Dr Bhavesh Sachdev

Dr Bhavesh Sachdev is a Consultant Cardiologist based at the Royal Berkshire Hopstial NHS Foundation Trust in Reading. He is also Honorary Consultant Cardiologist at Imperial College Hospitals NHS Trust in London.

Dr Sachdev has trained in all aspects of General Cardiology and has a special interest in ischaemic heart disease and coronary intervention, coronary artery disease, uncontrolled hypertension, inherited heart muscle disease, arrhythmias, syncope, heart rhythm abnormalities, cardiac causes of loss of consciousness and inherited heart muscle disease.

He undertakes a wide spectrum of cases including medical negligence, criminal prosecution and defence; and fitness to attend trial.

Dr Sachdev has been involved in several high profile cases including the first ‘cash for crash’ fatality in Europe. Following these cases, the Criminal Prosecution Service were keen to use his expertise and invited him to enrol on to the National Injuries Database, where he is also registered.

Dr Sachdev has a keen interest in education, he is widely published both developing and editing a contemporary series on Cardiovascular Intervention in a peer-reviewed journal.

Awarded the prestigious Shillingford Fellowship from the British Heart Foundation for research in Inherited Heart Muscle Disease (cardiomyopathy) at St Georges Hospital Cardiovascular Unit, London.