Professor Riyaz Patel

Riyaz Patel is a Professor of Cardiology at University College London and a Consultant Cardiologist at Barts Health and UCLH NHS Trusts.

He graduated in medicine from King’s College London in 2001 and completed general medical and specialist cardiology training in teaching hospitals across London and at Emory University in Atlanta, USA.

Professor Patel is a highly experienced cardiologist treating all cardiac symptoms and diagnoses, with a strong background in general medicine. He is widely regarded by his peers as an excellent diagnostician, practising robust evidence-based medicine.

In addition, he has specific research and clinical expertise in cardiovascular (heart attack and stroke) risk and prevention of heart disease, with a focus on atherosclerosis and cholesterol abnormalities such as familial hypercholesterolemia. He offers a unique approach to helping patients with these conditions by harnessing his academic understanding of their molecular and genetic causes.

Related to this expertise, he is recognized as a leader in the field, and steers strategic development of CVD prevention efforts across East and North London shaping the priorities for cholesterol and blood pressure management in the population while also serving as a topic advisor for NICE and is the UK’s reviewer for European guidelines on dyslipidemias and CVD prevention.