Dr Robert Greenbaum

Dr Robert Greenbaum is a Consultant Cardiologist at both Barnet and The Royal Free Hospitals. He is also a Honorary Senior Lecturer at The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. He treats patients with a full range of adult cardiology problems and works as an interventional cardiologist carrying out cardiac catheterization and coronary angioplasty. He specialises in the assessment of patients suffering with angina and acute coronary syndromes, heart failure and heart rhythm abnormalities. He has undertaken around 10,000 cardiac procedures including cardiac catheterizations, and coronary angioplasties including complex emergency cases. He has also implanted around 1500 pacemakers (single and dual chamber).

After graduating with a 1st Class Honours Degree in Physiology at University College London (UCL), he went on to study medicine. He then completed his post-graduate training at University College, The Royal Brompton Hospital and The Whittington Hospitals in London. He then became a British Heart Foundation Junior Research Fellow at The Royal Brompton Hospital where his medical thesis (MD) was accepted in 1980. He completed further cardiology training at The London Chest Hospital as a registrar and at The Royal Free and Harefield Hospitals as a Senior Registrar. He worked as a senior consultant at the Wellington Hospital for many years before taking up post at Barnet and The Royal Free Hospitals.

Dr Greenbaum became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1977 and a Fellow in 1994. He also has a Fellowship the European Society of Cardiology and The American College of Cardiology. He was the President of The Section of Cardiology of The Royal Society of Medicine responsible for a training program for future Cardiologists. He is a Cardiology advisor to The London Ambulance Service NHS Trust and is a frequent speaker on cardiology issues at GP meetings.

• 24 hour blood pressure monitor
• Angioplasty
• Coronary anngiography
• ECG (electrocardiogram)
• Exercise Stress Test
• Pacemaker Implantation
• Transoesophageal Echocardiography

• Acute Coronary Syndrome
• Angina
• Arrythymia (irregular heartbeat)
• Coronary Artery Disease
• Heart Attack
• High Blood Pressure