Dr Rakesh Sharma
BSC, MB BS, MRCP, PHDCardiology
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1 specialist
25 years of experience
15 years as a specialist
Practices worked at
27 Tooley Street, London, United Kingdom, SE1 2PR1802 reviews
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About
Dr Rakesh Sharma is a consultant cardiologist at Royal Brompton Hospital and Cardiology Lead for Cardiac Sarcoidosis.
He qualified in 1995 with triple honours from Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital Medical School (now part of King’s College
London) and was Proxime Accesit to the University of London Gold Medal. He underwent postgraduate training at tertiary centres in London.
Dr Sharma was awarded a British Heart Foundation fellowship to study his PhD in cardiology at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London. For his research, he won the Young Investigator Prize at the American Heart Association.
He has specialist expertise in:
· advanced pacing (including the implantation of biventricular pacemakers and defibrillators)
· cardiac sarcoidosis
· cardio-oncology.
Research interests
Dr Rakesh Sharma has an active research programme in cardiac sarcoidosis, heart failure and complex device therapy.
Publications
Dr Rakesh Sharma is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed articles, including original papers, reviews, editorials, abstracts and book chapters.
Teaching
Dr Rakesh Sharma is a regular speaker at national and international conferences.
Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments
- Heart failure
- Advanced pacing (including the implantation of biventricular pacemakers and defibrillators)
- Cardiac sarcoidosis
- Cardio-oncology
Procedures
- ECG (Electrocardiogram)
- Exercise Stress Test
- 24 Hour Blood Pressure Monitor
- Cardiac Pacing
- ECG Monitor
- Video Consultation
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Cardiac Re-synchronisation Therapy
- Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Testing
- Cardioversion
- Pacemaker Surgery
Special interests
- High Blood Pressure
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Arrhythmia (Irregular Heartbeat)
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
- Chest Pain
- Bradycardia
- Palpitations
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Dizziness
- Variable Blood Pressure
- Atherosclerosis
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Heart Attack
- Heart Failure
- Heart Murmurs
- Heart Muscle Disease
- Heart Valve Problems
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Long COVID
- Loss of Consciousness (Syncope)
- Low Blood Pressure
- Tachycardia
- Unstable Angina
- Valvular Heart Disease
Education
Primary Medical Qualification
MB BS 1995 University of London
Specialist Register entry date
Cardiology From 06 Oct 2006
General (internal) medicine From 06 Oct 2006
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