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London Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist
MBBS MD FRCP (London) FHRS
Consultant Cardiologist London
Atrial Fibrillation London
Dr Oliver Segal has 25 years’ experience in the management of arrhythmias, performing catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias, as well as implanting pacemakers, defibrillators and other cardiac devices. Dr Segal specialises in electrophysiology – the study of heart rhythm disorders.
He focuses on seeing patients with rapid palpitations and tachycardias, irregular heartbeats, ectopic or ‘skipped’ beats, pauses and slow heartbeats, dizzy spells and blackouts, including patients with breathlessness and tiredness due to atrial fibrillation (AF). He is an expert in performing electrophysiology studies, catheter ablation for all types of arrhythmia and implanting pacemakers, defibrillators (ICDs), loop recorders and biventricular pacing systems.
He has performed over 2,500 electrophysiology studies and ablations and over 1,800 device implantation procedures. He also performs pacemaker lead extraction and implants left atrial appendage occlusion devices (the Watchman and Amulet devices) for patients with AF and high risk of stroke who cannot take anticoagulants or when anticoagulants have failed.
London Cardiologist Dr Oliver Segal sees patients privately at The Harley Street Clinic.
‘Overwhelmingly positive. I felt that the advice given was practical and pragmatic. Oliver appears to give the unvarnished truth and is extremely helpful in presenting the options and evaluating the possible outcomes. The follow up is concise and thorough. I would unhesitatingly recommend him’
Dr Segal’s clinical and research endeavours centre around atrial fibrillation ablation, mapping ventricular arrhythmias and diagnostics for SVT. He also has specialist interests in conduction disease in patients with myotonic dystrophy and the development of scoring systems to identify risk factors to guide cardiac device implantation in different patient groups. He presents and publishes widely on key aspects of cardiac arrhythmias and device implantation both nationally and internationally.
Dr Segal graduated from King’s College London and King’s College Hospital, London in 1995. He trained in general cardiology at St Bartholomew’s and The London Chest Hospitals. His specialist postgraduate training in cardiology and electrophysiology and device implantation was undertaken at St Mary’s Hospital, The Heart Hospital (UCLH) and St George’s Hospital in London. In 2007 he completed a fellowship in pacing and electrophysiology at Prof George Klein’s world-renowned electrophysiology unit in London, Ontario, Canada.
During his training, Dr Segal undertook a period of research on mapping complex ventricular arrhythmias at The National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London and was awarded his doctorate (MD) for this work in 2008. He presented part of that research at the 2004 Heart Rhythm Society in San Francisco, USA where he won first prize in the highly prestigious Young Investigator Award competition for clinical research.
Dr Segal was appointed as a Consultant Cardiologist in London, in the ‘NHS at The Heart Hospital’ (University College London Hospitals, 2008) moving to the Barts Heart Centre, St Bartholomew’s Hospital in April 2015 when services were transferred. He is Lead for Education and Training in Electrophysiology and Programme Director for Overseas Fellows as well as lead for the Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Device programme. He is also Lead for Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology at University College Hospital and runs weekly arrhythmia clinics.
He sees patients privately at The Harley Street Clinic. He was made a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society and Royal College of Physicians in 2013.
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