Birmingham Heart Clinic

Birmingham Heart Clinic (BHC) was established in 2012 with the aim of improving heart health for the local community. 

Dr Chetan Varma

Dr Chetan Varma qualified from Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, University of London. He was awarded several undergraduate prizes. He then underwent training at the major London teaching hospitals of Royal Brompton, Hammersmith, St Thomas', St George', Great Ormond Street and the Royal Free. He was awarded a one year fellowship at Toronto General Hospital (Canada) as well as a British Heart Foundation Fellowship.

Dr Chetan Varma has extensive experience of managing those with hypertension and high cholesterol as well as those with a pre-existing diagnosis of established coronary artery disease, angina, heart valve disease or heart failure. He is an expert in evaluating symptoms of chest pain, breathlessness, palpitations and dizziness and has performed thousands of coronary interventions and has nationally recognised excellent outcomes for this. Dr Varma's research has been published extensively in international journals and presented widely.

Dr Varma was the lead of the Cardiology Department at Birmingham City and Sandwell Hospitals. He is currently Group Director of Medicine and Emergency at both hospitals, overseeing over 100 Medical Consultants.