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'''Avijit Lahiri''' is a researcher in [[cardiology]]<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/S0735-1097(00)01148-7 |pmid=11216963 |title=Enhanced detection of reversible perfusion defects by Tc-99m sestamibi compared to Tc-99m tetrofosmin during vasodilator stress SPECT imaging in mild-to-moderate coronary artery disease |journal=Journal of the American College of Cardiology |volume=37 |issue=2 |pages=458–62 |year=2001 |last1=Soman |first1=Prem |last2=Taillefer |first2=Raymond |last3=Depuey |first3=E.Gordon |last4=Udelson |first4=James E |last5=Lahiri |first5=Avijit |doi-access=free }}</ref> in the [[United Kingdom|UK]].<ref name="Advisory Team">{{cite web | url=http://www.cardiovax.com/team/advisory.html | title=Advisory Team | access-date=25 February 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517124520/http://www.cardiovax.com/team/advisory.html | archive-date=17 May 2011 | url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career==
He graduated from the [[Calcutta National Medical College]], then affiliated with the [[University of Calcutta]] in India. He completed his internship and training at the [[Northwick Park Hospital]], in London. He was a consultant cardiologist and director of cardiac research Institute of Medical Research in [[Northwick Park Hospital]] and St. Marks, [[Imperial College London]] for over 20 years.

Lahiri is the Director of the Cardiac Imaging and Research Department in [[Wellington Hospital, London]].<ref>[http://www.thewellingtonhospital.com/professionals-find-consultant-details.asp?q=148] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717043030/http://www.thewellingtonhospital.com/professionals-find-consultant-details.asp?q=148 |date=17 July 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishcardiacresearch.org/MedicalDirector.php|title=Eminent British Cardiologist, Pioneer in Nuclear Cardiology, Dr. Avijit Lahiri, Wellington Hospital, London, UK, Europe|publisher=Britishcardiacresearch.org|access-date=10 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007220949/http://www.britishcardiacresearch.org/MedicalDirector.php|archive-date=7 October 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>[http://www.mahealthcareevents.co.uk/public/MAH%20DiagRadiology-WEB.pdf] {{dead link|date=December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Nuclear cardiology|journal=BMJ|volume=335|issue=7615|pages=s61|doi=10.1136/bmj.335.7615.s61|date=18 August 2007|last1=Akram|first1=Yasmin|s2cid=220090876|department=Career Focus}}</ref>

Lahiri's research interests are mainly in diagnostic imaging<ref name="Heart Scan News">{{cite web | url=http://www.heart-scan.co.uk/heartscannews.php | title=Heart Scan News | access-date=25 February 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100126010530/http://heart-scan.co.uk/heartscannews.php | archive-date=26 January 2010 | url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aandd-eu.net/newsevents-n11.html|title=Latest News - AandD Medical UK|publisher=Aandd-eu.net|access-date=10 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220034107/http://www.aandd-eu.net/newsevents-n11.html|archive-date=20 February 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and [[therapeutics]] in [[cardiovascular medicine]]. He was previously Director of Cardiovascular [[Research]] at [[Northwick Park Hospital]], where he performed clinical therapeutic trials, and developed cardiac imaging protocols and techniques.<ref>{{cite journal |pmid=16160643 |year=2005 |last1=Kelion |first1=A |title=Setting up a myocardial perfusion scintigraphy service: Clinical and business aspects |journal=Nuclear Medicine Communications |volume=26 |issue=10 |pages=849–60 |last2=Davies |first2=G |last3=Flint |first3=J |last4=Harbinson |first4=M |last5=Hilson |first5=A |last6=Lahiri |first6=A |last7=Lim |first7=E |last8=Prvulovich |first8=L |last9=Sabharwal |first9=N |last10=Tweddel |first10=A |last11=Underwood |first11=R |last12=Woldman |first12=S |last13=Jones |first13=I |last14=Latus |first14=K |last15=McKenna |first15=C |last16=Parkin |first16=V |last17=Powell |first17=S |last18=Boyle |first18=R |last19=British Cardiac Society |first19=the British Nuclear Cardiology Society |doi = 10.1097/00006231-200510000-00002}}</ref>

