Dr Michael Bellamy

Dr Michael Bellamy was appointed as consultant cardiologist at Hammersmith Hospital in September 2004. He graduated from the University of London in 1991 with honours and also obtained an intercalated BSc in biochemistry (first class). He became a Doctor of Medicine in cardiovascular research (MD degree, University of London) in 2002 and became a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1994, becoming an RCP Fellow in 2012. He completed specialist training in cardiology and general internal medicine in 2003, which included international fellowships abroad at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA (echocardiography/valvular heart disease) and St Vincent’s University Hospital, Sydney, Australia (interventional cardiology).  

Dr Bellamy has wide experience in all aspects of general cardiology and performs interventional procedures, angioplasty and stenting in a busy tertiary unit, including primary angioplasty for heart attacks, the acute chest pain service and percutaneous valve interventions. He is a sub-specialty lead for cardiovascular imaging in the echo laboratory and performs all types of echo including specialist transthoracic, transoesophageal (3D) and stress echo. He takes an active role in both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching within Imperial College London.

Research interests include coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease and mitral valve interventions.