Dr Banypersad is the Clinical Lead for advanced cardiac imaging at the East Lancashire NHS Trust
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Imaging of the heart is frequently crucial in establishing the diagnosis of coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular disease and cardiomyopathies.
Dr. Banypersad has never lost sight of the importance of communicating effectively to all patients in order that they always leave the consultation room with an understanding of their problems and the best way to manage them.
Dr. Banypersad is an authorised provider of cardiac imaging services to official UK government agencies such as the DVLA.
He has received excellent feedback from both his patients and his colleagues. This has been collated independently, averaging 4.97/5.
He is the only Cardiologist in the North West to run an advanced cardiac imaging service that offers all the imaging modalities on-site at a District General Hospital as part of his regular NHS practice.
He works closely with several Consultant Cardiologist colleagues in both Lancashire and Greater Manchester should you require more specialist therapeutic interventions (e.g. stents, ablations, etc).
His work is internationally recognised and he holds the 2nd highest ResearchGate score and H-index in the entire East Lancashire NHS Trust.
Leading Cardiologist with accolades from the AHA, SCMR and International Amyloidosis Symposium.
He can provide remote video consultations to patients further afield such as the Isle of Man, Cumbria, Liverpool and Wales.
EVAREST study in collaboration with Oxford. 2023.
He has presented key research findings at conferences in Netherlands, France, Italy and the USA.
Whether you are privately insured or self-funding, Dr. Banypersad is here to help.
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Dr Banypersad is an authorised provider for all the major insurance companies.
Dr Sanjay Banypersad was born and raised in Greater Manchester and attended Bolton School before entering Medical School at the University of Sheffield in 1996. He graduated with a Distinction BMedSci (Hons) in 1999 and later that year he was invited to present his research into Factor V Leiden and venous thrombosis in Washington DC. Dr Banypersad subsequently graduated with my MBChB medical degree in 2002 and he remained in Sheffield for his junior doctor training at the Northern General and Royal Hallamshire Hospitals.
As a registrar, Dr Banypersad has worked in several national centres of excellence, such as the Hammersmith Hospital in London (2005-06) and Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester (2008-09) where he obtained his basic grounding in coronary angiography and pacing. Dr Banypersad also worked at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Salford Royal Hospital and Wigan Infirmary during 2006-10. He achieved his full accreditation with the British Society of Echocardiography for Transthoracic Echo (TTE) during this time.
Dr Banypersad returned to London in 2010 to commence his research at the University College of London (UCL). He ran a weekly cardiac MRI list at the Heart Hospital and 2 Specialist Amyloid clinics per week at the Royal Free Hospital (2010-13). During this time, he also ran a 3 year clinical study using cardiac MRI to non-invasively quantify the extent of scarring or infiltration in cardiomyopathies and assess its role as a marker for treatments. Dr Banypersad collaborated with the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford for this pioneering research.
Dr Banypersad has published the findings extensively in peer-reviewed journals and was invited to present these findings on several occasions in Europe and the USA, culminating in prizes from the prestigious American Heart Association (2013) and the rare honour of presenting these findings to HRH The Princess Royal on 15th July 2011 at the Royal Free Hospital. He has also received awards from the International Amyloidosis Symposium (2012) and Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (2014) (see also publications and prizes section).
Dr Banypersad returned to the North West to complete his Cardiology SpR training at the Blackpool Victoria Hospital (2014) where he received his cardiac CT training and Manchester Royal Infirmary (2015) where he received his Transoesophageal Echocardiography (TOE) training in conjunction with Wythenshawe Hospital and Fairfield General Hospital. Finally, Dr Banypersad took up his current Consultant position at the Royal Blackburn Hospital in 2015, where he is the Lead for Cardiac Imaging. Dr Banypersad is the only Cardiologist to perform weekly sessions of cardiac MRI, CT, TTE and TOE on-site at a District General Hospital in the North West.
Made to feel really welcome and put at ease! From the reception staff too the nurse who came to fetch me and do my pre CT scan routine, too Dr Banypersad , they were all very professional with an excellent friendly manner which for people who might be a bit nervous is exactly what is needed!! I never once felt like I was just another patient, quite the opposite actually. So I’d like too personally thank all the staff and Dr Banypersad for making my Scan be a positive experience!!
Very approachable
Very personable, gave a full explanation and answered questions regarding the procedures & what to expect. Managed expectations timewise.
