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Website- Bupa Platinum consultant
- Fee assured
- Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Electrophysiology
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Dr Afzal Sohaib is a Consultant Cardiologist with a special interest in heart rhythm problems including atrial fibrillation (AF), palpitations, slow heart rates, blackouts (syncope), supraventriclar tachycardia (SVT), and ectopic beats.
He specialises in finding the right combination of treatments for these conditions by identifying the underlying causes, choosing the correct lifestyle interventions, the most suitable medication and, where required, procedures which he performs himself. He performs pacemaker and defibrillator implants, and ablation procedures for heart rhythm disturbances including AF ablation.
Some of the tests he organises for his patients include electrocardiograms (ECGs), heart monitors, and heart scans (echocardiograms, CT coronary angiography, cardiac MRI scans).
Dr Sohaib's NHS practice is at Barts Heart Centre, one of Europe's largest cardiac centres, and he is also lead for the heart rhythm service at Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals.
Dr Sohaib qualified from UCL Medical School in 2005, finishing in second place in the University of London Gold Medal Examination. He undertook cardiology training at the Hammersmith Hospital, and Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals prior to becoming a Consultant. He has a PhD from Imperial College funded by a prestigious clinical research training fellowship from the British Heart Foundation. He has published several articles in highly regarded scientific journals and regularly speaks at national and international cardiology meetings. He has published a book on the management of heart rhythm disorders "Decoding Cardiac Electrophysiology".
Dr Sohaib is a former President of the British Junior Cardiologists’ Association (BJCA) and served on the Council of the British Cardiovascular Society. He is involved in organising the ESC Congress, the world’s largest cardiology conference.
Areas of interest
Atrial fibrillation; pacemakers; palpitations; syncope; breathlessness; chest pain; arrhythmia; tachycardia; pacemakers; defibrillatiors; biventricular pacemakers; heart failure; AF ablation; ablation; supraventricular tachycardia; atrial flutter; blackouts; hypertension;
Medical secretaries
- Yasmin Boyle
- Spire Roding Hospital Roding Lane South Ilford IG4 5PZ
- 020 4519 1558
- 020 3393 1849
- smasohaib@doctors.org.uk
Anaesthetists worked with
- Dr Thomas Kriz
Fee Assured
- Dr Stephen Shepherd
Fee Assured
- Dr Virginia Brown
Not Fee Assured
- Dr Deborah Braham
Fee Assured
Images from Dr Sohaib's Clinic 
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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X5020
External cardioversion - (5-50)
Wellington Hospital (5-50)
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K5760
Ablation of atrial fibrillation by isolation of the pulmonary veins (RFA/CRYO/laser) (including mapping) - (5-50)
Wellington Hospital (5-50)
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20142
Insertion of implantable ECG loop recorder (including reporting) - (1-5)
Wellington Hospital (1-5)
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K5780
Ablation of accessory pathway or selected modification of AV node (including mapping) - (1-5)
Wellington Hospital (1-5)
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K6000
Cardiac pacemaker system introduced through vein (single chamber) - (1-5)
Wellington Hospital (1-5)
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