Dr Balvinder Wasan is a Consultant Cardiologist working at the Queen Elizabeth & St Thomas' Hospitals since 2005.

He has been the Clinical Director for Cardiology and Cardiac Services across Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust. He is currently the Cardiac Catheter Laboratory Lead.

Dr Wasan studied medicine at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, now part of Imperial College, in London, & undertook his specialist Cardiology training in the North-West Thames region of London.

Dr Balvinder Wasan manages all aspects of CVD, specialising in screening high-risk patients, investigating patients with symptoms of coronary artery disease and management of those with established coronary disease.

Expertise

Screening for cardiovascular disease (CVD); Elevated cholesterol; Hypertension; Chest pain; Chest tightness; Exertional symptoms; Shortness of breath; Heart failure; Dizziness; Blackouts; Palpitations; Syncope; Collapse; General Cardiology; Cardiac Screening; Loop recorder implants.

Publications

Author on publications in numerous peer-reviewed cardiology journals.

Additional Languages Spoken

• Panjabi, Punjabi - Fluent
• Cantonese - Fluent

• Management of Ischaemic Heart Disease/Heart Disease Prevention
• Family History Heart Disease
• High Cholesterol
• Coronary Intervention
• Coronary Artery Disease
• CT Coronary Angiography
• Coronary Angiography
• Interventional Cardiology/ Angioplasty
• Echocardiography
• Valvular Heart Disease
• Heart Attack/Myocardial Infarction
• Cardiac Risk Factors
• Cardiovascular Disease
• General Cardiology
• Atrial Fibrillation
• Palpitations
• Chest Pain/Chest Tightness
• Shortness of Breath/Exertional Symptoms
• Elevated Blood Pressure
• Dizzy Spells
• Syncope
• Blackout

Research Interests

• Cardiac Risk Factors
• Heart Attack Prevention
• Changes in Cardiac Function After Revascularisation
• Coronary Artery Disease

• Fellow of Royal College of Physicians London
• British Cardiac Society
• Independent Doctors Federation
• British Medical Association