AFA

UK Atrial Fibrillation Specialists

Clinicians have kindly given permission for their details to be added to the AFA database. This is not an exhaustive list, and AFA cannot verify any of the names included on the list. All referrals to a specialist must be through your own GP.

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Location	First Name	Surname	Title	Area of interest	Medical Centre
Aberdeen	Paul	Broadhurst ♥	Dr	Arrhythmia clinics and AF ablation	Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Blackpool	Grahame	Goode	Dr	Arrhythmia management and device therapy	Lancashire Cardiac Centre
Blackpool	Scott	Gall ♥	Dr	Cardiac electrophysiology, ablation and device implantation	Lancashire Cardiac Centre
Basildon	Stuart	Harris ♥	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist, Management of AF including catheter ablation with latest techniques	The Essex Cardiothoracic Centre
Basildon	Debbie	Sevant		BHF Arrhythmia Specialist	The Essex Cardiothoracic Centre Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham	Joseph	de Bono ♥	Dr	Part of a 4 consultant team performing over 800 ablations of all types per year. Particular interest in all aspects of the management of atrial fibrillation	Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Birmingham	David	Fitzmaurice	Professor		The University of Birmingham
Birmingham	Ian	Wilson	Mr	Cardiac Surgeon Cardiac Surgery, including AF	Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Birmingham	Paulus	Kirchhof	Professor	Consultant, Cardiovascular Medicine	Sandwell & West Birmingham Hospitals (mainly City Hopsital)
Birmingham	Mauro	Lencioni ♥	Dr	Cardiology, electrophysiology and AF ablations	Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Bolton	Hussain	Abutoq	Dr	Cardiology	Royal Bolton Hospital
Bournemouth	Christopher	Boos	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist	Poole Hospital NHS Trust
Bournemouth	John	Paisey	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist - Cardiac Rhythm Management including AF ablation	Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Bournemouth	Mark	Sopher ♥	Dr	AF, Catheter Ablation for AF and device therapy	Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Bournemouth	Richard	Balasubramaniam ♥	Dr	EP with special interest in AF and atypical Atrial Flutter	Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Bradford	Muhammad Adeel	Iqbal	Dr	GP with Special Interest in Adult Cardiology	Kensington Street Health Centre
Bradford	Paul	Smith	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist with active interest in AF	Bradford Teaching Hospital
Brighton	Jack	McCready ♥	Dr	Ablation of all arrhythmias. Particular interest and expertise in AF ablation.	Royal Sussex County Hospital
Bristol	Tim	Cripps ♥	Dr	Consultant Cardiac Electrophysiologist focusing on PAF and SVT. Extensive experience; special expertise in cryoablation	Bristol Royal Infirmary
Bristol	Edward	Duncan ♥	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist	Bristol Heart Institute
Bristol	Jonathan	Pitts-Crick ♥	Dr	Consultant Electrophysiologist all arrhythmias including AF, devices and pacing	Bristol Royal Infirmary
Bristol	Glyn	Thomas ♥	Dr	Specialising in ablation of all cardiac arrhythmias, especially paroxysmal AF and persistant AF	Bristol Heart Institute
Bury	Muhammed Idrees	Khalid	Dr	AF and heart failure	Fairfield General Hospital
Bushey	Anthony	Nathan ♥	Dr	All areas of arrhythmias including diagnosis and treatment of AF including ablation	Spire Bushey Hospital
Cambridge	Simon	Fynn ♥	Dr	AF, arrhythmias  pacemakers and ICDs	Papworth Hospital
Cambridge	David	Begley ♥	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist & EP AF Catheter Ablation & Device Therapy	Papworth Hospital
Cambridge	Andrew	Grace ♥	Dr	Electrophysiologist, arrhythmia care, ablation and device therapy	Papworth Hospital
Cambridge	Munmohan	Virdee ♥	Dr	Consultant Electrophysiologist. Ablation procedures including AF, device implants with special interest in CRT	Papworth Hospital
Cardiff	Richard A	Anderson	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist with special interest in AF	University Hospital of Wales
Cardiff	Rob	Bleasdale	Dr	Diagnostic electrophysiology and complex cardiac devive implantation	Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant
Carshalton	Richard	Bogle	Dr	Cardiology, arrhythmia, ischaemic heart failure and hypertension	Epsom and St Helier University Hospital
Cheshire	Paul	Mann	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist	Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Chester	Peter	Reid	Dr	Medical Management of AF	Countess of Chester Hospital
Colchester	Debbie	Sevant		Arrhythmia Nurse Specialist
Darlington	Ahmet	Fuat	Dr	GP with Special Interest in Cardiology, Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation	Carmel Medical Practice
