Dr Venugopalan Poothirikovil : Paediatrics

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Dr Venugopalan Poothirikovil

Bupa Platinum consultant
Fee assured
Verified account
Open Referral network

Overview

Specialises in

Paediatric cardiology

Offers

Video and telephone consultations

About me

Consultant Paediatrician with training and expertise in Paediatric Cardiology for over 25 years. Can manage neonates, children, adolescents with cardiac problems and also do a holistic care of these children, which involve managing other co-existing general paediatric issues

Also can investigate and manage general paediatric problems, especially related to infections and respiratory problems

Areas of interest include heart murmurs, chest pain, palpitation, syncope, cardiomyopathy, blank episodes, dizzy episodes, screening for heart disease, chest infections, allergy etc

Areas of interest

Heart murmurs, chest pain, palpitation, syncope, funny turns, dizzy episodes, screening for heart disease, adolescent heart problems, screening athletes
Chest infections, wheeze, constipation, abdominal pain
Fits and funny turns
headache
hypermobility syndromes and the heart
Allergy

Medical secretaries

Dr Venugopalan Poothirikovil (Dr Venu)
Level 6 Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital Eastern Road Brighton BN2 5BE
07894 537953

About me

Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant Paediatrician with Cardiology Expertise, and General Paediatrician, Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals, Brighton.

Honorary Consultant, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Evelina Childrens Hospital

Honorary Consultant, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital

Research interests

Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton

Awards received

Clinical Excellence Awards in 2007, 2009, 2013, and 2017 (Bronze Award 2017)

(Additional) Languages spoken

Publications

Medscape free on line Text Book of Paediatrics

Courses offered to GPs

Approach to a child with heart murmur
Common cardiac problems in children
Neonatal Cardiology
Cardiac Arrhythmia Course
Neonatal & Paediatric hands on echo course
Tips to ECG interpretation in children
Dilated cardiomyopathy in children
Adolescent heart problems - chest pain, palpitation, syncope

My qualifications & training

Qualifications

DCH Clinical Examinations Chair, RCPCH RCPCH 2017
Member, BCCA (British Congenital Cardiac Association) Council BCCA 2016
Accredited to European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging EACVI 2013
Chair and Convenor, PECSIG (Paediatricians with Cardiology Expertise Special Interest Group) RCPCH sub speciality 2016
Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health RCPCH 1998
Honorary Consultant Paediatric Cardiology, Evelina Children's Hospital, London 2012

GMC registration

Reference number 5089730

My private practice

Practice hours

Practice
Day
Hours
Appt Bookings

Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital, BN2 5BE
Monday
17:00 - 19:00
07894 537953

Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital, BN2 5BE
Thursday
17:00 - 19:00
07894 537953

Post treatment communication

Following treatment of a Bupa member, I will communicate with GPs in line with Department of Health, GMC and appropriate professional bodies guidelines.

In the event of an urgent query following treatment, Bupa members should use the following contact details

Dr P Venugopalan
07894537953
pvenugopalan1@nhs.net
pvenugopalan@gmail.com

Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)

Procedures completed

20110
ECG (including reporting) - (5-50)

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