Professor Sagar Doshi

Professional statement

Professor Sagar Doshi is a highly experienced consultant cardiologist specialising in interventional cardiology and valvular heart disease, with a focus on TAVI (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation), mitral regurgitation, heart valve surgery, echocardiography, and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. He privately practises at The Harborne Hospital - part of HCA Healthcare, and his NHS base is Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.

Professor Doshi is the director of the TAVI programme at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, where he initiated the service in 2008. To date, he has performed over 1,800 TAVI procedures for patients with severe aortic stenosis, and more than 2,200 percutaneous coronary interventions (including angioplasties and coronary stents). In addition to his expertise in aortic valve interventions, Professor Doshi specialises in Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair (TEER), an innovative treatment for mitral and tricuspid regurgitation, providing cutting-edge care for complex valvular heart diseases.

After completing his MBChB and BSc (Hons) from the University of Wales in 1990, Professor Doshi embarked on a distinguished career in cardiology. He went on to be awarded an MD from the Wales Heart Research Institute, supported by a British Heart Foundation Junior Research Fellowship. He then completed an Interventional Cardiology Fellowship at the world-renowned Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, USA. Upon returning to the UK in 2002, Professor Doshi joined the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.

In addition to his clinical practice, Professor Doshi holds esteemed academic positions as an Honorary Professor at University College Birmingham and an Honorary Associate Clinical Professor at the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham Medical School. An active researcher and educator, he is committed to training the next generation of cardiologists and regularly lectures both nationally and internationally on topics related to interventional cardiology and valvular heart disease.

Professor Doshi is an FACC and FRCP member of the Royal College of Physicians, and his professional memberships include the British Cardiovascular Society and the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society. His contributions to cardiology have had an impact both in the UK and internationally, where he has proctored TAVI procedures in countries such as Japan and the United States.