Dr Bode Ensam

Dr Bode Ensam is a consultant cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist with a wealth of additional experience in inherited cardiac conditions (ICC), sudden arrhythmic death syndromes (SADS), sports cardiology and the management of arrhythmias in pregnancy. After graduating from Warwick Medical School in 2007 he undertook general medical training in Dorset and Hampshire and became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) in 2011. After securing a competitive national training number in Cardiology he underwent training in the West Midlands before undertaking a clinical and research fellowship in ICC and sports cardiology at St George’s Hospital, London under the guidance of Professor Elijah Behr.  At St George’s he developed an expertise in rare electrical cardiac conditions, such as, Brugada Syndrome, Long-QT syndrome (LQTS), Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT), unexplained cardiac arrest and recurrent syncope. Additionally, as a Cardiac Risk in the Young UK (CRY-UK) fellow he gained further experience in the cardiovascular assessment of elite level athletes. He was fortune to receive research funding in excess of £300,000 from the British Heart Foundation in order to study Brugada Syndrome and the assessment of victims of sudden unexplained cardiac death and their families. On returning to the West Midlands, he underwent further training in advanced invasive cardiac electrophysiology and after completing his cardiology training spent a further year as a senior EP fellow at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, where he focussed on the invasive treatment of arrhythmic disorders performing almost 300 catheter ablation procedures and 150 pacemaker/defibrillator implants during in a single year. He was appointed as a consultant cardiologist with expertise in cardiac electrophysiology and inherited cardiac conditions at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham in September 2022.  In addition to a busy clinical role, Dr Ensam is active in both research and teaching and has published several papers in high impact journals and has presented his work at international conferences and meetings. Outside of his NHS commitments, Dr Ensam has a strong interest in sports cardiology and is involved in pre-participation cardiac screening of both elite and high-performance amateur athletes. He has undertaken cardiac screening in association with the Football Association, The Rugby Football Union, British Athletics, The English Cricketing Board, British Triathlon, The Football Association, British Swimming, the UK Institute of Sport.

Atrial Fibrillation Sudden death Syndromes Sports Cardiology Brugada syndrome Long QT syndrome Cardiac Defibrillators