Dr T P Chua graduated from St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, London, now part of Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine. He obtained first class honours in the intercalated BSc programme and graduated with the MBBS degree in 1987.He passed the MRCP examinations at first attempt after which he took up cardiology specialty training in various London teaching hospitals including St Bartholomew’s, Royal Free, Royal Brompton and National Heart and Hammersmith hospitals. He was also a British Heart Foundation Research Fellow researching into heart failure.Accredited as a specialist in the United Kingdom both in general medicine and cardiology, his special interests include interventional cardiology (balloon angioplasty and stenting), heart failure, hypertension and pacing. He is an NHS consultant cardiologist at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford and St George’s Hospital, London.He is also a consultant at Spire St Anthony’s Hospital, North Cheam, Mount Alvernia Hospital and Nuffield Hospital, Guildford.