Dr David Sarkar

• Consultant Cardiologist at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (since 2004)

• Consultant Cardiologist at Peninsula Heart Clinic (present)

• Head of Undergraduate Clinical Cardiology Teaching at Plymouth University Peninsula School of Medicine (present)

• Postgraduate Training Programme Director for Cardiology in the Peninsula Deanery

• Member of the Royal College of Physicians Specialty Advisory Committee

• Member of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society (BCIS) Training and Education Group

• Principal Investigator for the Orion 4 Study and Senior RITA Trial

• Published in Circulation, Lancet, European Journal of Heart Failure, and Journal of Cardiovascular Research

• Research interests include coronary artery disease, coronary angiography, and pacemaker insertion

• 1991 University of London Gold Medal

• 1997 British Heart Foundation PhD Fellowship

• 1999 Young Investigator Award from the British Hypertension Society

Dr. David Anthony Sarkar is a Consultant Cardiologist with over 30 years of experience in general and interventional cardiology. He has performed over 5,000 diagnostic coronary angiograms and graft studies, including arterial conduits, and more than 2,000 percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), such as angioplasty, pressure wire studies, rotablation, shockwave therapy, intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), and optical coherence tomography (OCT). He also performs pacemaker and implantable loop recorder (ILR) insertions.

Dr. Sarkar is actively involved in medical education, serving as the head of undergraduate clinical cardiology teaching for Plymouth University Peninsula School of Medicine and as the postgraduate Training Programme Director for cardiology in the Peninsula Deanery. He is also a member of the Royal College of Physicians Specialty Advisory Committee and the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society (BCIS) Training and Education Group.

He practices at several locations, including Peninsula Heart Clinic at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, and Nuffield Health Plymouth Hospital. Consultation fees are approximately £235 for a first consultation and £135 for follow-up appointments. Remote consultations are also available.