Our cardio-oncology service focuses on preventing, diagnosing, and treating heart complications that can arise from cancer treatments.
We treat patients who:
- need a heart assessment before cancer treatment begins
- are currently receiving cancer treatment and have developed heart problems
- have developed heart problems from previous cancer treatments
Our cardio-oncology department has been recognised as a ‘Gold Class Centre of Excellence’ by the International Cardio-Oncology Society.
Our consultants
- Dr Alexander Lyon
- Professor Stuart Rosen
- Dr Sohaib Nazir
- Dr Resham Baruah, visiting consultant cardiologist
Our doctors:
- Dr Sivatharshini Ramalingam, cardio-oncology speciality doctor/GP with a special interest in cardio-oncology
- Dr Maria Sol Andres, senior research fellow
- Visiting national and international doctors who we help train in cardio-oncology
Clinical nurse specialist
- Miss Priya Reehal
Administration team
- Miss Stephanie Harwood, medical secretary and patient coordinator
- Miss Sandra Chang, coordinator, Cardio-Oncology Centre of Excellence
Appointments
We offer face-to-face and video appointments. Face-to-face appointments take place at our outpatients department at Royal Brompton Hospital.
How to get an appointment
You can be referred to our service from your doctor – for example, your oncologist, haematologist or cancer surgeon, or your GP.
If you are a healthcare professional, please email a referral letter addressed to one of our consultants. Urgent referrals should be marked appropriately.
We accept referrals from anywhere in the country, and internationally for our private patient service.
Changing your appointment
If you are unable to attend your appointment, please let us know as soon as possible. This means that we can offer the appointment to another patient.
You can change or cancel your appointment by calling 020 7352 8121 ext. 82396. If you have signed up to MyChart, you can also change your appointment via the patient app.
If you miss your appointment and do not let us know, you may be discharged back to your referring doctor.
Before your appointment
You will be invited to have a series of heart tests such as an electrocardiogram (ECG) and echocardiogram. These will take place before your face-to-face or video appointment. You will receive an appointment letter with details of when the tests will take place.
Consultations take place on Mondays (AM), Tuesdays (PM) and Thursdays (PM). Our cardio-oncology clinical nurse specialist-led clinic takes place on Mondays (AM) and Thursdays (PM).
If you have an in-person appointment, please arrive 5-10 minutes before your appointment time.
If you have a video appointment, joining instructions will be sent to you before the appointment. You might need to wait for your clinician to join the call. More information about video appointments can be found on our video appointments page.
If you have an in-person appointment, please bring:
- a list of medicines you are taking
During your appointment
You will be reviewed by a member of our cardio-oncology clinical team either face-to-face or by video.
We are a teaching hospital. Sometimes medical students or visiting healthcare professionals may be present at your appointment. Please let a member of staff know if you would prefer not to have students during your appointment. This will not affect your care.
After your appointment
We’ll arrange any follow-up appointments you may need, including any treatment.
We’ll send a letter to the healthcare professional who referred you. We’ll also send a copy of this letter to you and your GP.
You can use the MyChart patient app to view letters, appointment information and get reminders of upcoming appointments. If you do not have the MyChart app, you will receive appointment reminders via your preferred means of communication.
Contact
Miss Harwood, medical secretary and patient coordinator
Email: S.Harwood@rbht.nhs.uk. We aim to respond to emails as soon as possible.
Location
Address: Royal Brompton Hospital, Fulham Wing, Dovehouse Street, London SW3 6JY
Our outpatients department is on the ground floor, next to the pharmacy and small snack bar.