Dr Azad Ghuran

Dr. A Ghuran is a consultant cardiologist with extensive experience in general cardiology and interventional cardiology. He qualified from the University of Edinburgh in 1993 and completed his postgraduate higher specialist training in general medicine and cardiology at hospitals in London, including St. George’s London, King’s College London, and the Sussex Cardiac Centre in Brighton. He secured a one-year interventional fellowship at the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis (OLVG) in Amsterdam, where radial angioplasty was first performed and pioneered. Dr. Ghuran has worked with eminent European and world leaders in cardiology throughout his training.He is trained in performing multivessel and complex coronary artery intervention (angioplasty/stents) using both the radial and femoral approach. His diverse clinical background includes interests in coronary microvascular disease and coronary artery spasm, pacemakers, valvular heart disease, syncope, hypertension, heart failure, palpitations, arrhythmia management, cardiovascular risk screening, sports cardiology, and inherited cardiac conditions. Dr. Ghuran completed his MD in 2006 with a thesis on "Electrocardiographic Monitoring of Myocardial Ischaemia – Novel Methods and Potential Application in Implanted Devices" under a Wellcome project grant. He received a Post Graduate Certificate in Sports Cardiology and Inherited Cardiac Conditions from St. George’s University of London in October 2023.Dr. Ghuran has published many articles in cardiology, including a book titled "Emergency Cardiology," six book chapters, and numerous peer-reviewed articles. He has reviewed articles for several foremost cardiology journals and presented at national and international conferences. He is a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC), an honor awarded to healthcare professionals who have made significant contributions to cardiology. He takes an active role in medical education, training general practitioners, junior doctors, nurses, technicians, paramedics, and medical students. Dr. Ghuran adopts a multidisciplinary approach to patient management, often liaising with other sub-specialists in cardiology, physicians, surgeons, dieticians, and physiotherapists to provide the best possible care.