Dr Roger Chatoor
MBBS FRCP FSCAI FRACP FACC
Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Roger Chatoor is a Consultant Cardiologist with a special interest in coronary intervention. He has additional expertise in complex intervention including Intravascular Lithotripsy and Rotablation.
Dr Chatoor undertook his undergraduate training at The University of The West Indies. He then moved to the UK and completed his training as a Cardiologist at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital in London. He did his Interventional Fellowship in Vancouver.
He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in London. He became a Fellow of the Society of Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions after completing an Interventional Fellowship in Canada.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. More recently he became a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology for his contribution to the field.
Clinical Interests: He has expertise in many aspects of general cardiology including heart failure, hypertension, cardiac arrhythmias, valvular heart disease, neurocardiogenic syncope and cardiac rhythm management. His main interest is in the field of complex coronary intervention including Rotablation and Intravascular Lithotripsy.
Procedures: Dr Chatoor undertakes a wide range of cardiological procedures including pacemaker and ICD implantation, cardiac resynchronisation device implantation, transoesophageal echocardiography, loop recorder implantation, as well as external and internal cardioversion. He dedicated a large part of his clinical practice to complex coronary intervention.
Academic Background: He spent two years conducting research at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospital in London, looking at the role of cardiac resynchronisation therapy in the management of heart failure. As part of a research group, he implanted the first biventricular pacemaker in the United Kingdom.
Interventional Fellowship: In 2004 he undertook an Interventional Fellowship at The Royal Columbian Hospital in Vancouver where he gained further expertise in the field of coronary intervention.