Dr Ameet Bakhai
Consultant Cardiologist
MBBS, FRCP, MESH, FESC, FHFA
Specialises in
- Chest pain and aches
- Palpitations, breathlessness, tiredness
- Leg swelling and high blood pressure
- Fast and slow heart beats, blackouts or collapses, tiredness, anxiety, sleep disturbance
- Cardiovascular fitness assessments
I am a cutting-edge, front line Consultant Cardiologist with a passion for improving the lives of my patients, supporting my teams and leading research and innovation in health care.
I am available to see patients with a range of cardiac symptoms including chest pain or aches, palpitations, breathlessness, tiredness, leg swelling, high blood pressure, fast and slow heart beats, blackouts or collapses, tiredness, anxiety, sleep disturbance and depression related to heart disease. I also assess the cardiovascular fitness to undergo surgery especially hip and knee joint replacements and spinal procedures.
My expertise includes the management of conditions such as heart failure, coronary artery disease, angina, heart attacks, hypertension, atrial fibrillation, cardiac valve disease, cardiac syncope, lipid and blood pressure lowering, anaesthetic fitness and reducing cardiovascular risk factors but I am also an excellent general physician and advise on diabetes, obesity, sleep apnoea and general fitness.
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Ameet Bakhai at Spire include:
Cardiology
- Ablation of arrhythmia
- Cardiac catheterisation
- Blood clot or thrombosis test
- Blood pressure test
- Blood tests for heart disease risk (cardiac testing)
- Cardiac CT scan (heart CT)
- Cardiac MRI scan (heart MRI)
- Pacemaker implantation
- Cardiomemo recording
- Cardioversion
- Cholesterol level test
- Contrast echocardiogram
- CT scan
- Diabetes test
- Electrocardiogram (ECG)
- Exercise ECG
- MRI scan (magnetic resonance imaging scan)
- Stress electrocardiogram
- Ultrasound scan
- X-ray
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Additional information
Qualification and professional memberships
MBBS / St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School and University College London / 1990
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
MRCP / Royal College of Physicians (London) / 1993
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons
An advanced degree achieved through both exams and demonstration of excellence in Medicine in the UK.
FRCP / Royal College of Physicians (London) / 2008
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
An advanced degree achieved through both exams and demonstration of excellence in Medicine in the UK. Fellows are international leads in their field and have to be selected to receive the award.
MD / Harvard Medical School and University College London / 2010
Doctorate in Medicine
Awarded from work as a scholar at Harvard Medical School and University College London for advanced research on Health Economics of treating Acute Coronary Syndromes
FESC, MESH, FHFA / Europe / 2011
Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology, Member of the European Society of Hypertension & Fellow of the Heart Failure Association.
An elite honour, I have been awarded fellowship of the ESC and a qualified Fellow of the Heart Failure Association and Member of the European Society of Hypertension. These awards demonstrate that I have undertaken extensive work, innovation and published research in these fields to achieve and show my expertise amongst international leaders. This combination of expertise is quite rare and attests to my expertise in many fields within cardiology.
Professional memberships
Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology
Fellow of the Heart Failure Association of the ESC
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London)
Member of the British Cardiac Society
Member of the British Society of Heart Failure
Member of the European Society of Hypertension
Current NHS posts
Consultant Physician and Cardiologist, Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust
Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Research Deputy Director, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Heart Function Improvement Lead, Barnet General Hospital
Clinical Research Fellow, Harvard Clinical Research Institute
Contact information
| Telephone | 020 8901 5555 |
| Private secretary | Karen Farr |
| Private secretary telephone | 07410 101090 |
| Private secretary email | office@heartconsultant.org |