Speaking at: HRC2025

Position: Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist
Location: London, UK

Dr. Riyaz Kaba is a consultant cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist in London & Surrey, U.K. He is an academic cardiologist who regularly travels worldwide to share his knowledge and experience in cutting-edge techniques and technologies. Within the first quarter of 2025 alone, Dr. Kaba has 9 manuscripts accepted or under review for publication as the senior (last) author (see list of publications).

On March 18, 2025, he became the first operator in the U.K. to treat a patient using the state-of-the-art Opal HDxTM integrated imaging-mapping-ablation system with FarawaveTM Nav & FaraviewTM technologies.

In 2012, he was one of the first operators in the world to implant and publish research on the state-of-the-art quadripolar LV lead in a patient with scar-related advanced heart failure (see publications).

Dr. Kaba holds a number of national and international roles, including with the National Institute for Health and Care Research, U.K., across Europe (Vietri sul Mare, Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Amsterdam, Essen, Milan), the Middle East (Medinah, Riyadh, Doha), the Far East (Japan) and Africa (Khartoum).

Dr. Kaba leads a team of researchers at St. George’s University of London and regularly publishes scientific articles, including in Nature Genetics and The Lancet. He has received awards from the ESC and the HRS (formerly NASPE), USA.

He is passionate about teaching and training. He has hosted overseas trainees from Africa, India and Europe, including via the prestigious EHRA/ESC fellowship. Dr. Kaba achieves excellent patient feedback and consistently receives the highest online patient satisfaction scores.