Dr Puneet Kakar
Dr Puneet Kakar is a Consultant General Physician at Ashtead Hospital in Surrey who specialises in stroke medicine.
Based At
NHS base
Epsom Hospital
GMC Number
6034064
Clinic Timetable
By arrangement
Clinical interests
Dr Puneet Kakar is a Consultant Physician in Stroke Medicine and also practices Geriatric Medicine and General Medicine.Dr Kakar's main areas of interest are neuro vascular medicine and he runs the Stroke and TIA clinics at Epsom General Hospital. In addition, he also has a special interest in primary and secondary stroke prevention strategies and has published extensively on anticoagulation and the use of novel anticoagulant drugs and risk stratification strategies. His other areas of expertise include neurorehabilitation strategies, comprehensive geriatric assessment, Syncope, Hypertension, Falls, Cholesterol/Lipid level management and management of complex chronic conditions particularly focused towards Geriatric Medicine.
Initial consultation fee will not exceed £200 and follow-up consultation fee will not exceed £150
Professional Memberships
Academic Background
Dr Kakar's post graduate training in Stroke Medicine was at Imperial College NHS Trust and he has also attained his Masters qualifications in Advanced Neuroimaging from University College London (2013). In addition he also has qualifications in Medical Law attained at Cardiff University (2011).He has published extensively and is widely cited in the field of Stroke, Atrial Fibrillation, Cerebral Microbleeds and Anticoagulation and has also researched extensively into modern MRI scanning techniques. His other areas of research include ‘preventative medicine in the older patient', hypertension and vascular medicine.
Based at
NHS base
Epsom Hospital
GMC Number
6034064
Clinic Timetable
By arrangement
Clinical interests
Dr Puneet Kakar is a Consultant Physician in Stroke Medicine and also practices Geriatric Medicine and General Medicine.Dr Kakar's main areas of interest are neuro vascular medicine and he runs the Stroke and TIA clinics at Epsom General Hospital. In addition, he also has a special interest in primary and secondary stroke prevention strategies and has published extensively on anticoagulation and the use of novel anticoagulant drugs and risk stratification strategies. His other areas of expertise include neurorehabilitation strategies, comprehensive geriatric assessment, Syncope, Hypertension, Falls, Cholesterol/Lipid level management and management of complex chronic conditions particularly focused towards Geriatric Medicine.
Initial consultation fee will not exceed £200 and follow-up consultation fee will not exceed £150
Professional Memberships
Academic Background
Dr Kakar's post graduate training in Stroke Medicine was at Imperial College NHS Trust and he has also attained his Masters qualifications in Advanced Neuroimaging from University College London (2013). In addition he also has qualifications in Medical Law attained at Cardiff University (2011).He has published extensively and is widely cited in the field of Stroke, Atrial Fibrillation, Cerebral Microbleeds and Anticoagulation and has also researched extensively into modern MRI scanning techniques. His other areas of research include ‘preventative medicine in the older patient', hypertension and vascular medicine.