Dr Tawfiq R Choudhury
MBBS BSc MRCP MD(Res) FRCPC
Consultant General and Interventional Cardiologist
About me
Dr Tawfiq Choudhury is a general and interventional cardiologist at the Lancashire Cardiac Centre (LCC), Blackpool Victoria Hospital. The LCC is the regional heart attack centre for Lancashire and south Cumbria.
He qualified from Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of London, with distinction, in 2005 and completed an intercalated BSc in Molecular Medicine at University College London obtaining a 1st.
He completed his cardiology training in the North West training programme, rotating through the major teaching hospitals and various other hospitals in Greater Manchester and Lancashire. Tawfiq undertook a 2-year period of research work at the London Chest Hospital, Barts Health NHS, London on the role of stem and progenitor cells in heart failure that led to the award of an MD (Res) degree. After completing his cardiology training in the UK, Tawfiq went for an 18-month interventional cardiology fellowship at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.
He has been a Consultant Cardiologist at the Lancashire Cardiac Centre, Blackpool since 2019. He performs a full range of coronary interventions (dealing with narrowing and blockages in the blood vessels that supply the heart).
He is also does TAVI procedures (implanting a new heart valve for severely narrowed aortic valve usually via the artery in the groin).
Tawfiq is also extremely interested in general cardiac health and wellbeing and coronary disease prevention. He does a monthly cholesterol clinic and is a member of the lipid multidisciplinary team. He has an active interest in research and is a Principal Investigator and sub-Investigator on a number of multi-centre clinical trials.
He has presented his work at major national and international conferences and has several publications in the field of cardiology in peer-reviewed journals. He was the lead for cardiac research at the Lancashire Cardiac Centre.
Interests
General adult cardiology
General cardiac health and wellness
Chest pain
Palpitations
Dizziness/blackout
Heart valve disease
Lipid/ cholesterol disorders or checkup
High blood pressure
Advice after heart attack
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (to deal with coronary artery narrowing with balloon angioplasty and stenting)
Ultra-low contrast PCI
Complex PCI
Refractory angina
Microvascular assessment
Shortness of breath for investigation of any cardiac cause
Heart failure
Memberships
Royal College of Physicians London
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Canada
European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
British Medical Association