Dr Siddegowda is a consultant who specialises in stroke medicine and is the divisional director of medical education for division D.

MBBS, MRCP(UK), FRCP(Lon)

Training and education

MBBS (medical degree) - Bangalore University, India, 1998
MRCP (member of the Royal College of Physicians) - UK, 2005
CCT (certificate of completion of training) in internal and geriatric medicine - London Deanery, 2011
FRCP (fellow of the Royal College of Physicians) - London, 2015

Experience

Dr Siddegowda looks after patients after they have had a stroke and during their recovery.

He is also a named clinical and education supervisor, taking an active role in the training of junior medical staff and specialist nurses. He leads the department's mortality review.

He has a particular interest in clinics for patients who have had a transient ischaemic attack (TIA), or mini stroke. Other interests include service improvement, healthcare quality analysis, research and teaching.

Key achievements

Setting up the 24/7 thrombolysis (treatment for a blood clot) service at Great Western Hospital, Swindon in 2011
Being clinical director of the stroke service and developing the secondary care hyperacute stroke service and hyperacute stroke unit at Queen Alexandra (QA) Hospital, Portsmouth (2015-16)
Developing stroke simulation training at QA Hospital, Portsmouth to improve the safety of the thrombolysis service
Improving the stroke service at QA Hospital from level E or level B over a period of eight months (2015-16).

Research

Dr Siddegowda is involved in research trials that are currently being carried out by the UHS stroke service, and acts as principal investigator for some of these trials

Contact

You can contact Dr Siddegowda via his secretary, Elizabeth Woodiwiss - call 023 8120 5791 or send an email.