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- Not in Open Referral network
Specialises in
- General cardiology
- Interventional cardiology
About me
Professor Roby Rakhit qualified in 1991 from Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School (imperial College), University of London, with a first class honours intercalated degree in Pharmacology. He began his general cardiology training in 1995 as a rotating Cardiology Registrar (fellow) at the Hammersmith, Royal Brompton and St. Marys hospitals. In 1998, funded by the Wellcome Trust, he completed a two-year doctorate (MD thesis) at the Rayne Institute, St.Thomas` Hospital on the cellular physiology of nitric oxide in conferring myocardial protection against ischaemia.
In 2000 he was awarded a prestigious British Heart Foundation International Fellowship where he undertook further advanced interventional training at the Swiss Cardiovascular Centre, Bern under the supervision of Professor. Bernhard Meier. In 2004 he was appointed as Consultant Cardiologist to the Royal Free Hospital & Honorary Senior Lecturer at University College London. In 2008 he was elected to fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. In 2018 he was promoted to Associate Professor of Cardiology and 2020 and elected to Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology. In 2020 he was promoted to Professor of Cardiology at UCL. He is currently Divisional Clinical Director of Cardiovascular services at the Royal Free.
Areas of interest
Chest pain; breathlessness; palpitations; blackouts; heart murmurs; high blood pressure; cholesterol; heart attack; angina; acute coronary syndrome; cardiovascular risk assessment; general cardiology; hypertension; valve disease; hyperlipidaemia; cardiovascular prevention and risk; cardioembolism and stroke, vasovagal syncope,
Medical secretaries
- Caroline Kuzmanovic
- Hospital Of St. John & St. Elizabeth Loretto Cottage 60 Grove End Road LONDON NW8 9NH
- 020 3370 1003
- 020 3370 1004
- info@robyrakhit.co.uk
Anaesthetists worked with
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Professor Roby Rakhit has worked with Dr Elizabeth Ashley at the following hospitals:
- Wellington Hospital (1-5)
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Professor Roby Rakhit has worked with Dr Amit Chawla at the following hospitals:
- Wellington Hospital (1-5)
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Professor Roby Rakhit has worked with Dr Pradeep R Madhivathanan at the following hospitals:
- Royal Free Hospital (1-5)
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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X3510
IV sedation administered by operator - (5-50)
Wellington Hospital (5-50) Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth (1-5)
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20365
Follow-up out-patient consultation - remote - (5-50)
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K6513
Adult cardiac catheterisation - radial access (including coronary arteriography/catheterisation of right/left side of heart/contrast radiology) - (5-50)
Wellington Hospital (1-5) Royal Free Hospital (1-5)
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K6582
Adult cardiac catheterisation - radial access (including coronary arteriography/catheterisation of right/left side of heart/ contrast radiology) - with pressure wire (including fractional flow reserve measurement) - (1-5)
Wellington Hospital (1-5)
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X5020
External cardioversion - (1-5)
Wellington Hospital (1-5) Royal Free Hospital (1-5)
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AA960
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of coronary artery(ies) with stent insertion and intravascular ultrasound - radial access - (1-5)
Wellington Hospital (1-5) Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth (1-5)
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20355
Initial out-patient consultation - remote - (1-5)
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K5050
Coronary angioplasty following angiography with intravascular ultrasound on the same day, +/- insertion of stent - femoral or brachial access - (1-5)
Wellington Hospital (1-5)
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AA961
Coronary angiography proceeding to angioplasty on the same day, +/- insertion of stent - radial access - (1-5)
Wellington Hospital (1-5)