==Research and trials==
He has published over 270 [[peer-reviewed]] scientific publications<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/S0735-1097(02)80780-X |title=A simple model to predict left ventricular systolic dysfunction in a multiethnic community |journal=Journal of the American College of Cardiology |volume=39 |pages=176 |year=2002 |last1=Gatasko |first1=Gavin I |last2=Senior |first2=Roxy |last3=Lahiri |first3=Avijit |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |doi= 10.1097/00006231-200310000-00004|pmid=14508160 |year=2003 |last1=Anand |first1=D. V |title=Myocardial perfusion imaging versus biochemical markers in acute coronary syndromes |journal=Nuclear Medicine Communications |volume=24 |issue=10 |pages=1049–54 |last2=Lahiri |first2=A |s2cid=33401171 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1136/heart.89.11.1291 |pmid=14594881 |pmc=1767933 |title=Role of myocardial perfusion imaging for risk stratification in suspected or known coronary artery disease |journal=Heart |volume=89 |issue=11 |pages=1291–7 |year=2003 |last1=Sabharwal |first1=N K }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite journal |pmid=9236433 |year=1997 |last1=Basu |first1=S |title=Beneficial effects of intravenous and oral carvedilol treatment in acute myocardial infarction. A placebo-controlled, randomized trial |journal=Circulation |volume=96 |issue=1 |pages=183–91 |last2=Senior |first2=R |last3=Raval |first3=U |last4=Van Der Does |first4=R |last5=Bruckner |first5=T |last6=Lahiri |first6=A |doi=10.1161/01.CIR.96.1.183 }}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/AdvancedUS/technology.jhtml|title=Advanced Ultrasound|publisher=Diagnosticimaging.com|access-date=10 December 2014}}</ref> 16 book chapters and has presented over 290 invited lectures.<ref name="Short CV">{{cite web | url=http://www.heart-scan.co.uk/Short%20CV.pdf | title=Short CV | access-date=25 February 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303194807/http://www.heart-scan.co.uk/Short%20CV.pdf | archive-date=3 March 2012 | url-status=dead}}</ref>

He has contributed<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1097/MNM.0b013e3281744491 |pmid=17460534 |title=The role of cardiovascular imaging techniques in the assessment of patients with acute chest pain |journal=Nuclear Medicine Communications |volume=28 |issue=6 |pages=441–9 |year=2007 |last1=Gani |first1=Firoz |last2=Jain |first2=Diwakar |last3=Lahiri |first3=Avijit |s2cid=28178061 }}</ref> to a number of [[clinical trial]]s, including the first trials of [[Carvedilol]], in [[heart failure]] and [[acute myocardial infarction]]; the first clinical trial of 7E3 (and its chimeric form), in patients with coronary artery disease; the first clinical trial of [[Ranolazine]] in stable angina. He also developed TC-99m tetrofosmin (Myoview) for [[myocardial perfusion imaging]] in man in conjunction with [[Amersham International]] (now [[GE]]).<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.jacc.2005.12.054 |pmid=16682312 |title=The Relationship Between Plasma Osteoprotegerin Levels and Coronary Artery Calcification in Uncomplicated Type 2 Diabetic Subjects |journal=Journal of the American College of Cardiology |volume=47 |issue=9 |pages=1850–7 |year=2006 |last1=Anand |first1=Dhakshinamurthy Vijay |last2=Lahiri |first2=Avijit |last3=Lim |first3=Eric |last4=Hopkins |first4=David |last5=Corder |first5=Roger |doi-access=free }}</ref>

Founder/Co-President- International Congress of Nuclear Cardiology (ICNC), 1993

Introduced Cardiac CT imaging (Coronary Artery Calcium Scanning) in the UK. Contributed in early diagnostic imaging in asymptomatic diabetes. Referenced in the guidelines of imaging in diabetes- American Heart Association,/American College of Cardiology, European Society of Cardiology and NICE Guidelines.

== Awards and recognition==
*Honorary member, [[Royal College of Physicians]]<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/BF00823599 |title=Obituary: Dr. Edward Bernard Raftery died 16 July 1995 |journal=Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=193 |year=1996 |s2cid=26885122 }}</ref>
*The [[Howard Gilman Foundation]] Distinguished Visiting Scholar of [[Cornell University Medical School]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themedicineprogram.com/category/showcategoriesarticals/Health/Dr._Avijit_Lahiri |title=Free Prescriptions, Patient Assistance Programs, Free Medicine |publisher=Themedicineprogram.com |access-date=10 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718152157/http://www.themedicineprogram.com/category/showcategoriesarticals/Health/Dr._Avijit_Lahiri |archive-date=18 July 2011 }}</ref>
*C Merit awarded by [[Northwick Park and St. Mark's Hospital]]<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1093/eurheartj/ehi559 |pmid=16267076 |title=What is the most cost-effective strategy to screen for left ventricular systolic dysfunction: Natriuretic peptides, the electrocardiogram, hand-held echocardiography, traditional echocardiography, or their combination? |journal=European Heart Journal |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=193–200 |year=2006 |last1=Galasko |first1=Gavin IW |last2=Barnes |first2=Sophie C |last3=Collinson |first3=Paul |last4=Lahiri |first4=Avijit |last5=Senior |first5=Roxy |doi-access=free }}</ref>
*Director, British Cardiac Research Trust, UK
*The honorary International Professor, Apollo Hospitals Group, India

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