Dr Ali KhavandiConsultant Cardiologist

Media & Speaking

An independent clinical voice on cardiology, prevention, and personalised medicine.

BBC Horizon. The Observer. BMJ Book of the Year. Health Foundation Innovation Award. Academic publishing and national speaking — alongside a full NHS and private practice. Available for media contribution, broadcast, speaking engagements, and expert commentary.

Media

BBC Horizon

Expert contributor

Television

Featured in BBC Horizon — the flagship BBC science documentary series — as expert contributor on diet and cardiovascular health. One of the UK's most-watched science documentary programmes.

The Observer

Regular contributor

Print & Digital

Regular contributor to The Observer — articles and recipes on dietary cardiology, the cholesterol debate, cardiovascular prevention, and personalised medicine. National audience; consistent editorial relationship.

National press

Comment & features

Print & Digital

Quoted and featured across national titles on topics including statin controversies, dietary fat and cardiovascular health, remote cardiology, and personalised medicine. Available for rapid-response comment.

Academic publishing

Editor

UK Core Cardiology Training Textbook

BMJ Book of the Year — the definitive postgraduate cardiology training resource in the United Kingdom.

BMJ

Commissioned author

Pan-European Cardiology Textbook, 2nd edition

Commissioned chapter author for the Oxford University Press pan-European cardiology edition.

Oxford University Press

Lead author

'Cardiologists should have basic surgical skills training'

Published 2010 — a foundational paper in the argument for cross-specialty surgical skills in interventional cardiology.

Peer-reviewed

Active research

Coronary plaque regression through dietary intervention

NIHR-funded randomised controlled trial — ongoing. Primary investigator.

NIHR

Speaking

Available for conferences, corporate events, and broadcast.

I speak regularly on cardiology, prevention, personalised medicine, and lifestyle — to clinical and non-clinical audiences. Simulator training lead for the British Cardiovascular Society. Faculty at national and international cardiology conferences. Previous corporate and public engagement including keynote and panel formats.

Topics include: the cholesterol debate, personalised prevention, the interventionalist's case for lifestyle medicine, remote cardiology and the future of specialist medicine, and the evidence on specific diets and cardiovascular health.

Conference keynote

Clinical and scientific audiences. Cardiology, prevention, and personalised medicine.

Corporate & board-level

Health, longevity, and cardiovascular risk for executive and leadership audiences.

Broadcast & podcast

Radio, television, and podcast. Rapid-response comment and pre-planned features.

Clinical training

Simulator training, procedural masterclasses, and BCS faculty sessions.

Media & speaking enquiries

For media requests, speaking invitations, and academic collaboration — get in touch.

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