Dr Rajesh Chelliah

Professional statement

Dr Rajesh Chelliah is a highly experienced consultant cardiologist who specialises in heart failure, palpitations, arrhythmia, the use and implementation of pacemakers, valvular heart disease, as well as performing echocardiograms. He currently practises privately at both the Spire Leicester Hospital as well as the Spire Nottingham Hospital. 

Dr Chelliah, who was first officially appointed as a consultant cardiologist in 2016 upon successful completion of his cardiology training in the East Midlands South Deanery, is an expert in two main categories: advanced echocardiography and advanced cardiac device implementation for all cardiac rhythm disorders. He can offer patients specific blood tests for heart disease risk, cholesterol level tests, 3D echocardiogram, strain analysis echocardiogram, as well as stress electrocardiograms, but to mention a few. 

Notably, he is fully accredited by the British Society of Echocardiography, and has published extensively in highly established medical journals, with a particular focus on cardiac rhythm disorders. He is the current head of the cardiology department and lead for acute cardiology at Glenfield Hospital, and also the lead cardiologist for the regional NHS cardiac device extraction programme.