Dr Peter O'Kane

Dr O’Kane graduated from Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School in 1995 with First Class Honours Bachelor of Science BSc degree in Physiology, Medical Degree and numerous prizes including the Llewelyn Prize for the second-best distinction in medical finals. After attaining membership of the Royal College of Physicians he was subsequently awarded a Doctorate of Medicine by the University of London for a thesis on the role of nitric oxide in coronary heart disease. Dr O’Kane was appointed as Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital in July 2007. He has performed over 7500 PCI procedures as a Consultant. He routinely treats extensively calcified lesions, bifurcations including left main stem disease & chronic total occlusions. He is committed to teaching & education with local fellowship training program through to national & international proctorship of techniques & multiple adjunctive devices. He has trained Consultant colleagues from the UK, Europe, Asia & USA through local workshops and courses. He is regularly invited as faculty to National & International meetings as a presenter & live case operator. He has published over 83 manuscripts and authored 10 book chapters. He is a local principal Investigator for 38 National & International multi-centre clinical trials & is dedicated to patient recruitment with over 1000 patients recruited to trials he has managed. He has led numerous quality improvement programs, is PCI Lead, Cardiology Governance and Mortality Lead & has achieved National Bronze Clinical Excellence Award level 9. He was a nationally elected member to British Cardiovascular Intervention Society (BCIS) Council (2020-2023) and from March 2023 is a member of BCIS Research Working Group.

Coronary heart disease Complex percutaneous intervention (PCI) Left main bifurcation PCI All types of atherectomy for calcified coronary arteries – laser, rotational and orbital Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) Optical coherence tomography (OCT) Chronic Total Occlusion PCI Treat patients without stents - drug coated balloons In my current Consultant post I am principal investigator for 38 studies Grant Applicant • NIHR-HTA co-app REVIVED (HTA CET 10/57/67) 2013-22 £1669854 • NIHR-HTA co-app CHIP (19/109 NIHR130593) 2020-26 £1022190 Steering Committee • RINCAL Study • RIPCORD 2 Study National PI • COMPARE-ABSORB • REFORM • SELUTION DE NOVO Global PI • eULTRA10K Registry Key Protocol Contributor • STICH3-BCIS4 study Large volume of patients recruited to these studies > 1000 Editor-in-Chief ICR3 (Interventional Cardiology) Journal