Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
Consultant cardiologist
Dr Tom Wong is consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist at Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust. He is also honorary senior lecturer at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, and chair of the Trust’s arrhythmia care group.
Areas of expertise
He has a special interest in interventional therapy in the treatment of arrhythmia management including catheter ablation, and device implantation and management.
Training
He graduated from University of Aberdeen and completed his cardiology training at the Trust.
Dr Wong was awarded a People of the Year award by the Association for Disability and Rehabilitation in 1995 and Young Investigator Award from Heart Rhythm UK in 2005. He was appointed as the clinical director of the cardiac catheterisation laboratories at Royal Brompton Hospital in 2010.
Research
Dr Wong’s research focuses on the interventional treatment of complex cardiac arrhythmia. Specifically in identifying the optimal interventional strategy in treating atrial fibrillation and arrhythmia in patients with heart failure and congenital heart disease.
Publications
Dr Wong has a strong academic record with many publications in international journals such as Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, European Heart Journal, Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology, Heart Rhythm Journal, Europace and Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology, as well as numerous book chapters and articles.