Dr Somnath Kumar
Dr Somnath Kumar is a Consultant Cardiologist in Lancashire
NHS base
Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool Fylde and Wrye Hospital NHS Trust
GMC Number
Clinic Timetable
Clinical interests
Chest pain/coronary artery disease, Coronary angioplasty/stent (PCI), Palpitations/arrhythmia, Pacemaker insertion. Breathlessness/heart failure, Hypertension, Faint/blackouts/syncope, Cardiomyopathy, Valvular heart disease, Pericardial disease, Hyperlipidaemia, Assessment of chest pain, Breathlessness, Palpitations, Dizzy spells, High blood pressure, Heart failure, Angiography, Angina, Valvular heart disease, Coronary stenting, Echocardiography, Arrhythmias, Angioplasty, Pacemaker insertion. T
Professional Memberships
Royal Collage of Physicians
GMC
BMA
British Cardiovascular intervention Society
British Cardiovascular Society BIDA
Academic Background
Medical Qualification: MB BS, DMRD, MRCP Year of Registration: 1998 ( GMC ) 1992 (MB BS) 1998 ( MRCP )
Career History: Trained as a specialist in Cardiology in the North-West, Midlands and London Rotation for over seven years. Undertook two years of active clinical research in the Lancashire Cardiac Centre and University of Liverpool. Formerly clinical lead for the Cardiac Network of Lancashire and Cumbria. Currently work across both hospitals at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and the Lancashire Cardiac Centre in Blackpool, undertaking angioplasty and stent insertion.
NHS base
Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool Fylde and Wrye Hospital NHS Trust
GMC Number
Clinic Timetable
Clinical interests
Chest pain/coronary artery disease, Coronary angioplasty/stent (PCI), Palpitations/arrhythmia, Pacemaker insertion. Breathlessness/heart failure, Hypertension, Faint/blackouts/syncope, Cardiomyopathy, Valvular heart disease, Pericardial disease, Hyperlipidaemia, Assessment of chest pain, Breathlessness, Palpitations, Dizzy spells, High blood pressure, Heart failure, Angiography, Angina, Valvular heart disease, Coronary stenting, Echocardiography, Arrhythmias, Angioplasty, Pacemaker insertion. T
Professional Memberships
Royal Collage of Physicians
GMC
BMA
British Cardiovascular intervention Society
British Cardiovascular Society BIDA
Academic Background
Medical Qualification: MB BS, DMRD, MRCP Year of Registration: 1998 ( GMC ) 1992 (MB BS) 1998 ( MRCP )
Career History: Trained as a specialist in Cardiology in the North-West, Midlands and London Rotation for over seven years. Undertook two years of active clinical research in the Lancashire Cardiac Centre and University of Liverpool. Formerly clinical lead for the Cardiac Network of Lancashire and Cumbria. Currently work across both hospitals at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and the Lancashire Cardiac Centre in Blackpool, undertaking angioplasty and stent insertion.
