Dr Shahbaz Roshan-Zamir

Dr Shahbaz Roshan-Zamir qualified from Guy’s, King’s & St Thomas’ Medical School in 2006 and was appointed as a consultant physician and geriatrician in the Department of Ageing and Health at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in 2017.

Shahbaz has broad experience and training in geriatric and general medicine. He has a special interest in cardiovascular diseases, and in particular heart failure and valve disease in the elderly. He has training in cardiology, and has publications related to this field.

He is fully trained as an echocardiographer, and is accredited to the British Society of Echocardiography, having performed echocardiograms since 1998.

As a consultant physician at Guy’s & St Thomas’, Shahbaz has helped develop the Cardiology for Older Persons Service (COPS). He also manages the frailty service, provides care for inpatients and undertakes weekly outpatient clinic work (heart failure and comprehensive geriatric assessments).

He is an active senior committee member and treasurer of cardiovascular section of the British Geriatrics Society. He organises and chairs national meetings related to cardiovascular diseases in the older population.

Shahbaz has wide ranging expertise in all aspects of geriatric and general medicine. He is a compassionate and caring professional who will expertly guide you through your diagnostic and treatment options to determine a holistic plan tailored to your individual needs.

Special interests

Comprehensive geriatric assessment, cardiovascular diseases, falls, frailty, delirium, reduced mobility, peri-operative care of older people, and echocardiography.

Treatments

• Echocardiograms and ECGs
• Frailty
• Falls assessment
• Comprehensive geriatric assessment

Education

• 2001-2006: Trained at Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Medical School
• 2017: Completed general internal medicine and geriatrics specialty training in South London

Membership of professional bodies

• Royal College of Physicians (London)
• British Geriatric Society
• British Society for Heart Failure
• British Society of Echocardiography