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Dr Magdi El-Omar
Consultant Cardiologist
BSc, MBBS, MRCP, MD
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I graduated from St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, in 1988. I did my General Medical training in London and Oxford, including a 2-year General Medical rotation at St Thomas' Hospital, working under Sir Professor Richard Thompson (ex Physician to the Queen and ex President of the Royal College of Physicians). I then embarked on a career in Cardiology, completing my General Cardiology training in Birmingham, Oxford and Wales. I then subspecialised in coronary intervention, which included a 2.5 year interventional fellowship at the prestigious Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, and the New York University Medical Centre, New York, USA.
My specialist interests include complex coronary intervention, the management of acute and stable coronary artery disease and the management of heart failure. I am one of the highest volume coronary intervention operators in the UK. I am currently the lead for the acute chest pain service at the Manchester Royal Infirmary. I hold six Clinical Excellence Awards.
I am active in research and have published widely in the fields of vascular biology, coronary intervention, heart failure and diabetic cardiomyopathy, the latter being the subject of my BHF Junior Research Fellowship MD with Prof Ajay Shah. I am a regular reviewer for several international Cardiology journals, and am Editor-in-Chief of Heart International, an international, peer-reviewed, general Cardiology journal. I am Co-director of the global C3 conference (Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics), which is held annually in Orlando, USA.
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Magdi El-Omar at Spire include:
Cardiology
- Blood pressure test
- Blood tests for heart disease risk (cardiac testing)
- Cardiac CT scan (heart CT)
- Cardiac MRI scan (heart MRI)
- Cholesterol level test
- Electrocardiogram (ECG)
- Electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring or event recorder
- Exercise electrocardiogram (ECG)
Other treatments
- Coronary angiography
- Coronary rotablation
- Coronary stenting
- Fractional flow reserve measurement (Pressure Wire studies)
- Intravascular coronary imaging
- Intracoronary optical coherence tomography
- Percutaneous coronary intervention
- Transthoracic echocardiography
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Clinical interests
Special clinical interests: complex coronary intervention; coronary angioplasty/coronary stenting; management of acute and stable coronary syndromes; management of angina; management of heart failure; management of heart rhythm disturbances; management of high blood pressure; management of syncope/pre-syncope (faints caused by heart problems).
Qualification and professional memberships
BSc / London / 1985
Bachelor of Science
MBBS / London / 1988
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
MRCP / London / 1991
Member of Royal College of Physicians
MD / London / 2003
Doctor of Medicine
Professional memberships
MRCP
British Cardiovascular Intervention Society
Professional leadership
Lead for Acute chest pain service - MRI
Editor-in-Chief of Heart International
Co-Director of C3 Conference (Annual Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics: Advanced Endovascular and Coronary Intervention Global Summit) in Orlando, USA.
Current NHS posts
Manchester Royal Infirmary.
Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester.
Personal profile
I try and strike a balance between family and work, which can prove challenging at times. The whole family loves medicine and three of my children are medics, with a fourth hoping to follow suit. I am a keen footballer, although my ageing knees sometimes fail me and limit my contribution to the team effort! When I have spare time, I like to do landscape oil painting, but have not succeeded in selling any of my paintings as yet!
Contact information
| Telephone | 0161 447 6700 |