Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Philip MacCarthy
| Name |
Dr Philip MacCarthy |
| Title | Consultant Cardiologist |
| Qualifications | MBChB (Hons) BSc PhD FRCP |
| NHS base | Kings College Hospital |
| Profile | Dr MacCarthy trained in Bristol and Oxford before completing his PhD in endothelial function at the University Hospital of Wales (with an MRC Clinical Training Fellowship).
He went on to train in coronary intervention at King's College Hospital and the OLV Cardiac Centre in Aalst, Belgium.
He was appointed as Consultant Cardiologist at King's College Hospital in 2003 and Clinical Lead for Cardiology in 2007. He specializes in coronary intervention (angioplasty/stenting) and structural heart disease interventions, running the successful PFO/ASD device closure and trans-catheter aortic valve programmes at King's.
He has an active research programme and his interests include coronary physiology, primary angioplasty and trans-catheter aortic interventions. |
| Speciality | Cardiology |
| Special interests | General cardiology, cardiovascular risk factor management, ischaemic heart disease (radial (wrist) access diagnostic techniques and percutaneous revascularisation), heart failure, valvular heart disease - in particular Trans-catheter (trans-femoral) aortic valve implantation. Percutaneous PFO/ASD closure. |
| Consulting sessions | Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday - PM |
| Consulting address |
2nd Floor, St Olaf House London Bridge Hospital 27 Tooley Street London SE1 2PR |
| Secretary | Susan Avery |
| Telephone | 020 7234 2971 |
| Fax | 020 7407 9347 |