Doncaster	Gillian	Payne		Pacing and AF	Doncaster Royal Infirmary
Doncaster	Abraham	Chacko	Dr	AF and echocardiography. Special expertise in epidemiology, clinical evaluation, management and follow up of patients with AF	Doncaster Royal Infirmary
Dudley	Craig S	Barr	Dr	Research into novel drugs and devices for heart rhythm disorders	Russells Hall Hospital
Dundee	Anna Maria	Choy	Dr	Senior Lecturer and Consultant Cardiologist	Ninewells Hospital and Medical School
Eastbourne	Stephen	Furniss ♥	Dr	Electrophysiology, AF and VT ablation	Eastbourne Hospital
Eastbourne	Nikhil	Patel	Dr	Interest in arrhythmias, heart failure and implantable devices	East Sussex Hospitals Eastbourne
Edinburgh	Chris	Lang ♥	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist, AF and electrophysiology	Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Essex	Sreeman	Andole	Dr	Consultant Stroke Physician with specialist interest in cardioembolic strokes	Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals
Exeter	Manish M	Gandhi	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist	Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital
Glasgow	Derek T	Connelly ♥	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist, ablation for AF and Lead investigator of clinical trial of AF ablation in patients with heart failure	Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Glasgow	Iain	Findlay	Dr	Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Arrest	Royal Alexandra Hospital / Golden Jubilee Hospital
Harefield	Raheel	Shaikh	Mr	Senior Cardiac Physiologist Cardiac arrhythmias (AF)/Pacing & devices	Harefield Hospital
Harpenden	John	Bayliss	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist with special interest in all arrhythmias including AF, devices and pacing, and also heart failure. Arrhythmia lead for Beds & Herts Heart & Stroke Network.	Spire Hospital
Hastings	Hugh	McIntyre	Dr	Cardiovascular medicine, at any age hypertension and heart failure	The Conquest Hospital
Hemel Hempstead	John	Bayliss	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist with special interest in all arrhythmias including AF, devices and pacing, and also heart failure. Arrhythmia lead for Beds & Herts Heart & Stroke Network.	Hemel Hempstead Hospital
Isle of Wight	Lucy	Monk	Mrs	SSN, Cardioversion and care coordinator
Jersey	Andrew	Mitchell	Dr	AF and the roles of non-drug therapies	Jersey General Hospital
Keighly	Alex	Zezulka	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist with interest in interventional cardiology	Airdale Hospital
Leeds	Chris	Pepper ♥	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist	Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds General Infirmary
Leeds	Keith	Tyndall		BHF Arrhythmia Nurse	Leeds AF Rapid Access Clinic
Leeds	Muzahir	Tayebjee ♥	Dr	Cardiac electrophysiology and devices	Leeds General Infirmary
Leeds	Shona	Holding		BHF Arrhythmia Nurse	Leeds AF Rapid Access Clinic
Leeds	Lee	Graham ♥	Dr	Arrhythmias / Catheter ablation for AF / CRT/ICD implantation	Yorkshire Heart Centre, Leeds General Infirmary
Leicester	Sue	Armstrong		Arrhythmia Care Co-ordinator	Glenfield Hospital
Leicester	Alistair	Sandilands♥	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist - All areas of AF including cardioversion/ catheter ablation utilising both Ablation Frontiers technology & 3D mapping systems for both paroxysmal and persistent AF	Glenfield Hospital
Leicester	G Andre	Ng ♥	Dr	Cardiac Arrhythmias / Catheter Ablation / Implantable devices	Glenfield Hospital
Leicester	Nitin H	Joshi	Dr	Hospital Practitioner in Cardiology	Willowbrook Medical centre
Leicester	Peter	Stafford ♥	Dr	Electrophysiology and devices.  AF ablation program for both paroxysmal and persistent arrhythmia.  PVI, WACA and CAFÉ ablation depending on presentation.	Glenfield Hospital
Liverpool	Dhiraj	Gupta ♥	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist and EP all arrhythmias including Catheter Ablation for PAF and persistent AF	Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
Liverpool	Erwin	Rodrigues	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist	Aintree University Hospital
Liverpool	Derick	Todd ♥	Dr	Atrial fibrillation ablation, pacemakers and heart rhythm problems	The Cardiothoracic Centre
Llanelli	Philip	Avery	Dr	Consultant Physician and Cardiologist	Prince Philip Hospital
Llanelli	Lina	Izzat	Dr	General preventative cardiology and AF	Prince Philip Hospital
Llantrisant	Kelly	Price		Atrial Fibrillation Nurse	Royal Glamorgan Hospital
London	Ameet	Bakhai	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist, R&D Lead. AF medical management, clinical trials, anti-arrhythmic clinics, new oral anticoagulants, detection devices. Does not do ablations.	Barnet General/Spire Bushey Hospitals.
