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Dr Vikas Kapil

Consultant Cardiovascular Physician at St Bartholomew's Hospital

Vikas Kapil read Medicine and Anatomy at Queen’s College, Cambridge, achieving first-class undergraduate honours, before transferring to University College London Medical School for his clinical training.

He completed postgraduate training at St Thomas’ and St Bartholomew’s Hospitals, and was awarded a PhD at the William Harvey Research Institute for his research into the effects of inorganic nitrate on the human cardiovascular system.

Since 2015, he has been a Senior Lecturer at WHRI and a Consultant at Barts Heart Centre.

He is an internationally accredited hypertension specialist (BIHS, ESH and ISH) and leads the European Society of Hypertension–accredited Barts Blood Pressure Centre of Excellence.

Treatments and procedures

  • Hypertension
  • Hypotension
  • PoTS
  • Cardiovascular autonomic disorders
  • Medicines intolerance
  • Assessment for renal denervation

Research interests

  • Optimal therapies for aortic dissection and aortopathies
  • Novel treatments for hypertension, including device based therapies
  • Nitric oxide and cardiovascular disease

Dr Vikas Kapil - Queen Mary University of London

Dr Vikas Kapil - Google Scholar

Leadership roles

  • Chair, Medicines Expenditure Committee, Barts Health NHS Trust
  • Deputy Director, Education, William Harvey Research Institute
  • Deputy Lead, Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Devices, William Harvey Research Institute
Speciality Blood Pressure
Consultant services Cardiovascular Medicine
Languages Spoken English
Available for private patient work Yes, find out more
GMC number 6052575
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