Dr Scott Takeda

Dr Scott Takeda is a dedicated Consultant Cardiologist, seeing private patients at KIMS Hospital - with over 34 years of experience. He completed his medical degree at the University of London in 1992, followed by his specialist training in Cardiology and General Internal Medicine, receiving the Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in 2006. In 2011, he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London.

In his current clinical practice, Dr Takeda sees patients with a wide range of cardiac conditions, including chest pain, shortness of breath, palpitations, dizziness or blackouts, heart murmurs, and atrial fibrillation (AF). His specialised interests further extend to heart failure and cardiac imaging, where he performs echocardiograms, stress echo, transoesophageal echo, bubble contrast echo, and cardiac CT, including calcium scoring and full CT coronary angiograms.

Dr Takeda has specialist expertise in heart failure, serving as the heart failure enhancing quality lead for Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. He pursued  impactful research on valvular heart disease during his tenure as a research fellow at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, resulting in international publications.

Dr Takeda's additional areas of expertise include cardiac imaging and echocardiography, with which he played a pivotal role in developing the stress echo service at Maidstone Hospital and established CT coronary angiography at the new Tunbridge Wells Hospital in 2014 and now the Maidstone hospital site from 2022. Alongside these, he has also contributed in the area of cardiac pacing, having developed the complex device service, including ICDs and biventricular pacemakers, at Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells.