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Dr Ross Hunter

Consultant cardiologist at St Bartholemew's Hospital

Dr Hunter is a consultant cardiologist specialising in arrhythmia management at The Barts Heart Centre, the largest cardiac centre and the largest arrhythmia unit in Europe. He performs the full range of catheter ablation procedures for cardiac arrhythmias and pacing procedures.

He attended medical school at Guy's King's and St Thomas' Medical School where he graduated with distinction. He trained as a cardiologist in the London deanery as a registrar before reading for a PhD at St Bartholomew’s Hospital on novel methods of catheter ablation for AF. He went on to subspecialty training in arrhythmia management at Barts before qualifying as a consultant in 2013.

Treatments and procedures

My main interest is arrhythmia management and my clinical practice is mostly centred around this. I have a particular interest in catheter ablation of AF and lead clinical research and trials on AF ablation. I am the AF lead at The Barts Heart Centre and perform approximately 200 AF ablations annually (one of the highest volumes in the UK).

He performs:

  • Catheter ablation of cardiac arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation (AF)
  • Atrial tachycardia (AT)
  • Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)
  • Atrial flutter
  • Ventricular ectopy (VE)
  • Ventricular tachycardia (VT)
  • Implantation, revision and extraction of pacing devices including pacemakers, defibrillators (ICD) including subcutaneous ICDs, biventricular pacemakers and defibrillators (CRT), and implantable loop recorders (reveal devices).

Research interests

He is active in clinical research and runs trials of new techniques and technologies in mapping and ablation of AF.

Leadership roles

  • He is the clinical lead for AF services and we now provide the largest service for AF ablation in Europe
  • He is a reader at QMUL and supervise several PhDs on AF ablation.
  • He is also the editor in chief for cardiac rhythm news
Speciality
Consultant services Cardiology
Languages Spoken English
Available for private patient work Yes, find out more
GMC number 6031316
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