Professor Clive Handler is a Cardiologie practitioner based in London, Verenigd Koninkrijk, practising at Universidad Complutense de Madrid Teaching Hospital. They have 49+ years of clinical experience. Procedures focus on cardiac consultation, echocardiogram, stress test, holter monitor, coronary angiography. Educated at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (MD, 2006). Serves patients in London, Verenigd Koninkrijk and the surrounding area.
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Professor Clive Handler is an experienced consultant cardiologist working in the National Pulmonary Hypertension Unit at the Royal Free Hospital in London, and an Honorary Consultant Cardiologist at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital. He is an Honorary Clinical Professor, Division of Medicine, UCL. His first NHS consultant appointment was at Northwick Park and St Mary's Hospitals and he was also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College.
He has considerable experience in general adult cardiology with expertise in pulmonary hypertension and unexplained breathlessness, cardiovascular prevention, high blood pressure, heart failure, chest pain, palpitation and dizzy turns.
He is a tutor and examiner at UCL, he serves on the selection panel for UCL Medical School and King's College School of Medicine, and is an expert adviser to NICE, the Medical Research Council, and an appointed reviewer of papers submitted to the European Society of Cardiology; his opinion is sought in complex medico-legal cases.
Professor Handler was educated at Dulwich College and qualified in medicine from Guy's Hospital Medical School where he also did an Honours BSc degree in pharmacology. He trained in general medicine and cardiology at the Royal Brompton, London Chest, Charing Cross, Guy's, and University College and the Middlesex Hospitals, and did additional training in cardiology in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has longstanding links with Yale University School of Medicine.
Professor Handler was awarded an MRC Fellowship to do an intercalated degree in Pharmacology at Guy's Hospital Medical School, University of London and was an MRC Fellow at Guy's Hospital, where he was awarded his MD degree for his research thesis on exercise testing after heart attacks.
He is an elected Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology and a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.
Professor Handler is a founder member and committee member of the UCL/King's/ Queen Mary's faculty for the annual cardiovascular biology conference at the Royal College of Physicians and the Founder and Chairman of the St Paul's School Medical Conference for widening participation in medicine.
He is a member of the British Cardiovascular Society and Physicians group of the UK and Ireland Pulmonary Hypertension Society. He is also a member of the FLARRE research cross-faculty research group at UCL and active in clinical research trials and a member of an international safety and clinical events committee for drug trials.
Professor Handler is the author or editor of 13 textbooks for scientists, students, GPs and patients, he has written numerous scientific papers and is a Freeman of the City of London.
Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments
Cardiac catheterisation and coronary angiography
Risk stratification after heart attacks
Prevention of Heart Disease
Stress echocardiography
24 hour ambulatory ECG
Chest Pain
Management of high Blood Pressure
Breathlessness
Palpitation and atrial fibrillation
Dizzy Turns and loss of consciousness
High Cholesterol
Exercise
Management of Stress
Diet
Breathlessness
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SPECIALTIES & PROCEDURES
Professor Clive Handler's Areas of Specialty
Each specialty below reflects the conditions and procedures Professor Clive Handler treats, with the size of the national pool of Verenigd Koninkrijk doctors offering the same care.
Cardiologie
Heart-rhythm, coronary and structural-heart problems including chest pain, palpitations, hypertension and heart failure.
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What does Clive Handler specialise in?
Clive Handler specialises in Cardiologie in London, GB. 49 years of clinical experience.
What conditions does Clive Handler treat?
Clive Handler treats conditions within Cardiologie. View the full conditions-treated list on the profile.
Where does Clive Handler practise?
Clive Handler practises in London, GB. The profile page lists all practice addresses, phone numbers, and clinic affiliations.
What languages does Clive Handler speak?
Clive Handler speaks English, French.
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