Dr Andrew Elkington

I qualified from St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College in 1997 with degrees in medicine and psychology. After obtaining my membership of the Royal College of Physicians I began my cardiology training at the Royal Brompton Hospital, where I completed my MD thesis in cardiac MRI. I continued my cardiology registrar training in Taunton, Bristol and Adelaide. I was appointed consultant cardiologist at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in 2009, and visiting consultant to the Royal Surrey County Hospital. I became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 2013. I have been the cardiology clinical lead at the Royal Berkshire Hospital since 2020. 

I am an experienced general cardiologist with a specialist interest in cardiac imaging (cardiac MRI and echocardiography). I have a busy general cardiology practice at the Royal Berkshire Hospital and at the Berkshire Clinic. I set up the cardiac MRI service for the Royal Berkshire Hospital based at Spire Dunedin Hospital. I also report cardiac MRIs at the Royal Surrey County Hospital and the Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital. I am member of the British Society of Echocardiography departmental accreditation committee. With an obstetric colleague I set up the combined cardiac obstetric clinic at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.