Dr Senthil Kirubakaran

• 27 years of experience
• Consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth (2014 - present)
• Consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist, Spire Portsmouth Hospital (present)

• 2010 A Arujuna, S Kirubakaran, N Arujuna & C A Rinaldi : Atrial fibrillation – a primary care journey – Clinical Focus Primary Care – for practitioners with a special interest. Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages 1 - 44 (2010)
• 2010 Rinaldi CA, Kirubakaran S, Bucknall CA, Bostock J, Gill JS. ‘Biventricular Pacing in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy’ – Indian Pacing Electrophysiol. J. 2010;11(1):5-14
• 2010 Hall MS, Kirubakaran S, Chowdhury R, Abidin N, Peters NS, Garratt CJ :Effects of angiotensin receptor blockade on atrial electrical remodeling and the "second factor" in a goat burst-paced model of atrial fibrillation – J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst. 2010 Dec;11(4):222-33.
• 2010 Kirubakaran S, Gill JS, Rinaldi CA: Successful catheter ablation of focal ventricular fibrillation in a patient with non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy –Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2010 Apr 8.
• 2011 Duckett SG, Ginks MR, Shetty A, Kirubakaran S, Bostock J, Kaptenakis S, Gill J, Carr- White GS, Razavi R, Rinaldi CA. Adverse response to Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy in patients with septal scar on cardiac MRI preventing a septal right ventricular lead position. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2011 Nov 30.

• British Heart Foundation Research Grant for Research into Atrial Fibrillation, 2004

Dr Senthil Kirubakaran is a well-respected consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist based in Portsmouth, specialising in palpitations and cardiac arrhythmias, catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation, supraventricular tachycardias (SVT), accessory pathways (WPW) and atrial and ventricular tachycardias alongside pacemaker implantation. He privately practices at the Spire Portsmouth Hospital and Queen Alexandra Hospital. His NHS practice is based at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust at the Queen Alexandra Hospital.
       
Dr Kirubakaran has an honours degree in Medicine from the University of Manchester (1998) and after being awarded a British Heart Foundation research grant for research in the field of cardiac electrophysiology and atrial fibrillation, he was awarded an MD from the university in 2011. His further training took place at leading cardiac centres in London, following which he went to Milan, Italy, where he undertook specific training in complex arrhythmia management.  
      
Dr Kirubakaran has extensive experience in all aspects of adult general cardiology, however his specific interest and expertise is in assessing and managing patients with abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias). His expertise is illustrated in his current clinical practice, where he is the lead for the arrhythmia service at the Queen Alexandra Hospital, where he introduced and developed the ablation service to the Trust in 2014, which now offers a comprehensive service with state of the art technology for patients with cardiac arrhythmias.