counselling

He received his specialist cardiology training in Cardiff and is now based at St George's Hospital, London, where he is undertaking research within the field of sports cardiology. 

His other areas of academic interest include cardiac imaging and inherited cardiac diseases.

Outside work, Abbas enjoys keep-fit and running and recently ran the London Marathon for HeartUK.

He also enjoys snooker and travel, although he now spends most of his spare time entertaining his young son!

Research Papers

Sharma, S. and Zaidi, A.
"Exercise-induced arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: fact or fallacy?"
European Heart Journal December 2011  [Extract]  [Interview with Dr Zaidi about this article]

Dr Abbas Zaidi, CRY Research Fellow, highlights the importance of expertise in Sports Cardiology in a debate in the British Journal of Cardiology: "Chest pain - troponin and athletes" http://bjcardio.co.uk/2011/08/correspondence-5/ (second letter)
British Journal of Cardiology August 2011 Vol.18, Issue 4, p179    
[This is in response to http://bjcardio.co.uk/2011/06/correspondence-4/]

Zaidi, A. and Sharma, S.
"The athlete's heart"
British Journal of Hospital Medicine May 2011 Vol.27, No.5, p275-281  [Abstract]