Dr. Tim Lockie  

Consultant Cardiologist

MBChB, BSc.(First Class Hons.), PhD, MRCP, FESC

Dr. Lockie is a consultant cardiologist based at the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust. He grew up in North London, attending University College School, Hampstead, before studying medicine at Edinburgh Unverisity Medical School. During this time he undertook an intercalated degree in Med.Sci gaining First Class honours. After graduation, he undertook his specialist training in cardiology at St Thomas' Hospital in London and at the Academic Medical Centre of Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. He specialises in complex procedures to restore the blood supply to the heart, caused by narrowings or blockages in the coronary arteries. These procedures are called stenting, or PCI and are carried out under local anaesthetic usually through the top of the wrist. Dr. Lockie has an interest in intravascular imaging and coronary physiology and an ongoing involement in cardiovascular research being the principle site investigator for several large, multinational studies. He is the Divisional Clinical Director for the Cardiovascular division at the Royal Free.  In recognition of clinical and academic excellence Dr Lockie was recently elected as Fellow to the European Society of Cardiology (FESC). He has also been appointed Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the Cardiovascular Institute at UCL.

Dr Lockie also sees general cardiology patients presenting with a range of symptoms including shortness of breath, chest pain and angina (including vasospastic or microvascular angina), palpatations diziness and syncope. He believes in a multidisciplinary and holistic approach to the treatment of patients with cardiac problems and utilises the latest and most sophisticated investigations and techniques. Dr Lockie places great importance on the overall cardiovascular health of the patient, carefully assessing their individual cardiac risk factors and coming up with a personalised management plan to improve their heart health. This will include discussions about exercise and diet as well as other medical interventions. He always places the patient's needs and concerns at the centre of any management plan.

GMC number: 4604408

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