Dr Khalid Barakat

About Dr Khalid Barakat

Dr Khalid Barakat is a highly-qualified consultant cardiologist in Windsor, Slough, and Maidenhead. His specialties in cardiology are coronary artery disease, heart failure, angina, arrhythmias, palpitations, and chest pain. Dr Barakat is presently practising at private clinics with BMI The Princess Margaret Hospital and The Bridge Clinic. After receiving his basic science training at Trinity College, Oxford and his medical qualification from University of London in 1991, Dr Barakat continued his specialty training his training within the Bart's and The London NHS Trust Specialist Registrar rotation in cardiology and interventional cardiology. In 2004, Dr Barakat was appointed as a consultant cardiologist with Wexham Park Hospital, where he was a part of a consultant team that developed a local catheter lab. He also was a large contributor in relocating coronary angiography, coronary intervention, permanent pacemaker, and complex device implantation from London to Slough. This has been incredibly beneficial and popular for the local patient population. Between the years 2004 and 2016, Dr Barakat personally performed more than 1,200 coronary angioplasties, over 600 permanent pacemaker implantations, and over 200 transoesophageal echos. Dr Barakat has received a postgraduate certificate in medical simulation to support his passion for teaching. In 2016, he joined the Barts Heart Centre as the Director for cardiovascular simulation and he continues to develop simulation-based education in this role. The Barts Heart Centre is the largest cardiac unit in Europe. In addition, he is actively involved in the development of new cardiac and medical devices and technologies using simulation, as well as team training to improve patient safety during interventional procedures.