Elijah Behr: Inherited Cardiac
Conditions and Arrhythmias
Professor Behr is a recognised national and international
expert and researcher in the field of arrhythmias. He is
Professor in Cardiovascular Medicine and Honorary
Consultant Cardiologist specialising in Electrophysiology at St
George's, University of London and St George's Hospital,
London. He is also Consultant Cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic,
London.
He co-leads the Inherited Cardiac Conditions clinic at St
George's, coordinating a multi-disciplinary team that provides
a single one-stop service to families including children. His
clinical interests include:
•
management of families with unexplained sudden
deaths, the Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS)
and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
•
management of sudden death risk
•
management and treatment of arrhythmias
•
ablation of simple and complex arrhythmias including
atrial fibrillation
•
complex device therapy (ICD implantation and
biventricular pacing)
•
ion channel diseases including the long QT and Brugada
syndromes
•
drug-induced arrhythmia and QT prolongation
•
hypertrophic, dilated and arrhythmogenic right
ventricular cardiomyopathies.
Biography
Professor Behr was educated at the Manchester Grammar School
and studied medical sciences at St John's College, University of
Cambridge and clinical medicine at Guy's Hospital, London where
he graduated with distinction. He completed cardiology and
academic training at St George’s Hospital, London.
Professor Behr is past-president of the Association for Inherited
Cardiac Conditions (AICC). He co-leads the arrhythmia syndrome
sub-domain of the UK 100,000 Genomes Project Cardiovascular
Genome England Clinical Interpretation Partnership. He is an
editorial board member of the Heart Rhythm journal and co-wrote
international guidelines for diagnosis & management of arrhythmia
syndromes and more recently, for the investigation of cardiac arrest
survivors and sudden death victims and their families. He is the first
chairperson and founder of the European Cardiac Arrhythmia
Genetics Group of the European heart Rhythm Association.
Professor Behr is a member of the NHS England Clinical Reference
Group for Genomic Services as well as for Cardiovascular
Services. He is chairperson of the NHS and Coronial Sudden
Unexpected Death Pilot Steering Group.
His research interests include prediction of sudden death risk
pathology, genomics and epidemiology linked to electronic health
records; drug-induced arrhythmia; families with unexplained sudden
deaths, the Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS) and
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS); ion channel diseases
including the long QT and Brugada syndromes; and
cardiomyopathies including arrhythmogenic right ventricular
cardiomyopathy (ARVC).
Other Practices
St Anthony’s Hospital
801 London Road, Worcester Park
Sutton. SM3 9DW
Tel: 020 8337 6691
https://St-Anthonys-Hospital
Correspondence
General; The Cardiovascular Clinical
Academic Group,
Jenner Wing,
St George’s University of London
SW17 0RE
Private: Surrey Cardiovasular Clinic
5 Huxley Road, Surrey Research Park
Guildord. GU2 7RE
Tel: 01483 467100
Email: cardiology.enquiries@behr.org.uk
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