Cardiology service

Dr. Usama Boles                                                                         

MB. BCH, MSc, FRCPI, FHRS, FESC, FEHRA, PhD

Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist

Experience & Education:

Dr. Boles is a Consultant Electrophysiologist and Cardiologist since 2016 and worked in MPN since 2017 until 2022 and currently re-joined part time MPN and works in the HSE. He completed a certified two years advanced training programme in Cardiac arrhythmia, invasive electrophysiology and intracardiac device management at well renowned Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada.

Following his graduation, Dr. Boles completed his basic medical and cardiology specialist training schemes through The Royal College of Physicians in Ireland. He was appointed as a specialist registrar in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and Mater Misericordia University Hospital in Ireland. From 2010 to 2014 he was trained in the Royal Free Hospital in London, Southampton University Hospital and Norwich and Norfolk University Hospital, which was in conjunction with Cambridge University for certain sub specialities like Congenital heart diseases and pregnancy related heart diseases.

He completed his PhD degree from Sweden (Umeå University) with a thesis regarding Coronary Artery Disease. His leading work in this disease was published in internationally peer-reviewed journals and presented in most world’s distinguished Cardiology meetings. He also completed a Taught Master’s degree in Cardiology from Trinity College Dublin with a thesis about Electrical Remodelling of the Heart in Early Stage of Hypertension. Additionally, he has a postgraduate diploma from UCD, Dublin in Healthcare Management. He is certified through European Credits (ECs) system in advanced human biostatistics, research Ethics and Law from Sweden.

He is a Certified Invasive Cardiac Electrophysiologist accredited by Queen’s University, Ontario, Canada, and as a Fellow to Heart Rhythm Society (FHRS), USA.

Sub speciality Clinical Interests:

Arrhythmia and Cardiac device management is the main focus of his work. This includes invasive treatment of all cardiac arrhythmias by Ablation either complex (e.g. Complex Atrial Fibrillation and Ventricular ablations) or simple (e.g. Supraventricular ablations). He also implants simple devices for slow heart beats associated with fainting or syncope events, complex Cardiac resynchronisation devices to manage severe heart failure symptoms and defibrillator implants in primary and secondary prevention for sudden cardiac death. He also provides dedicated arrhythmia diagnostic services either remotely or through minimally invasive loop recorder implants that have 100% detection abilities of rhythm disturbances.In addition to Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) screening and risk assessment through various cardiac investigation tools and drug provocation tests. His clinical work in this field led to a discovery of a Gene Sequence responsible for fatal cardiac arrhythmia that was added to The International Genome Library. In addition, he has provided extensive review articles for management options in congenital arrhythmias.

Clinical Research & Professional Memberships:

In addition to his main attention to clinical work, Dr. Boles has a strong academic profile with more than 50 publications as a first, supervising author or co-author. In addition to more than 25 Cardiology presentations in national and international conferences in Europe and N. America.

He has published book in Coronary Artery Dilatation (A disease called Coronary Ectasia) and has co-authored and wrote chapters in another three cardiology books in the Arrhythmia field.

His distinguished career was accredited as a Fellow of the most prestigious international Cardiology and Arrhythmia committees; as a Fellow to the European Society of Cardiology (FESC), Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (FRCPI), American Heart Rhythm Society (FHRS) and a Fellow in European Heart Rhythm Association (FEHRA).

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