Dr Ashan Gunarathne

Consultant interventional cardiologist and associate professor in Nottinghamshire & Birmingham

MBBS MRCP MD

GMC: 6067087

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Dr Ashan Gunarathne is a highly revered consultant interventional cardiologist based in Nottinghamshire, Birmingham and Nottingham, who specialises in chest pain, palpitations and shortness of breath alongside atrial fibrillation, angina and coronary heart disease. He privately practises at The Park Hospital - part of Circle Health Group, The Priory Hospital - part of Circle Health Group and the Spire Nottingham Hospital.

He first completed his Cardiology training in the East Midlands then went on to obtain further training in performing complex coronary and structural interventions (CTOs, TAVI, LAAO, PFO) during his fellowship. Subsequently, he completed a higher academic research degree leading to many peer-reviewed publications in high impact factor journals as well as a Doctor of Medicine degree (MD) from the University of Birmingham.

Qualifications notwithstanding, he also pioneered a myriad of state-of-the-art, novel structural interventional services to the NUH, acting as the clinical lead for left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) service. He affiliated to the University of Nottingham as an assistant professor and is currently working as clinical lead for the undergraduate cardiology teaching program.

Dr Gunarathne is a keen researcher and has contributed many clinical national and international cardiology clinical trials as a local principal investigator. He is an author of more than fifty publications and book chapters and has delivered academic lecturers in both national and international conferences and eager to continue and expand research in Nottingham.

On a similar scale, he is passionate about contributing towards national and International educational programs. He is the course director of the Introduction to Cardiac Structural Intervention (ICSI -UK) International cardiology course. He has served as a committee member of the Royal College of Physicians National Trainees committee (RCP-UK), as well as being deputy chair for the MRCP management committee board and a representative of British Junior Cardiologist Association-UK for the Euro-PCR Young Cardiologists of Tomorrows committee.

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Credentials

GMC: ‍6067087

Professional experience

• More than 20 years of experience
• Consultant interventional cardiologist, The Park Hospital
• Consultant interventional cardiologist, The Priory Hospital
• Consultant interventional cardiologist, Spire Nottingham Hospital
• Consultant cardiologist specialising in coronary and structural interventions, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH)

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Sub-specialties

• Heart disease
• Coronary and structural interventions
• Ischemic heart disease
• Left atrial appendage occlusion (atrial fibrillation related)
• Stenting
• Palpitations
• Valve disease

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Positions in public associations

• Service lead for structural intervention, Left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO), Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) (Present)
• Principal investigator, Clinical national and international cardiology clinical trials
• Committee member, Royal College of Physicians National Trainees (RCP-UK)
• Deputy chair, MRCP management committee board
• British Junior Cardiology Association-UK committee representative, Euro-PCR Young Cardiologists of Tomorrows committee

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Teaching posts

• Honorary assistant professor of Cardiology, University of Nottingham (2020 to present)
• Clinical lead, Cardiology undergraduate cardiology teaching program (present)
• Honorary senior lecturer, University of Birmingham (2016 - 2018)
• Lecturer in Medicine, University of Birmingham (2010 - 2015)

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Education

• MD, Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Birmingham (2012)
• MRCP, Royal College of Physicians, UK (2005)
• MBBS, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2000)

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Publications and conferences

• You can see Dr Gunarathne's publications on ResearchGate.
• Gunarathne A, et al., The impact of learning-curve-experience on transcatheter aortic valve replacement outcomes: Insights from the United Kingdom and Ireland all-comers second-generation ACURATE neo™ transcatheter aortic heart valve registry. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2022: 99:1172-1180.
• Rampat R, Khawaja MZ, Byrne J, Gunarathne, A., et al., Conduction abnormalities and permanent pacemaker implantation after transcatheter aortic valve implantation using the repositionable LOTUS device: UK experience. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2017 :10:1247-1253
• Sundeep Kalra, Sami Firoozi, Blackman DJ, Krishnamurthy., Gunarathne, A., et al., . Initial experience of a second generation Self-expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve: The Uk & Ireland Evolut TM R Implanters’ registry. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2017:10;3:276-282
• Rampat R, Khawaja MZ, Byrne J, Gunarathne,A., et al., Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Using the Repositionable LOTUS Valve: United Kingdom Experience. JACC Cardiovasc Interv.2016 Feb 22;9:367-72
• Gunarathne , A, & Gershlick A: Clinical utility of Prasugral in acute coronary syndromes, Invited review, Expert Review of Therapeutics, Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2016 Oct 4

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Prizes and awards

• Award, Best-case presentation: Coronary complications course, Derby (2014)
• British Cardiovascular Society Research Bursary, Oral Presentation in ESC (2013)
• Primary recipient of the Evans & Gainsford R&D Research Grant Award, Developing a novel technique to assess vascular structure & function, University of Birmingham

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Professional membership

• Royal College of Physicians (RCP)
• Medical Defence Union (MDU)
• British Society of Coronary Interventions (BCIS)
• British Medical Association (BMA)
• British Cardiac Society (BCS)

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Languages spoken

English
Sindhi