Waqas Akhtar
Consultant in intensive care and cardiology
Biography
Waqas is a consultant and a cardiogenic shock lead at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Trust working cross-site as a consultant at Guy's & St Thomas' and Harefield Hospitals.
He is the only consultant in the UK on the GMC specialist register for cardiology, intensive care medicine and general internal medicine. He has a particular interest in cardiogenic shock, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support.
He has held several elected national roles on the Board of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, Board of Centre of Perioperative Care, Council of Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Council of Intensive Care Society.
Education and training
- BM BCh, MA, University of Oxford
- GMC Specialist Register for Cardiology, Intensive Care Medicine and General Internal Medicine
- Level 2 Accreditation in Transthoracic Echocardiography, Transoesophageal Echocardiography, Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cardiac Computed Tomography
- Fellowship of Royal College of Physicians London
- Fellowship of Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine
Research interests
- Cardiogenic shock
- Advanced heart failure and heart transplantation
- Mechanical circulatory support
- Echocardiography – transthoracic and transoesophageal
- Resuscitation
- Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Awards
- European Award in Intensive Care Medicine, 2024
- Highly Commended Clinical Leader of the Year, Health Service Journal Awards, 2022 & 2024
- Clinician of the Year, NHS BAME Health & Care Awards, 2023
- Quality Improvement Project of the Year, Healthy Service Journal Patient Safety Awards, 2023
- Patient Safety Education and Training Award, Healthy Service Journal Patient Safety Awards, 2023
- Turner Warwick Lecturer, Royal College of Physicians London, 2023
Publications
You can read Waqas's publications.
Last updated: March 2026