Oliver Segal qualified from King's College Hospital, London in 1995 and trained in cardiac electrophysiology and device implantation at St Mary's and St George's Hospitals in London. In 2004 he won 1st prize in the prestigious Heart Rhythm Society Young Investigator Award for Clinical Research in San Francisco, USA for his work on ventricular tachycardia which he undertook at the National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College, London. He was then selected for and completed a fellowship in Pacing and Electrophysiology at Professor George Klein's world famous laboratory in London, Ontario, Canada.
Dr Segal is a Consultant Cardiologist at The Heart Hospital, University College London Hospital and The Harley Street Clinic hospitals, London. He has been practising electrophysiology for 10 years, and he has performed 1000 ablations and over 600 device implantation procedures, including pacemakers, defibrillators (ICDs), biventricular pacemakers and left atrial appendage occlusion devices (Watchman). He has published widely on all aspects of arrhythmias and has presented his work at numerous national and international conferences. His special interests include atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, ablation and cardiac resynchronisation therapy.
Personal treatment philosophy: Patients deserve the best quality healthcare provided by highly trained professionals. I am proud to be able to offer the state of the art in treatment for arrhythmia patients and especially to have been the first to offer the laser balloon to patients in the UK.
Consultant Profile