Dr Arjun K Ghosh

Dr Arjun K Ghosh is a Consultant Cardiologist at Barts Heart Centre and at University College London Hospital. He is also an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at University College London and Queen Mary University of London.

He trained in all aspects of general cardiology (chest pain, angina, heart attacks, hypertension, palpitations, valve disease, exertional shortness of breath, heart failure, cholesterol management, cardiovascular risk assessment) and cardiac imaging (cardiac MRI and advanced echocardiography) across London hospitals including Hammersmith and Harefield Hospitals, The Heart Hospital and London Chest Hospital. He has European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging level 3 accreditation in cardiac MRI and British Society of Echocardiography transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography.

Dr Ghosh is an expert in the care of cancer patients with heart problems and helped to establish Cardio-Oncology services (cardiac care of cancer patients) at Barts Heart Centre and University College London Hospitals. These services are now one of the biggest in the UK.

He has a keen interest in medical education and completed an MSc in Medical Education with Distinction from University College London and the Royal College of Physicians and is currently in charge of delivering heart failure and imaging training at Barts Heart Centre at the Royal Society of Medicine (for Imaging). He is also a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Dr Ghosh is actively involved in research projects in Cardio-Oncology and completed a multiple international and national award-winning PhD from Imperial College London. He has presented his work at the Houses of Parliament and at many international and national conferences and has a number of publications in high-impact medical journals.

Special Interests:

• Cardio-Oncology (care of cancer patients with heart problems)
• Cardiac Imaging (MRI and echocardiography)
• Cardiovascular risk assessment
• High blood pressure
• Cholesterol management
• Cardiac Chest pain (angina and coronary artery disease)
• Cardiac shortness of breath
• Heart Failure
• Valve disease
• Palpitations and irregular heart beat
• Cardiac causes of faints and collapses