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Punit Ramrakha
Cardiologist
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Cardiologist
Dr Punit Ramrakha has over 20 years of expertise as a consultant cardiologist. He sees patients with coronary heart disease, hypertension, arrhythmia, blackouts and dizziness, heart failure, and valve disease. He is an expert interventional cardiologist with a wide range of experience. He performs surgeries including coronary angioplasty with stents (including complex treatments like rotablation and shock wave therapy), structural cardiac interventions (ASD and PFO closure), and pacemaker implantation. Dr Ramrakha has great attention to detail and a passion for good patient outcomes.
Dr Ramrakha received first-class honours from Cambridge and Oxford Universities and became a Consultant Cardiologist in 2002. His NHS base is at the Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust and the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
He has previously served as the Clinical Director of Medicine at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, as well as the Clinical Lead for Cardiology. He is the current clinical lead for heart failure in Buckinghamshire.
Dr Ramrakha established the Chiltern Hills Heart Practice, Buckinghamshire's first private cardiology clinic, in 2005, and the clinic has always been highly rated by the Care Quality Commission. He co-founded the London Heart Practice in 2020, which provided quality heart care throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
Dr Ramrakha is also well-known in the scientific research world, having written several medical textbooks, including the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, the Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine, and the Oxford Handbook of Cardiology, as well as peer-reviewed journals. He has research interests in vascular biology and the clinical application of novel digital technologies such as the app 'HeartHealth'.
Education
BMBCh
MA
PhD
Memberships
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
British Cardiac Intervention Society