London	Eleanor	Cusack		BHF Arrhythmia Nurse Practitioner	St Mary's Hospital
London	Magdi	Saba	Dr	Consultant Cardiac Electrophysiologist	St. George's Hospital
London	Francis	Murgatroyd	Dr	Wide experience of catheter ablation and implantable devices for arrhythmias, especially AF	King's College Hospital London
London	Pier	Lambiase ♥	Dr	Consultant EP and Senior Lecturer AF treatment, AF ablation & heart failure	Heart Hospital, UCL
London	Malcolm	Finlay	Dr	Specialist Registrar in Cardiology	St Bartholomew's & The London NHS Trust
London	Riyaz	Kaba ♥	Dr	Arrhythmias, palpitations & syncope. Particular expertise in AF ablation	St George's Hospital
London	Mehul	Dhinoja ♥	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist and EP - Catheter Ablation of arrhythmias including AF.  Particular interest in the management of AF in patients with heart muscle diseases or cardiomyopathies.  Runs a combined Heart Muscle Disease Electrophysiology Clinic.	St Bartholomew's & London Chest Hospital
London	John	Foran	Dr	Catheter ablation and AF	Royal Brompton
London	Nicholas	Gall	Dr	Cardiac Electrophysiology	Kngs College Hospital
London	Jaswinder	Gill ♥	Dr	Electrophysiology and extensive experience in AF ablation	Cardiothoracic Centre Guy's & St Thomas' Hospitals
London	Laura	Richmond			St Bartholomew's / London Bridge Hospital
London	Moira	Allison		BHF Arrhythmia Nurse Specialist	St Bartholomew's Hospital
London	Alex	Wise		BHF Arrhythmia Nurse Specialist	Royal Brompton Hospital
London	Sabine	Ernst ♥	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist	Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital
London	Kalpa	De Silva	Dr	Specialist Registrar, Cardiology, Electrophysiology	St Thomas's Hospital
London	Richard	Sutton	Professor	Consultant Cardiologist with special interest in arrhythmia including AF and syncope	St Mary's Hospital
London	Martin	Lowe ♥	Dr	AF, Ablation, Pacemaker implantation	The Heart Hospital
London	Edward	Cajilog		BHF Arrhythmia Nurse	St. Mary's Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
London	Simon	Sporton ♥	Dr	Catheter Ablation of AF using 3-D mapping systems, radiofrequency and cryoablation and robotic catheter navigation	St Bartholomew's and The London Bridge Hospitals
London	Anthony	Chow ♥	Dr	Cardiac Electrophysiology / Clinical research in complex arrhythmias espcially AF	The Heart Hospital
London	Vias	Markides ♥	Dr	Cardiac Electrophysiology / Pacing / Ablation, Atrial Fibrillation, Devices	Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital
London	Tom	Wong	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist	Royal Bromptom and Harefield Hospital
London	Wajid	Hussain ♥	Dr	Electrophysiologist specialising in management including ablation of paroxysmal and persistent AF.	Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital
London	A K	Ohri	Dr	Cardiac Electrophysiology facilities,  specialising in AF	Regent's Park Heart Clinics
London	Suzanna	Hardman	Dr	AF clinics and special interest in AF and Heart Failure	The Whittington & UCL Hospitals
London	Ann	O'Sullivan	Mrs	Nurse led AF clinics	Cardiology Department 1st Floor Yellow zone University Hospital Lewisham
London	Anthony	Nathan	Dr	All areas of arrhythmias including diagnosis and treatment of AF including ablation	St Bartholomew's and The London Bridge Hospitals
London	Mark	Earley ♥	Dr	AF ablation	St Bartholomew's and The London Bridge Hospitals
London	Stephen	Walker	Mr	Nurse case manager in EP and Pacing	St Thomas's Hospital
London	Chris	Arden	Dr	Cardiac Electrophysiology facilities,  specialising in AF	Regent's Park Heart Clinics
