- Fee assured
- Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- General cardiology
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Dr Guy Furniss MBChB MD FRCP is a Consultant Cardiologist, and lead for cardiac rhythm management at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. Dr Furniss trained in Leicester and undertook specialist training on the Peninsula rotation. In 2013/14 he undertook a fellowship in cardiac electrophysiology and devices in Wellington, New Zealand. He has published research on Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD's), pacemaker implantation techniques and atrial fibrillation. He is a certified European Cardiac Device Specialist by the European Society of Cardiology.
Dr Furniss has been a Consultant in Somerset since 2017 and specialises in heart rhythm management, heart failure and inherited cardiac conditions. He has been one of the highest volume implanters of pacemakers, ICD's and Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy (CRT) devices in the UK over the past few years. He leads the cardiac devices service in Somerset and has introduced new pacing techniques such as physiological pacing to the trust.
Dr Furniss is the cardiology clinical lead for 3rs and 5th year Plymouth University students at Musgrove Park Hospital and initiated a postgraduate research program in 2021. This involves of current PhD student and one MD student. Research areas include remote monitoring of cardiac devices, predictors of heart failure in pacemakers, and family screening in sudden adult death syndrome.
Areas of interest
arrhythmia; cardiac rhythm management; inherited cardiac conditions; pacemakers; implantable cardioverter defibrillators; heart failure; general cardiology
Medical secretaries
- Megan Pettitt
- Parkside Private Patient Unit Musgrove Park Hospital Parkfield Drive Taunton Somerset TA1 5DA
- 01823 342049
- Parkside@somersetft.nhs.uk
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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20143
Removal of implantable ECG loop recorder (including reporting) - (1-5)
Musgrove Park Hospital (1-5)
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K6010
Cardiac pacemaker system introduced through vein (dual chamber) - (1-5)
Musgrove Park Hospital (1-5)
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X3510
IV sedation administered by operator - (1-5)
Musgrove Park Hospital (1-5)
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20355
Initial out-patient consultation - remote - (1-5)
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20110
ECG (including reporting) - (1-5)