Dr Edward Leatham
MA Cantab, MBBS, MD, MRCP
Consultant Cardiologist and Physician
With over 25 years experience in cardiology and internal medicine, Edward has been practicing cardiology in Guildford since 1998. He was lead clinician and R&D lead at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, where he established services including: one-stop chest pain clinic, diagnostic angiography and pacing service, transoesophageal echo, stress perfusion echocardiography, cardiac MRI and cardiac CT.
He is Director and Founder of the Surrey Cardiovascular Clinic, and until October 2021 was one of the six cardiologists responsible for the NHS Guildford Coronary Care Unit (CCU), as well as honorary consultant at Frimley Park NHS Trust and the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, where he treated patients with angioplasty and coronary stents.
He is also co-founder of the Heart and Stroke Trust Endeavour (HASTE) charity and Managing Director of VCL Surrey.
- Specialist Areas:
Adult Cardiology
Blood test interpretation
Blood pressure assessment
Cardiac CT angiography
Cardiac imaging
Echocardiography
ECG monitoring and interpretation
One-stop chest pain clinic
Outpatient consultation and testing
Pacing and devices
Stress Echocardiography
Stress ECG
- Conditions seen and treated:
Atrial fibrillation
Breathlessness
Cardiomyopathy
Cardiovascular risk factor management
Chest pain/angina
Heart murmur
Heart valve disease
Hypertension (raised blood pressure)
Palpitation or arrhythmia
Syncope