Dr. Gherardo Finocchiaro

CONSULTANT CARDIOLOGIST

Dr. Gherardo Finocchiaro

MD, PhD, FESC

19 Years of Experience

GMC –  7401939


ABOUT Dr. Gherardo Finocchiaro

Dr Gherardo Finocchiaro is a Consultant Cardiologist at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Reader (Associate Professor) in Cardiology at City St George’s, University of London.

Dr Finocchiaro specialises in cardiomyopathies, heart failure, and ‘athlete’s heart’. His particular interest is in heart muscle diseases which often have a genetic basis such as arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. He also deals with a number of other conditions including hypertension, heart failure, suspected coronary artery disease, and valvular heart disease.

Dr Finocchiaro gained his medical degree at the University of Trieste in Italy. He went on to study at Stanford University where he researched hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and athlete’s heart. Following this, he specialised in cardiovascular magnetic resonance at The Heart Hospital Imaging Center as well as St George’s Hospital in London. Dr Finocchiaro then completed a PhD focusing on sudden death in athletes, family screening in decedents of sudden death, and physiological adaptation to exercise. He won a number of awards for his work and was a finalist for the European Society of Cardiology Young Investigator Award in 2015. He has also published his work in international journals.

Dr Finocchiaro also holds level III accreditation in CMR (EACVI) and is accredited in echocardiography by the British Society of Echocardiography.

Dr. Gherardo Finocchiaro CREDENTIALS

  • Heart Muscle
  • Disease/Cardiomyopathy
  • Health Assessments
  • Arrhythmia (Irregular Heartbeat)
  • Inherited Cardiac Conditions
  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
  • Heart Failure
  • 2019: PhD, St George’s University of London
  • 2019: PhD, St George’s University of London
  • 2016: accreditation British Society of Echocardiography (transthoracic echocardiography)
  • 2013: post-doctoral research fellowship diploma at Stanford University (California, US), Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center
  • 2013: accreditation (level II) in cardiac MRI (The Heart Hospital, UCLH)
  • 2012: specialization in Cardiology (50/50 cum laude) University of Trieste
  • 2007: degree in Medicine and Surgery (110/110 cum laude) University of Trieste
  • 2001: high school diploma (classical lyceum)
  • English
  • Italian

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