Professor Ronak Rajani is a Consultant Cardiologist in heart valve disease and advanced cardiac imaging based at The Harley Street Clinic, part of HCA Healthcare UK. He has a specialist interest in patients with heart failure, inherited cardiac conditions, patients needing structural heart interventions and cardiac surgery. He assesses the overall cardiovascular risk and the detection of coronary disease in patients and is currently the Chairperson for Cardiac Imaging Stream across HCA Healthcare UK, London.
Professor Rajani is currently the cardiology lead for cardiac computed tomography (CT) at the Guy’s Valve Clinic and Professor of Cardiovascular Imaging at King’s College London. He serves as the NIHR speciality group lead for cardiovascular services across south London and is the representative for the Royal College of Physicians and the British Cardiovascular Society for South East London. He has also sat on the clinical advisory group for specialised commissioning of cardiac services with NHS England.
He received his medical training at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London and the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles. He has been a recipient of multiple awards and fellowships, including the British Cardiovascular Society/American College of Cardiology Fellowship in Advanced Cardiac Imaging. Professor Rajani has accredited training in cardiac CT and founded the UKs first dedicated training courses for structural heart disease imaging.
He completed his echocardiography-based MD thesis in 2006 and he maintains an active interest in research applying cardiac CT in predicting cardiac risk, publishing over 230 manuscripts in the field of cardiac imaging. He is the Principal Investigator on multiple trials.
While contributing to a number of book chapters to medical textbooks – ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Imaging, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement, the Oxford Handbook of Cardiac CT, EAVCI Handbook of cardiac CT and Infective Endocarditis, Professor Rajani also sits on the International Sub-committee and Abstract Grading Committee of the Society of Cardiovascular CT and is an Advisory Editor for Clinical Radiology and a Section Editor on Cardiovascular Imaging for Euro Intervention. He is a Fellow of the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (FSCCT), the European Society of Cardiology (FESC), the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), the American College of Cardiology (FACC) and the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR).
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