Dr. Syed Sakib Nazir

Core Competencies

• Procedural skills (Invasive):
  • Expert in primary Coronary angioplasty
  • Intracoronary imaging and physiology
  • Rotablation
  • Pacemaker and loop recorder implantation
  • Heart failure device implantation (ICD & CRT)
• Procedural skills (Non-Invasive):
  • Certified in cardiac CT reporting
  • Transthoracic and trans – esophageal ECHO cardiograph
  • Stress ECHO (Physiological & pharmacological)

Brief Profile

Dr. Sakib Nazir has been working as a specialist interventional cardiologist for almost 18 years. He has more than 17 years of training and work experience in the UK and was trained in interventional cardiology at the Yorkshire Heart Centre at Leeds General Infirmary, UK.

His first job in Dubai was at Al Zahra Hospital, where he successfully completed almost 8 years of service and developed the department as one of the leading providers in cardiac care. Dr. Sakib was working as a consultant interventional cardiacologist in West Yorkshire, England, before joining Al Zahra Private Hospital Dubai in 2013.

He has a special interest in the following cardiac conditions:

• Coronary artery disease (Chest pain and myocardial infarction)
• Heart rhythm disturbance
• Heart failure and Cardiomyopathies
• Valve disease
• Heart disease in patients with diabetes and kidney problems

Qualification

• MBBS, MRCP(UK), FRCP(Edin), CESR in Cardiology (UK)