Overview
Dr Amardeep Dastidar qualified in 2004 and has been practicing cardiology for over 15 years. His specialist training in cardiology was undertaken in the Severn Deanery. He undertook a period of out of programme research studying the novel diagnostic role of cardiac magnetic resonance in acute coronary syndrome, culminating in the award of a PhD from the University of Bristol. He has got >100 publications in high impact journals and won multiple international young investigator awards. His sub-specialist cardiology training in the coronary intervention was undertaken in the South West of England. He was appointed as Consultant Cardiologist at the North Bristol NHS Trust and Bristol Heart Institute in May 2020. He is based in both hospitals & takes part in the regional (tertiary) 24/7 heart attack service (primary PCI on call) at Bristol Heart Institute. He was awarded the prestigious Fellow of European Society of Cardiology in 2021.
He is actively involved in research and an investigator for various international research studies. He is the cardiology lead for research, audit and rehab at North Bristol NHS Trust.
He has an active interest in teaching. He has supervised numerous medical students. He is regularly invited to teach and lecture at various international, national and local meetings/conferences (European Society of Cardiology Congress, EuroPCR, British Cardiovascular Society Conference, ACI meeting etc).