Tevfik Ismail
Consultant cardiologist and reader
Biography
Tevfik Ismail is a consultant cardiologist at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and adjunct reader at King’s College London.
He is clinical lead for inflammatory myocardial and pericardial diseases and deputy clinical lead for the adult non-congenital cardiovascular magnetic resonance clinical service.
He runs weekly clinics for:
- inherited cardiac conditions
- heart failure
- general cardiology
He also runs a monthly joint cardiology-rheumatology clinic.
He is part of the eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) service at Guy's and St Thomas'. He also works closely with the Bexley community heart failure service, running a monthly clinic at Queen Mary's hospital, Sidcup.
Education and training
- Bachelor of Science (BSc) (Hons), Imperial College London
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Imperial College London (St Mary’'s Hospital Medical School)
- Membership of the Royal College of Physicians UK (MRCPUK), Royal College of Physicians
- PhD, Imperial College London
- Postgraduate Certificate of Academic Practice in Higher Education (PGCAP), King's College London
- Certificate of completion training (CCT) in cardiology and general internal medicine, North Thames Rotation (Harefield Hospital, Hammersmith Hospital, Royal Brompton Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital, Northwick Park Hospital, Watford General Hospital, Colchester General Hospital)
- Fellow of the Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
- Fellow of the American College of Cardiologists
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
- Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology
- Fellow of the American Heart Association
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) Level III accreditation in cardiovascular magnetic resonance
- Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) Level III accreditation in cardiovascular CT
- British Society of Echocardiography transthoracic accreditation
Research interests
- Inflammatory heart muscle disease
- Myocarditis
- Myocardial mechanics
- Magnetic resonance elastography
- Diagnosing and assessing inherited and acquired cardiomyopathy
- Translational research (advanced imaging)
- mHealth and medication adherence
Awards
- Graduated with numerous prizes and distinctions in medicine, surgery, pathology, clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
- Proxime accesitt to the University of London gold medal
- Finalist at Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) young investigator prize competition
- Finalist at British Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (BSCMR) young investigator prize competition
Publications
Last updated: December 2024