ABOUT
Dr Tom Wong MD FRCP
Dr Tom WongConsultant Cardiologist
Dr Tom Wong graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 1993. He was appointed to the staff of the Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust in 2006 and became the cardiac catheter laboratory director in 2010. He has also been appointed as the Chair of Arrhythmia services at both the Royal Brompton and Harefield sites since 2015.
Clinical specialities
Dr Wong manages all aspects of general cardiology but has a specialist interest heart rhythm abnormalities and their management. He has expertise in a number of specialist clinical areas as listed below:
Arrhythmia management:
He manages all aspects of heart rhythm management, investigation, diagnosis and treatment. Dr Wong manages both the rhythm abnormalities and the blood clot risk associated with atrial fibrillation including left atrial appendage closure for appropriate patients.
Catheter ablation:
He specialises in catheter ablation techniques to treat heart rhythm abnormalities including atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, ventricular tachycardia and other rhythm abnormalities
Pacemaker and ICD implantation and management:
He performs device implantation for a full range of pacemakers including dual chamber and cardiac resynchronisation devices as well as implantable defibrillators (ICD). He is the leading expert in leadless pacemaker. He also provides ongoing care and monitoring for patients receiving such devices.
Arfa Jalil - Practice Manager
Arfa graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Sciences from Queen Mary, University of London and holds an MSc in Cancer Therapeutics from Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. She joined Heart Rhythm London in 2014 as the Practice Manager with extensive experience in healthcare operations.
Passionate about quality and customer service, Arfa leads a team dedicated towards improving the patients healthcare journey from initial contact to arranging tests/procedures and liaising with insurance companies.
Having worked at several medical practices across Harley Street, Arfa is also responsible for business development and process improvement to increase practice efficiency.
Arfa is an Honorary research fellow at the Royal Brompton Hospital with interest in cardio-oncology research.
