Dr Simon Modi
Consultant Cardiologist
Contact Details
Personal Assistant
Karen Close
0151 254 3049
Area of Practice
- Arrhythmias
- Ablation
- Pacemakers
- Defibrillators
- Sudden Death Screening
- Septal reduction in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Map guided cardiac biopsy for cardiomyopathy or cardiac tumour
Special Clinical Interests
- Sudden Death Screening
- Ablation of supraventricular tachycardia
- Atrial fibrillation
- Ventricular tachycardia
- Septal reduction in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy using radio frequency ablation
- His bundle pacing
Research Interests
- Sudden Death Screening
- Radio frequency Ablation Techniques for Septal Reduction in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy, HOCM .
- Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Response
Regional and National Responsibilities
- Regional Electrophysiology Teaching Coordinator
- British Heart Rhythm Society EP teaching course coordinator
Current Membership of Professional Regional and National Bodies
FRCP
BHRS
BSE
Training and Education
- Medical School – Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Cardiology Training – West Yorkshire and Merseyside
- Fellowship – London, Ontario, Canada
Languages spoken
English
About
Dr Modi is a UK and Canadian trained heart rhythm specialist. He undertakes all aspects of arrhythmia management from diagnosis through to management with medication or cure with catheter ablation or implantable pacemakers or defibrillators. He is one of a team of 7 electrophysiologists at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital serving Merseyside, Wirral, Cheshire and North Wales. He has a clinic in LHCH and a satellite NHS clinic in the Countess of Chester Hospital.
Dr Modi is one of the principle Cardiologists in the regional inherited cardiac conditions clinic, specialising in cardiac channelopathies (e.g. long QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, CPVT) and cardiomyopathies (e.g. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy).
He has also pioneered a revolutionary technique using intracardiac ultrasound, electro-anatomic mapping and radiofrequency energy (CARTOSOUND) to reduce heart muscle thickness in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and is an internationally leading Cardiologist practicing this technique of septal reduction.
His a keen educator and trainer, holding both regional and national roles