Dr David Ward

MD FRCP Consultant Cardiologist St George's Hospital Medical School Cranmer Terrace London SW17 0RE Telephone: +44 (0)20 8725 3079 Fax: +44 (0)20 8725 4117 Email: david.ward@stgeorges.nhs.uk

Research Areas

Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias

Biography

David Ward qualified at Guy's Hospital London and after general medical training joined the cardiology department at St. Bartholomew's Hospital where he learned the art of clinical arrhythmology and the science of invasive cardiac electrophysiology gaining a London MD in 1981. In 1982 he was appointed as senior registrar to Brompton Hospital to establish a clinical arrhythmia service. In 1986 he became consultant in cardiology at St. George's Hospital where he founded the cardiac arrhythmia and clinical electrophysiology service. He has served on the councils of the British Pacing and Electrophysiology Group and the British Cardiac Society.

Clinical Interests.

1. Interventional cardiac electrophysiology.
2. General interventional cardiology (PTCA/stents, valvuloplasty, ASD/PFO closure etc).
3. Pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

Date and place of birth: 25 March 1947, Chatham, England