Personal Profile
Dr Barakat grew up in Slough attending Slough Grammar School before reading Medicine at Trinity College, Oxford and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London. He completed his training in interventional cardiology at St Bartholomews’ Hospital, The London Chest and The Royal London Hospital. He was appointed as Consultant Cardiologist at Wexham Park and Heatherwood Hospitals in 2004. He was part of a consultant team who developed a local cardiac catheter lab and relocated coronary angiography, coronary intervention, permanent pacemaker and complex device implantation from London to Slough.
Whilst at Wexham Park, Dr Barakat consolidated his passion for teaching with a postgraduate certificate in medical simulation. Dr Barakat relocated to the Barts Heart Centre in 2016 as the Director for Cardiovascular Simulation where he continues to develop simulation based education. He also actively involved in the development of novel cardiac and medical devices and technologies using simulation. He is actively involved in team training to improve patient safety during interventional procedures.
