Dr Piyush Jain

I have a special interest in premature coronary artery disease and subclinical coronary artery disease i.e. detection prior to symptoms. This also formed the basis of my MD at Imperial College London, supported by a Research Council UK fellowship. The research involved assessing ethnic differences in cardiovascular risk in patients without known coronary artery disease with use of Cardiac CT, Nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging and echocardiography. I have over 10 years in all the above imaging modalities and now train juniors/ non specialists in these techniques.

The research led to an MD from Imperial College London and multiple high impact presentations and publications.

I have a keen interest in valvular heart disease and cardiac imaging. As a result, I am the departmental lead for echocardiography and also lead the heart valve surveillance service at West Hertfordshire NHS trust.

I enjoy interaction with my patients and spend as much time with them as needed to get both a clear diagnosis and clarification of all the findings and diagnosis to the patient. I ensure that they understand their disease, prognosis and future plans as well as rational for ongoing treatment. This allows for individualised medicine as far as possible, as well as shared decision making.