London	A John	Camm	Professor	Professor of Clinical Cardiology	St George's Hospital Medical School
London	Binoob	Gopinath	Dr	Chief Cardiac Physiologist	Kings College Hospital
London	Sarah	Plowright	Ms	BHF Arrhythmia Nurse Specialist	Royal Brompton Hospital
London	Prapa	Kanagaratnam ♥	Dr	AF management and ablation	St Mary's Hospital, Imperial College
London	Richard	Schilling ♥	Professor	Consultant Cardiac EP, all arrhythmias & extensive experience in catheter ablation of AF	St Bartholomew's and The London Hospitals
London	Michael	Sampson	Dr	BHF Arrhythmia Nurse	St George's Hospital
London	Oliver	Segal ♥	Dr	Consultant Electrophysiologist - all arrhythmias with extensive experience in catheter ablation of AF including the laser balloon procedure	The Heart Hospital, UCLH
London	Mark	O'Neill ♥	Dr	Consultant Cardiac EP, Cardiac Rhythm & Device management Particularly Catheter Ablation of AF	St Mary's Hospital
London	Stephen	Walker	Mr	Arrhythmia devices, cardioversion and ICD support groups	Queen Elizabeth Hospital
London	Tom	Wong	Dr	Interventional therapy in treating cardiac arrhythmias	Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital
Luton	Lakshmanan	Sekaran	Dr	Consultant Stroke Physician with interest in AF detection and management	Luton & Dunstable NHS Hospital
Manchester	Adam P	Fitzpatrick ♥	Dr	EP, AF Ablation, Blackouts, Arrhythmias in adults & children	Fernleigh Consulting Centre & Alexandra Hospital Medical Director & Trustee of Arrhythmia Alliance
Manchester	Benjamin	Brown ♥	Dr	Electrophysiology/ablation procedures	University Hospital of South Manchester
Manchester	David	Fox  ♥	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist, EP. Management of cardiac arrhythmias including ablation and cardiac devices.	Wythenshawe Hospital
Manchester	Neil	Davidson ♥	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist, AF and electrophysiology	Wythenshawe Hospital
Middlesborough	Nick	Linker		Consultant Cardiologist	James Cook University Hospital
Middlesbrough	Jayne	Mudd	Mrs	Senior Arrhythmia Care Coordinator	James Cook University Hospital
Middlesbrough	Stephen	Murray ♥	Dr	EP and Catheter Ablation	James Cook University Hospital
Middlesbrough	Renata	Shurrock ♥	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist and EP. Interest in clinical electrophysiology, catheter ablation of arrhythmias and device therapy.	James Cook University Hospital
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Stephen	Lord	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist. All areas of electrophysiology	Freeman Hospital
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	John P	Bourke ♥	Dr	Cardiac arrhythmia management / Cardiac Electrophysiology / Ablation of AF	Freeman Hospital
Newcastle-upon-Tyne	Philip	Rutherford ♥	Mr	BHF Specialist Arrhythmia Nurse	Freeman Hospital
Northamptonshire	Jonathen	Shrobman	Dr	GP with Special Interest in Cardiology	Bugbrooke Medical Practice
Norwich	Ian	Williams	Dr	Arrhythmias, pacing, defibrillators, heart failure.	Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Norwich	Julian	Boullin ♥	Dr	Electrophysiology, device therapy & arrhythmia management - all areas of AF including ablation	Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Nottingham	Jamie	Waterall		BHF Arrhythmia Nurse Specialist	Nottingham University Hospitals
Nottingham	Arif J	Ahsan ♥	Dr	All aspects of AF except ablation for persistent AF
