such as TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve replacement/implantation).

His primary cardiology training was in Edinburgh, where Dr Joshi also undertook a highly successful PhD, followed by training in interventional and general cardiology. After undertaking the British Cardiology Interventional fellowship in Vancouver Island, Canada, he has been appointed as Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at University Hospitals Bristol. This post has allowed Dr. Joshi to undertake high volume complex coronary intervention (performing more than 300 percutaneous coronary interventions per year) and transcatheter aortic valve implantation (performing more than 100 per year). Dr Joshi is very active academically as honorary senior lecture at the University of Bristol and was recently awarded the highly competitive Clinical Academic Research Partnership Award by the Medical Research Council.

Dr Joshi believes in empowering patients with current clinical evidence about their condition so as to enable them to make a well-informed decision about the treatment options available to them.

Dr. Glyn Thomas is an award-winning Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist at the Bristol Heart Institute. He trained at University College London Medical School and worked in various London teaching hospitals before returning to university to begin research into the causes of abnormal heart rhythms. After gaining his doctorate from Cambridge University in 2006 he returned to London to sub-specialise in heart rhythm treatment at St Bartholomew's Hospital.

Dr. Thomas was appointed as Consultant Cardiologist & Cardiac Electrophysiologist at the Bristol Heart Institute in 2009. He has a special interest in treating heart rhythm problems such as atrial fibrillation and performs several hundred ablation procedures per year. He practises a patient-centred approach, ensuring individuals needs are understood and anxieties accommodated, incorporating an understanding of patient's lifestyles into his treatment plan. He has a wealth of experience in the cardiac aspects of Dysautonomia including Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) and increasingly, the post-viral, multisystem disorder known as 'Long COVID'.

Dr. Thomas is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and has also written two books, Cardiology in Focus (Churchill Livingstone, 2004) and Ready Reference: Cardiology (Elsevier 2010). He has over 100 publications in scientific press specifically relating to the mechanisms and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, and is a regular contributor to popular media.

In addition to Cardiology, he has a special interest in Critical Care Medicine. He undertook further training in Anaesthesia/Paediatrics and gained the Diploma in Immediate Medical Care, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh in 2017. He is now a full-time member of the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity, respoding to medical emergencies/accidents across the Southy West by helicopter or rapid response car.

Dr Jacob Easaw is a Cardiologist currently based at the private practices Circle Bath Hospital and BMI Bath Clinic. His current NHS post is Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Foundation Trust. His areas of specialism are general cardiology and structural/heart failure. His areas of interest include Echocardiography; Dobutamine and bicycle stress echo; Transoesophageal Echocardiography; Heart failure specialist and Valvular Heart Disease.

Dr Easaw qualified in Medicine at Madras University in 1982 with MBBS degrees. He has an MD in General Medicine from Kasturba Medical College, India, 1988. He is a Member of the Royal College of Physicians London and a Fellow. He has many professional fellowship and memberships including Fellowship of the European Society of Cardiology, Member of the British Society of Echocardiography, Member of the European Society of Cardiovascular Imaging and Member of the Medical Defence Union. He was trained as a Cardiologist at University Hospital, Cardiff, Wales.

In addition, Dr Easaw is interested in research regarding Echocardiographic assessment of the right ventricle. He has received many awards and has published in peer-reviewed journals. He also offers courses to GPs and has given lectures regarding his areas of expertise. He was the receipent of the 2017 'Lifetime Achievement Award' from the British Society of Echocardiography.

Dr Easaw is also certified by the European Society of Cardiology in Heart Failure.