Dr Wala Mattar

CONSULTANT CARDIOLOGIST

Dr. Wala Mattar

BSc, MD, FRCP (UK)

22 years of experience

GMC – 7009351

ABOUT Dr. Wala Mattar

Dr. Wala Mattar qualified from the Arabian Gulf University in the Kingdom of Bahrain in 2004, then specialised in internal medicine and cardiology. She came to UK in 2011 to train in cardiology at Harefield Hospital. Her subspecialty interest is coronary and structural intervention and permanent pacemaker insertion.

In 2018, she was appointed as a consultant cardiologist at Watford General Hospital and Harefield Hospital.

Dr Mattar is the lead cardiologist for PFO closure programme at Watford General Hospital. She chairs the weekly joint cardiology and cardiothoracic and the monthly structural multidisciplinary team meetings. She is the lead for British Cardiovascular Intervention Society (BCIS) audit at the West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust.

Dr. Wala Mattar CREDENTIALS

Dr Wala Mattar has published a number of papers and articles in journals including:

  • American Journal of Cardiology
  • British Journal of Cardiology
  • Catheterization Cardiovascular Intervention

She has been a speaker in international interventional cardiology meetings like EuroPCR and TCT.

Dr Wala Mattar has an interest in medical education and regularly trains undergaduate medical students and post-graduate trainees. She started bi-monthly cardiology journal club and teaching sessions at Watford General Hospital.

She has been teaching the Harefield Hospital PACES courses since 2015.

  • Coronary Artery Disease
  • Coronary Stent Insertion
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Angioplasty
  • Angina
  • Heart Valve Problems
  • Heart Blocks
  • Interventional Cardiology
  • Heart Failure
  • Arabian Gulf University
    Medicine, Graduated 2004
  • MRCP (UK) 2007
  • M.D. (Arabian Gulf University / Bahrain) 2004
  • BSc. (Arabian Gulf University / Bahrain) 2002
  • FRCP (UK) 2023
  • English
  • Arabic

What Our Patients Say?

Every heartbeat tells a story! Read how our patients found hope, healing, and confidence in our cardiology health services.