Dr Anand Jeevarethinam MBBS MRCP MD Consultant Interventional Cardiologist

Languages spoken: English/Tamil

Specialty: Cardiology

Subspecialty: Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac CT

Education and training

· Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), India
· Membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP), London
· Doctor of Medicine (MD Research), UCL, London
· CCST in Cardiology, East of England Deanery
· Cardiac CT accreditation (British Society of Cardiovascular Imaging/British Society of Cardiac Computed Tomography)
· Board of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (CBCCT), USA

Clinical interests

Angina, heart attacks, coronary artery disease, chest pain, palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, collapse, heart failure, heart valve disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, cardiovascular risk assessment, coronary angiography, angioplasty, stent implant, percutaneous coronary intervention, Shockwave IVL for coronary artery disease, fractional flow reserve (FFR), instant wave free ratio (iFR), coronary intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), optical coherence tomography (OCT) and CT coronary angiography.

About Dr Anand Jeevarethinam

I undertook my cardiology specialist training at various prestigious hospitals in the UK. These include Essex Cardiothoracic Centre, Royal Papworth Hospital and Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital. Following this, I undertook my post-CCT PCI fellowship programme in Portsmouth University Hospital, which is one of the competitive programmes nationally. I have also achieved accreditation in cardiovascular CT.

Research and publications

I was involved in a multi-centre prospective trial: ‘Relationship Between Carotid IMT/Plaque, Endothelial Dysfunction with Coronary Artery Disease Prevalence and Severity in Asymptomatic Diabetes’. This trial aimed to evaluate the correlation between carotid IMT/plaque and endothelial dysfunction with coronary atherosclerosis prevalence and its severity.

This trial was sponsored by the British Cardiac Research Trust and I held a 3-year research grant from the same trust. I recruited patients from three NHS hospitals in North London, leading to the award of an MD (Research degree) from UCL, London. My research has been published in leading medical journals and I have presented my clinical and academic work in various national and international conferences (British Cardiovascular Society, ACI, American College of Cardiology, European Society of Cardiology, EuroPCR and CRF CTO Plus).