Dr Mark Specterman

Dr Specterman is a Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist. His NHS practice is based at St George’s Hospital, London. He manages patients covering all areas of Cardiology but as a Cardiac Electrophysiologist, he is also a heart rhythm sub-specialist managing and treating patients with arrhythmias (heart rhythm disturbances) like SVT and atrial fibrillation (AF). He commonly sees patient with palpitations, chest pain, breathlessness and blackouts (syncope) and provides expertise in cardiovascular disease, risk management for high blood pressure and high cholesterol. He is also an expert in the management of patients with Inherited cardiac conditions and/or family history of sudden death where he works as part of a world-renowned team at St George’s. This includes patients with cardiomyopathy (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy) and ion channel disorders (long QT syndrome, brugada syndrome, catecholaminergic polmorphic VT).

Dr Specterman completed medical training at Imperial College London in 2005 and went on to specialise in Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology at The Essex Cardiothoracic Centre and Barts Heart Centre, London. His procedural expertise includes cardiac device implantation such as pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) together with ablation of arrhythmia. Dr Specterman also holds a PhD for his research into atrial fibrillation.

Dr Specterman is part of a world-renowned research team at St George’s, University of London alongside his clinical work. This research investigates the mechanisms of arrhythmia, cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease) and inherited cardiac conditions in the search for new anti-arrhythmic therapies and methods of risk stratification of sudden death. As such he is at the forefront of world-leading treatment and research in this area of expertise.