Oxford	Tim	Betts ♥	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist	John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford	Kim	Rajappan ♥	Dr	Cardiac Electrophysiology / Device Therapy / All areas of AF including ablation	John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford	Tara	Meredith		Arrhythmia Nurse Specialist	John Radcliffe Hospital
Plymouth	Guy	Haywood ♥	Dr	Arrhythmia and AF therapies including AF ablation	Derriford Hospital
Plymouth	David	Tomlinson ♥	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist and electrophysiologist, with special interest in catheter ablation of AF.	Derriford Hospital
Poole	Christopher	Boos	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist	Royal Bournemouth Hospital
Port talbot	Lisa	Fabb		Cardiology Clinical Nurse Specialist with interest in AF, CHD and MI	Port Talbot Hospital
Redditch	Dzifa W	Abban	Dr	AF medical management, DC Cardioversion, AF clinics	Alexandra Hospital
Redhill	Nandkumar	Gandhi	Dr	Arrhythmias, heart failure and devices	East Surrey Hospital
Salisbury	Susan	Lewis	Dr	Arrhythmias / Valvular heart disease / GUCH	Salisbury District Hospital
Sheffield	Jonathan	Sahu ♥	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist, cardiac electrophysiology, all aspects of cardiac rhythm management, catheter ablation and device therapy	Northern General Hospital
Shipley	Matthew	Fay	Dr	GP with Special Interest in Cardiology, Primary Care Cardiology Services and Commissioning in PC	Westcliffe Medical Centre
Shipley	Andreas	Wolff	Dr	GP with Special Interest in Cardiology, arrhythmia and syncope	Westcliffe Medical Centre
Southampton	John	Morgan ♥	Professor	Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist Arrhythmias including AF and ablation	Wessex Cardiac Unit, Southampton
Southampton	Chris	Arden	Dr	Community Cardiology / AF / Heart Failure	Bitterne Park Medical Centre
Southampton	Peter	Savill	Dr	Community Cardiology / AF / Heart Failure	Bitterne Park Medical Centre
Southampton	Maggie	Kelly		Cardiac Lead Nurse	Bitterne Park Medical Centre
Southampton	Paul R	Roberts ♥	Dr	All areas of AF, but particularly catheter ablation of AF	Wessex Cardiac Unit, Southhampton University Hospital
Southampton	Syed	Zaman	Dr	AF, heart failure and syncope	Southampton General Hospital
Southend-on-Sea	Azhar	Khokhar	Dr	Cardiologist	Southend Hospital
St Albans	John	Bayliss	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist with special interest in all arrhythmias including AF, devices and pacing, and also heart failure. Arrhythmia lead for Beds & Herts Heart & Stroke Network.	St Albans Hospital
St Helier	Andrew R J	Mitchell	Dr	Consultant Cardiologist, with special interest in all areas of AF management	Jersey General Hospital
Stockport	John	Campbell		BHF Arrhythmia Coordinator, AF and arrhythmia	Greater Manchester & Cheshire Cardiac & Stroke Network
Stockport	Andrew	Jackson	Mr	BHF Arrhythmia Care Co-ordinator	Greater Manchester & Cheshire Cardiac and Stroke Network
Swansea	Mark	Anderson	Dr	Cardiology, AF, ICDs, Pacing, Research	Morriston Hospital
Uxbridge	Richard	Grocott Mason	Dr	Adult cardiology and AF	Hillingdon Hospital
Uxbridge	Molly	Teoh		Senior Cardiac Specialist Nurse running an AF Clinic	The Hillingdon Hospital
Worcester	David	Pitcher	Mr	Arrhythmia, syncope, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.	Worcestershire Royal Hospital
Wrexham	Michelle	Bennett		BHF Arrhythmia Nurse Specialist	Wrexham Maelor Hospital
Wrexham	Erica	Longster		Arrhythmia Nurse	Wrexham Maelor Hospital
York	Maurice	Pye	Dr	Cardiology and cardiac dysrhythmias	York Hospital and Nuffield Hospital, York