Professor Amit Bharkhada is a General Practitioner, educator, and author with a respected career in clinical practice, medical education and healthcare leadership. As a GP principal he is committed to delivering quality patient care while driving innovation in healthcare services and workforce development.

Amit has a passion for research and knowledge sharing presenting at international conferences in Japan, Netherlands, Scotland and several national events. Amit is also the Clinical Director of Strategy at the LLR Training Hub and holds a Professorship of Primary Care at De Montfort University. He has a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education (PGCME) and holds professional memberships with the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) and the Academy of Medical Educators (FAcadME).

Through his diverse roles, Amit is dedicated to excellence, both in patient care and in the development of healthcare professionals, aspiring to have a lasting impact on the healthcare sector.

Professor Sudip Ghosh is a practising GP Principal working in Leicestershire and a retired Ex-Integrated Consultant CV Physician at LPT . He has held senior leadership positions within LLR healthcare economy for the last ten years. He is also a Professor of Medicine and Education at the Leicester School of Allied Health Sciences, De-Montfort University and an Associate Professor in Chronic Disease with College of Life Sciences, University of Leicester. His research passion is within Cardiovascular & Chronic Disease service development with digital transformation and to date he has authored over 100 research and conference publications. Nationally, Sudip was on the Executive Sub -committee of the Primary Care (Cardio-Respiratory) Society and Academic Society of Primary Care Research. He was also the Vice-Chair of PC Therapeutics Committee of the European Respiratory Society. Apart from this Sudip reviews academic publications for several academic journals which include Eur J Cardio, CANCER, THORAX and Br Journal of HealthCare Management. He remains of the Editorial board of two journals – Int Journal of Medical Research and Br JHCM.

My expertise can be divided broadly into 3 categories: Preventive Cardiology, advanced echocardiography and advanced cardiac device implantation for cardiac rhythm disorders.

Preventive: coronary risk factor modification strategies

Advanced echocardiography: I perform transthoracic echocardiogram, dobutamine and exercise stress echocardiogram, transesophageal echocardiogram, 3D echo, contrast echo, strain analysis echo and cardiac device optimization echo. This includes the assessment for coronary artery disease, structural cardiac problems and also valve disease assessment and follow-up. I therefore look after patients with ischaemic heart disease, valve disease, cardiomyopathy and heart failure and provide expert advice to referring clinicians. I am fully accredited by the British Society of Echocardiography and have also passed the American Society of Echocardiography exam.

Cardiac device implantation: I am also an expert in implanting cardiac pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillator, cardiac resynchronisation therapy devices, implantable loop recorders. I have performed in excess of 1,000 device implantations in total. I am also an expert in lead/device extraction and also lead this busy regional service in the Trust. I therefore see patients who have heart rhythm disorders who require a pacemaker and patients who have heart failure/cardiomyopathy who may require a defibrillator/cardiac resynchronisation device.

Dr Sita Thakrar is an experienced GP in Northamptonshire , specialising in lifestyle medicine, minor surgery, and joint injections. Diploma-trained in Lifestyle Medicine, she combines evidence-based clinical care with powerful lifestyle interventions to drive long-term health transformation. She is also a Clinical Tutor for the Health Enhancement Programme at the University of Leicester. 

Dr Sanjay Bhandari MBChB (Hons), BSc (Hons), MRes (Hons), MRCP (UK), PhD, FESC is a Consultant Cardiologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Leicester. He specialises in adult cardiology and advanced cardiac imaging, including echocardiography and cardiac MRI. He completed a British Heart Foundation-funded PhD investigating the impact of ethnicity on lipoproteins in coronary artery disease and is actively involved in medical education and research, promoting evidence-based cardiology practice. He also serves as Undergraduate Lead at Leicester Medical School.

Dr Ian Loke is a Consultant Cardiologist at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester and has more than 15 years’ clinical experience in cardiology. He is the local trust lead for the heart failure service and has been so for over a decade.

Dr Loke has a keen interest in evolving the provision of patient care, highlighted by his establishment of the heart failure unit in Glenfield hospital with both a dedicated inpatient ward and a 72hr access heart failure clinic. This has led to major improvements in patient care since its inception.  He is actively involved in clinical trials involving both novel drugs as well as implantable cardiac devices. His commitment to advancing care is further evidenced by his continued involvement in educational initiatives across primary and secondary care. He is a regular speaker at regional and national meetings. 

In addition to his active participation in clinical research and education, Dr Loke has co-authored a number of articles with a focus on the screening and diagnosis of patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and heart failure, culminating in a thesis awarded with distinction. The value of his research has seen him present his findings at key medical congresses, including the European Society of Cardiology Congress. 

He tries to keep fit in a variety of ways and runs(slowly) to forget about work.

Louise Clayton began her career in nursing in 1996 and spent four years working on a cardio-renal acute medical ward in Leicester. During this time her passion to improve the lives of patients living with heart failure was ignited. The ‘revolving door’ experience of those living with heart failure was all too apparent. 
She then spent almost 14 years establishing and developing the Leicester City Community Heart Failure Nursing Service. Louise held a number of Honorary lectures posts, teaching across the breadth of the multi-disciplinary team, including facilitating the Leicester programme of the Caledonian heart failure management course. 
The last eleven years have been spent developing an Acute Heart Failure Service within University Hospitals of Leicester. Along with heart failure consultants the team now run a 72 hour urgent heart failure service. Previous posts held include Deputy Chair of the British Heart Failure Nurses forum and a previous board member of the British Society of Heart Failure. She spent 4 years as Chair the Alliance for Heart Failure, working with key stakeholders to promote and improve heart failure across the UK. 
Louise is now the East Midlands cardiac network lead for heart failure and is developing a strategy to reduce inequity and improve services across the whole of the Midlands.
Throughout her career she has maintained her clinical focus. Seeing patients every day of the week and gaining the most satisfaction from the relationships forged during these times. 
Improving the lives of those affected by heart failure continues to be her passion.

Dr Arshad Khalid is a GP in Broughton Astley with an interest in cardiology , Hospital Practitioner in Cardiology at The Glenfield, Fosseway PCN CD and LLR Cardiology and Long Term Conditions lead.

Pallavi Dawda is a senior NHS leader driving national strategies to prevent and manage cardiovascular disease and stroke. As a pharmacist, with extensive experience in general practice, community pharmacy and more recently in policy and programme delivery, she leads initiatives that improve population health, reduce inequalities, and embed innovation across care pathways. Pallavi is passionate about transforming cardiovascular care to achieve better outcomes for patients.

Nirali Sisodia is a Cardiology Specialist prescribing Pharmacist, Advanced Clinical Practitioner and Senior Lecturer. She has had a career in hospital and primary care, leading on pharmacist led cardiovascular disease clinics. With a passion for helping others, she has co-founded initiatives to help the wider community. 

Nadine has been practicing as Clinical Pharmacist for more than 20 years, with her career starting community pharmacy before pursuing a more specialist and clinical role within hospital pharmacy where her most senior role was Medical Directorate Lead Pharmacist. Nadine eventually decided to specialise as an Independent Prescriber Diabetes Specialist Pharmacist and currently divides her time by working part-time running a Pharmacist-led Diabetes/CVRM disease clinic within primary care (GP practice) and as a Senior Lecturer at DMU university. Nadine holds postgraduate qualifications in Clinical Pharmacy, Advanced Clinical Pharmacy Practice and Diabetes care.