I qualified with a 1st Class Honours Degree in Physiology in 1971 at University College London. I graduated in medicine at University College London in 1974. I did my postgraduate training in medicine at University College and The Whittington Hospitals. I was a British Heart Foundation Junior Research Fellow at The Royal Brompton Hospital where my medical thesis (MD) was accepted in 1980. My specialist training in cardiology was at The London Chest Hospital as a registrar and at The Royal Free and Harefield Hospitals as a Senior Registrar.

I became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1977 and a Fellow in 1994. I am also a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology and The American College of Cardiology.

I was appointed a consultant cardiologist in 1987 and now work at Barnet & Chase Farm and The Royal Free Hospital NHS Trusts.

I am President of The Section of Cardiology of The Royal Society of Medicine reponsible for a programme of training for the next generation of Cardiologists.

I treat all forms of adult heart disease and work as an interventional cardiologist carrying out cardiac catheterization and coronary angioplasty. I also implant pacemaker devices.