Role

Consultant Cardiologist

Background

Riyaz Kaba graduated from the University of Dundee in 1994 and subsequently trained on the Northwest Thames Rotation at Royal Brompton Hospital and St Mary's Hospital. He was awarded an advanced fellowship at the prestigious Ivy League institution of Columbia University in Manhattan, New York City.My specialist interests include arrhythmias - the disturbance of electrical activity and conduction within the heart and he perform potentially curative interventional procedures for such arrhythmic substrates in the form of cardiac ablations.he also specialise in implanting complex as well as standard pacemakers and very recently was one of the first operators in the world to implant the state-of-the-art 'quadripolar LV lead' for a patient with severe heart failure.

He works at St George's Hospital, Epsom Hospital and St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey, where he manages and cares for patients with cardiac conditions, particularly palpitations, syncope or family history of sudden cardiac death.

In collaboration with researchers from Imperial College, Dr Kaba has recently published in the highly distinguished journal, Nature Genetics, following the discovery of a Sodium-channel in the heart. He has received several academic awards including prestigious international awards from America and Europe.

Specialist interests include the disturbance of electrical activity and conduction within the heart – and he performs potentially curative interventional procedures for such arrhythmic substrates in the form of Cardiac Ablations.

Dr Kaba also specialises in implanting complex pacemakers and very recently was one of the first operators in the world to implant the state-of-the-art "quadripolar LV lead" for a patient with severe heart failure.

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