About Professor Roby Rakhit
Professor Roby Rakhit is a highly experienced Consultant Cardiologist providing comprehensive cardiac care at St John & St Elizabeth Hospital. He offers expert assessment, diagnosis and treatment across the full range of cardiovascular conditions, with a focus on prevention, early diagnosis and effective long-term management.
His practice includes both general cardiology and interventional procedures. He specialises in coronary angiography, angioplasty and stent insertion, as well as pacemaker implantation, supporting patients with complex heart conditions using advanced techniques.
Professor Rakhit trained at leading London centres achieving his Certificate of Completion of Training in 2003. He has also undertaken advanced research and fellowship training internationally, including as a British Heart Foundation Fellow in Switzerland.
Conditions he sees patients for:
- Coronary artery disease
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Hyperlipidaemia (high cholesterol)
- Heart failure
- Valvular heart disease
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- Cardiovascular risk assessment and prevention
- MBBS, Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School (Imperial College London)
- MD, King’s College London (Rayne Institute, St Thomas’ Hospital)
- CCT in Cardiology and General Medicine
- Wellcome Clinical Research Fellow
- British Heart Foundation International Fellow
- Research in coronary artery disease and high-risk populations
- Work on nitric oxide and ischaemic pre-conditioning
- Research interests include microparticles, intracoronary imaging and cardiovascular disease in high-risk groups
- Supervisor of MD and PhD fellows at UCL