Dr Digoarachi S Bulugahapitiya

• Over 30 years in clinical cardiology and internal medicine

• Consultant Cardiologist – Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since January 2006

• Clinical Lead for Heart Failure Services – Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (present)

• Cardiac Imaging Lead – Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (present)

• Consultant Cardiologist – The Yorkshire Clinic, Bingley (present)

• Research Interests: Heart failure, cardiac CT, and cardiac imaging modalities in risk stratification

• Recent Research Projects:

  • Metolazone therapy in heart failure patients

  • Pre-renal transplant cardiac risk stratification

  • Ethnic and gender variations of normal stress echocardiography

  • Prognostic implications and radiation dose saving of normal stress-only myocardial perfusion imaging

  • Prognostic implications of diabetes and other risk factors in patients with acute coronary syndrome

Dr Digoarachi S Bulugahapitiya is a leading consultant cardiologist based in Bingley, Bradford, who specialises in cardiac imaging, heart failure and cardiac risk stratification alongside echocardiography, nuclear cardiology and cardiac CT. He privately practises at the Yorkshire Clinic and his NHS base is Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. 

Dr Bulugahapitiya is highly qualified. He has a MB ChB from Leeds Medical School, a postgraduate diploma in Clinical Education from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, and and FRCP (London). Dr Bulugahapitiya, who is fully registered as a cardiology and general internal medicine specialist, also has an MRCP and an FRCP (Glasgow).

Dr Bulugahapitiya, who is clinical lead for heart failure services at his NHS base, has developed an in-hospital and community management services for heart failure patients. He is also highly experienced in medicolegal work and is a local principal investigator (PI) and co-investigator for various multi-centre trials. 

Further to his clinical achievements he's a leading name in teaching, education and research. He is a personal tutor at University of Leeds Medical School, a supervisor for junior doctors and provides clinical and educational supervision for non-training departmental fellows. He has been an examiner, is a member of the Royal College off Physicians mentorship program and is a course organiser and faculty member for the Meduc8 group. Furthermore Dr Bulugahapitiya organises and leads a Level 1 Nuclear Cardiology Training Course.