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Dr Arjun Ghosh
Dr Arjun K Ghosh is a Clinical Research Fellow at the International Centre for Circulatory Health, National Heart and Lung Institute and a Clinical Career Development Fellow at the MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing.
He completed his MBBS from Calcutta University in 2002 with a Gold Medal awarded in 2000. He undertook postgraduate training in General Medicine in Ayr and London completing the MRCP (UK) in 2006. He commenced specialist registrar training in Cardiology on the NW London rotation in 2007.
He has a special interest in Medical Education and was awarded an MSc in Medical Education with distinction, graduating first in his year from University College London and the Royal College of Physicians in 2010. He was also awarded Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy in 2008.
As a Specialist Registrar in Cardiology, he is currently developing a special expertise in heart failure and imaging. He joined the ICCH in October 2009 through the MRC/Imperial joint PhD studentship programme to further his interest in research on life course effects on cardiac structure and function as measured through echocardiography. Through the course of his PhD, he aims to produce novel knowledge in the field of life course Cardiology and more specifically life course echocardiography.
Selected Publications
Journals
- Ghosh AK; Et al. (May 2012). Time for a review of the “watch and wait” strategy for young borderline-hypertensives?. Heart 2012;98:A77. DOI.
- Ghosh AK; Et al. (May 2012). Increase in left ventricular mass in type 2 diabetes is dependent on duration of diabetes. Heart 2012;98:A77. DOI.
- Ghosh AK; Et al. (2012). Mid-life anti-hypertensive treatment may not normalize left ventricular mass in spite of controlled blood pressure. J Am Coll Cardiol, 2012; 59:1722. 59:1722. DOI.
- Ghosh AK; Et al. (2012). Duration of diabetes is a significant independent predictor of elevated left ventricular mass. J Am Coll Cardiol;59:1727. 1727. DOI.
- Ghosh AK; Hardy R; Kuh D; Hughes AD. (1 Oct 2011). The effect of life course systolic blood pressure on interventricular wall thickness. JOURNAL OF HUMAN HYPERTENSION. 25:629-629.
- Ghosh AK; Et al. (Dec 2011). Elevated systolic blood pressure from the age of 36 years onwards can predict left ventricular mass at ages 60-64 years independent of sex and treatment for hypertension (The MRC NSHD). European Journal of Echocardiography 2011;12(Suppl 2):ii43. 2011, 12:ii43-ii43. DOI.
- Wills AK; Lawlor DA; Muniz-Terrera G; Matthews F; Cooper R; Ghosh AK; Et al. (Mar 2012). Population heterogencity in trajectories of midlife blood pressure. Epidemiology 2012;23(2):1-9. 23.
- Park C; March K; Ghosh AK; Etal. Reproducibility of left ventricular endocardial and epicardial rotation by speckle tracking in elderly individuals. Hypertension 2010;56(6):1163.
- Kuh D; Pierce M; Adams J; Deanfield J; Ekelund U; Friberg P; Ghosh AK; Etal. Cohort Profile: Updating the cohort profile for the MRC National Survey of Health and Development: a new clinic-based data collection for ageing research. Int. J. Epidemiol 2011;40(1):e1-e9.
- Park CM; March K; Ghosh AK; Etal. A Method Comparison of Central Blood Pressure Measurements by PULSECOR and Sphygmocor Devices. Artery Research 2010;4(4):171.
- Ghosh AK; Lodge F; Dubrey SW. Acute aortic dissection with a high D-dimer and pleuritic chest pain in an airline passenger. Clinical Medicine 2010;10(4):409-411.
- Kamara A; Nijjer SS; Ghosh AK; Etal. Myotonic dystrophy and out-of-hospital arrest. Clinical Medicine 2010;10(6):630-632.
- Nijjer SS; Ghosh AK; Dubrey SW. Hypocalcaemia, the QT interval and Atrial Fibrillation. BMJ Case Reports 2010;dori:10.1136/bcr.08.2009.2216.
- Ghosh AK; Hatfield E; Connolly S. Catecholamine induced transient myocardial dysfunction. BMJ Case Reports 2009; doi:10.1136/bcr.12.2008.1349.
- Ghosh S; Ghosh AK; Collier A. A 74 year old woman with a 1 month history of itching and skin rash. Annals of Saudi Medicine 2009;29(3):234.
- Ghosh AK; Flett A; Lowe M; Elliot P. ARVC mimic – congenital partial absence of the pericardium. Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2008; Number 07-17.
- Ghosh S; Ghosh AK; Ghosh SK. Patent foramen ovale and atrial septal aneurysm in cryptogenic stroke. Postgraduate Medical Journal 2007; 83; 173-177.
- Ghosh S; Ghosh AK; Etal. Mortality following PEG insertion in a Scottish DGH. Gut 2008; 57 (Supplement I); p. 59 (Abstract).
- Shah IM; Ghosh AK; Collier A. Renal dysfunction and Cardiovascular risk in Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetic Medicine 2007; Volume 24, supplement 1 (p.15-16) (Abstract).
- Ghosh AK; Shah IM; Ghosh SK; Collier A. Recurrent Vascular Events in Diabetic Stroke Patients. Cerebrovascular Diseases 2006; 21 (S4 – 61) (Abstract).
- Shah IM; Ghosh AK; Ghosh SK; Collier A. Stroke Risk Factors in a Scottish Diabetic Population. Cerebrovascular Diseases 2006; 21 (S4 – 61) (Abstract).
Books
- Ghosh AK. Professionalism in Medical Students. Lambert Academic Publishing (Nov 2011).
Chapters in books
- Shah IM; Ghosh AK; Collier A. Renal dysfunction and vascular disease in type 2 diabetes. In Handbook of type 2 diabetes in the middle aged and elderly. (2008).
Conferences
- Ghosh AK; Et al. Elevated systolic blood pressure from the age of 36 years onwards can predict left ventricular mass at ages 60-64 years independent of sex and treatment for hypertension (The MRC NSHD. Euroecho 2011, Dec 2011. ii43-ii43. (Dec 2011).
- Park C; March K; Ghosh A; Tillin T; Mayet J; Chaturvedi N; Hughes A. REPRODUCIBILITY OF LEFT VENTRICULAR ENDOCARDIAL AND EPICARDIAL ROTATION BY SPECKLE TRACKING IN ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS. 15th Annual Meeting of the European Council for Cadiovascular Research (ECCR), 8 Oct 2010 - 10 Oct 2010. 56:1163-1163. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS (1 Dec 2010).
Other publications
- Ghosh AK. (2010). How do year 3 medical students learn professionalism?.
