Dr Bellamy has been a Consultant Cardiologist at Hammersmith Hospital since September 2004. He graduated from the University of London in 1991 (with honours) and also obtained an intercalated BSc in Biochemistry (First Class). He became a Doctor of Medicine in cardiovascular research (MD degree, University of London) in 2002 and received membership of the Royal College of Physicians in 1994, becoming a RCP Fellow in 2012. He completed specialist training in cardiology and general internal medicine in 2003, which included international fellowships abroad at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA (echocardiography/valvular heart disease) and St Vincent’s University Hospital, Sydney, Australia (Interventional Cardiology).
Dr Bellamy has a wide experience in all aspects of general cardiology and performs interventional procedures/angioplasty and stenting in a busy tertiary unit, including primary angioplasty and percutaneous valve interventions. He is a sub-specialty lead for cardiovascular imaging/echo and performs all types of echocardiography including specialist transthoracic, transoesophageal (3D), and stress echo. He takes an active role in both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching within Imperial College. Research interests include valvular heart disease and mitral interventions.
Dr Priya Bhagwat has many years of experience in pathology. She worked in India and the Sultanate of Oman before training and working in histopathology in the UK.
Additional languages spoken: Hindi, Kannada, Marathi
Dr Bharwani completed her medical training at Guy’s, King’s & St Thomas’ schools of medicine and dentistry in London where she qualified with an upper second class honours in basic medical sciences and pharmacology and MBBS with distinction.
Following medical school, Dr Bharwani undertook general medical training in London and Brighton. She obtained membership of the Royal College of Physicians during her general radiology training at St George’s Hospital, London and then went on to become a fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists. She then undertook a body MRI fellowship at Bart’s Health NHS Trust in London with sub-speciality training in gynaecological, urological and oncological imaging.
Medical qualification
Dr Kunwar Bhatia is a consultant general radiologist with a specialist interest in head & neck imaging. He is privileged to be an integral member of several superb multidisciplinary teams with particular strengths in management of head and neck cancer, skull base, airway and thyroid diseases.
Besides clinical service, Dr Bhatia is an active researcher and lecturer, and previously had an academic tenure as clinical associate professor (radiology) under the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2007 to2016). He is enthusiastic about all aspects of head and neck imaging. His current research interests include advanced MRI imaging in head and neck cancer including nasopharyngeal and squamous cell carcinoma, advanced imaging of salivary masses and US elastography in the head and neck.
A few recent publications include:
Routine and advanced ultrasound of major salivary glands. Bhatia KSS, Dai YL. Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2018 May;28(2):273-293.
Thyroid nodule ultrasound: technical advances and future horizons. McQueen AS, Bhatia KS. Insights Imaging. 2015 Apr;6(2):173-88.
The influence of precompression on elasticity of thyroid nodules estimated by ultrasound on shear wave elastography. Lam AC, Pang SW, Ahuja AT, Bhatia KS. Eur Radiol. 2016 Aug;26(8):2845-52.
Feasibility study of texture analysis using ultrasound shear wave elastography to predict malignancy in thyroid nodules. Bhatia KS, Lam AC, Pang SW, Wang D, Ahuja AT. Ultrasound Med Biol. 2016 Jul;42(7):1671-80.
Professor Stephen Brett completed his undergraduate education at the University of Birmingham, and has served with the regular army. He undertook his specialist training in London and is a Doverdale fellow in critical care at the Royal Brompton Hospital. He completed his MD thesis in pulmonary vascular control.