Dr Ahmed Merghani

Ahmed graduated from Barts and the London Medical School in 2005, having also accomplished an intercalated BMedSci (hons) degree in Molecular Therapeutics.

He attained membership of the Royal College of Physicians in 2008 and went on to achieve a National training number in Cardiology at the West Midlands Deanery.

Since then, he has worked for three years as a cardiology registrar in Birmingham and Coventry.

In 2012, he successfully obtained a competitive grant from CRY – Cardiac Risk in the Young – to pursue an MD degree at St. George’s, University of London. His research interests are on sports cardiology and in particular the effects of chronic endurance training on the Veteran Athlete.

In his free time, Ahmed enjoys playing basketball and is currently a member of the St. George’s Basketball team. He also has a passion for watching and playing football.

Latest News

Response by Merghani et al to Letters Regarding Ar...

Ahmed Merghani, Viviana Maestrini, Stefania Rosmini, Andrew T. Cox, Harshil Dhutia, Rachel Bastiaenan, Sarojini David, Tee Joo Yeo, Rajay Narain, Aneil Malhotra, Michael Papadakis, Mathew G. Wilson, Maite Tome, Khaled AlFakih, James C. Moon, Sanjay Sharma Response by Merghani et al to Letters Regarding Article, ‘Prevalence of Subclinical Coronary Artery Disease in Masters Endurance Athletes With

Impact of the International Recommendations for El...

Dhutia H, Malhotra A, Finocchiaro G, Merghani A, Papadakis M, Naci H, Tome M, Sharma S. Impact of the international recommendations for electrocardiographic interpretation on cardiovascular screening in young athletes JACC, {Published letter}

CRY International Medical Conference videos 2017...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0etDe2Ob-Q&list=PLVOi7lcfeLKICwMk6Q-wR_GFdJ0opWPSA   Conference videos 2017 Dr Sabiha Gati                    The athlete's ECG Dr Nabeel Sheikh                ECG indices of cardiomyopathy Professor Sanjay Sharma     International recommendations for ECG interpretation in young athletes Dr Aneil Malhotra                Screening elite

CRY Research Highlights 2016...

https://issuu.com/cardiacriskintheyoung/docs/research_newsletter_2016 Cardiac Risk in the Young's research highlights from 2016.

Conference videos 2014...

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVOi7lcfeLKL6Zx3COEBszrskRwSwHotR Prof Francois Carre QT-interval in young athletic individuals; The Long and short of it Dr Abbas Zaidi Right Ventricular Enlargement in athletes; Physiology vs pathology Dr Greg Mellor Early repolarisation; Training related or marker of heart disease? Dr Ahmed Merghani The veteran athlete’s heart; Unravelling the mystery of chronic, intense exercise Prof Domenico Corrado Update

Anterior T-Wave Inversion in Young White Athletes ...

Aneil Malhotra, Harshil Dhutia, Sabiha Gati, Tee-Joo Yeo, Helder Dores, Rachel Bastiaenen, Rajay Narain, Ahmed Merghani, Gherardo Finocchiaro, Nabeel Sheikh, Alexandros Steriotis, Abbas Zaidi, Lynne Millar, Elijah Behr, Maite Tome, Michael Papadakis and Sanjay Sharma Anterior T-Wave Inversion in Young White Athletes and Nonathletes: Prevalence and Significance Journal of the American College of Cardiology, January 2017

View all