Dr Asrar Ahmed

Dr Asrar Ahmed is a UK trained Consultant Cardiologist and Interventional Cardiologist specialising in the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular and cardiometabolic conditions. His expertise includes the management of chest pain, breathlessness, palpitations, dizziness and syncope, hypertension and related conditions, lipid disorders, coronary artery disease, heart attacks and heart valve conditions, as well as cardiac screening. His specialist interests includes interventional cardiology, particularly coronary and heart valve disorders as well as preventive cardiology.

Dr Ahmed has a strong clincial and academic background with training across different healthcare systems. Following completion of his medical degreee (MBBS), Dr Ahmed undertook three years of postgraduate training in internal medicine (MD) followed by three years of postdoctoral specialist training in Cardiology (DM) in India.

After moving to the UK, Dr Ahmed undertook a cardiac research fellowship at London Northwest Healthcare NHS Trust. His research focussed on non-invasive assessment of coronary artery disease and heart valve condirons with particular emphasis on stress echocardiography. He subsequently joined the prestigious London North-West Thames Cardiology Training Programme, training at several leading London centers, including Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Royal Brompton Hospital and Harefield Hospital, with a subspecialty focus in interventional cardiology.

Dr Ahmed went on to complete three years of interventional and structural cardiology fellowship at Harefield Hospital (Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital NHS Trust, now part Guy's and St Thomas' Trust) where he developed his expertise in complex coronary interventions and heart valve disorders (particularly Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) and percutaneous Patent Foramen Ovale  (PFO) closure).

In addition, Dr Ahmed also achieved British Society of Echocardiograhy accreditation in transthoracic echocardiography. He has advanced training in stress echocardiography and trans-oesophageal echocardiography.

He is a member of British Cardiovascular Intervention Society and British Cardiovascular Society. He has presented his work at several national and international meeting including ESC congress, EuroPCR, BCIS-ACI meetings and ESC-Acute Cardiovascular care conference.