Professor Divaka Perera graduated in medicine from Cambridge University and completed his early clinical training at Addenbrooke’s, Papworth and West Suffolk hospitals. He undertook specialist training in cardiology in south London and sub-speciality training in interventional cardiology at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals. In 2008, he received a senior lectureship award from the Department of Health, Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and the UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC). He was also appointed to the post of consultant cardiologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital. He was promoted to reader in interventional cardiology in 2013 and to professor of cardiology in 2017. In addition to his clinical and research roles, he teaches undergraduate medical students and supervises postgraduate researchers towards MSc, MD and PhD degrees at King’s College London.
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Ozan M Demir, Haseeb Rahman, Tim P van de Hoef, Javier Escaned, Jan J Piek, Sven Plein, Divaka Perera Lay Summary – Discussing how doctors can use knowledge of the INOCA and its mechanisms to inform management and treatment of the patient https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab548
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Sinha Aish, Rahman Haseeb, Perera Divaka Lay Summary – Discussing recent advances in understanding CMD, testing, managenent and what the future might hold. https://journals.lww.com/cardiovascularendocrinology/Fulltext/2021/03000/Coronary_microvascular_disease__current_concepts.4.aspx
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https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab653/6371296
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Haseeb Rahman, Matthew Ryan, Matthew Lumley, Bhavik Modi, Hannah McConkey, Howard Ellis, Cian Scannell, Brian Clapp, Michael Marber, Andrew Webb, Amedeo Chiribiri, Divaka Perera.Lay Summary – The research identifying two types of Coronary Microvascular Dysfunctionhttps://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.119.041595
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Haseeb Rahman, PhD, Ozan M. Demir, MBBS, Matthew Ryan, MBChB, Hannah McConkey, MBBS, Cian Scannell, MRes, Howard Ellis, BSc, Andrew Webb, PhD, Amedeo Chiribiri, PhD, and Divaka Perera, MDLay Summary – Investigating how the use of certain drugs in testing, can help accurate diagnosis and inform treatment.https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/epub/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.120.009019
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Haseeb Rahman, David Corcoran, Muhammad Aetesam-ur-Rahman, Stephen P Hoole, Colin Berry, Divaka Perera.Lay Summary – Defining the specific type of CMVD in patients can improve managementhttps://heart.bmj.com/content/105/20/1536
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Haseeb Rahman, Ozan M. Demir, Faisal Khan, Matthew Ryan, Howard Ellis, Mark T. Mills, Amedeo Chiribiri, Andrew Webb and Divaka PereraLay Summary – 2020 research outlining two different types of Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction and the possible benefits of tailored treatments.http://www.onlinejacc.org/content/75/20/2538
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Aish Sinha, Haseeb Rahman, Divaka PereraLay Summary – Discusses the causes and processes of Microvascular Dysfunction.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32852345/
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Sinha, Aish; Rahman, Haseeb; Perera, DivakaLay Summary – Discusses advances in understanding, diagnosis and management of CMDhttps://journals.lww.com/cardiovascularendocrinology/Fulltext/2021/03000/Coronary_microvascular_disease__current_concepts.4.aspx
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