External resources
Current NHS consultant posts held
Consultant Cardiologist
University Hospital of North Staffordshire,
Stoke-on-Trent
Research interests
Vascular biology and pharmacology.
My H index on Google Scholar is 17.
Personal interests
I run and swim for fitness.
Awards received
Runner up, Young Investigator, American College of Cardiology 1997
Publications
Iqbal, Javaid; Kwok, Chun Shing; Kontopantelis, Evangelos; de Belder, Mark A; Ludman, Peter F; Large, Adrian; Butler, Rob; Gamal, Amr; Kinnaird, Tim; Zaman, Azfar; Choice of stent for percutaneous coronary intervention of saphenous vein grafts Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions 10 4 e004457 2017
Oxley, Cheryl; Edge, Louise; Chubsey, Rachel; Critchlow, Charlotte; Satchi, Dargoi; Butler, Rob; 120 Echocardiographic versus cardiac catheterisation derived measures of right heart pressures: a retrospective analysis from the university hospitals of north midlands Heart 103 Suppl 5 A90-A91 2017
Naneishvili, Tamara; Cosbey, Lucy; Patel, Chantal; Large, Adrian; Butler, Rob; 30 Quality of life in patients who underwent patent foramen ovale closure, left atrial appendage closure or mitraclip procedure Heart 103 Suppl 5 A24-A24 2017
Khan, Jamal N; Griffiths, Timothy; Fatima, Tamseel; Michael, Leah; Mihai, Andreea; Mustafa, Zeeshan; Sandhu, Kully; Butler, Robert; Duckett, Simon; Heatlie, Grant; Feasibility of physiologist-led stress echocardiography for the assessment of coronary artery disease Echo research and practice 4 2 29-36 2017
Kwok, Chun Shing; Al-Dokheal, Mohammed; Aldaham, Sami; Rushton, Claire; Butler, Robert; Kinnaird, Tim; Zaman, Azfar; Zaman, M Justin; Timmis, Adam; Mamas, Mamas; 68 The impact of the weekend admission on early mortality after acute coronary syndrome: a meta-analysis of observational studies Heart 103 Suppl 5 A51-A52 2017
Kwok, Chun Shing; Al-Dokheal, Mohammed; Aldaham, Sami; Rushton, Claire; Butler, Rob; Kinnaird, Tim; Zaman, Azfar; Zaman, M Justin; Timmis, Adam; Mamas, Mamas A; Weekend effect in acute coronary syndrome: A meta-analysis of observational studies European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care 2048872618762634 2018
Alisiddiq, Zaheer; Butler, Rob; Pulmonary artery catheterization Medicine 2018
Courses offered to GPs
I am happy to offer lectures and small group, case based discussions to GPs across Staffordshire and Cheshire. Areas of interest are high blood pressure and high cholesterol as well as the management of angina and heart failure.