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Dr Sarah Jarvis

GP, London

Dr Sarah Jarvis trained at Cambridge and Oxford Universities, and is now a ¾ time GP and GP trainer in inner-city London. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the RCGP spokesperson on women’s health.

Dr Sarah Jarvis writes extensively in the medical and consumer press, and is a regular contributor to Good Housekeeping, Women’s Health, Pregnancy and Baby and You magazines. She is the ITN lunchtime news resident doctor and the Radio 2 doctor, appearing on the regular health slot on Jeremy Vine’s Radio 2 Monday afternoon show. She also appears regularly on GMTV and Radio 5 live. Sarah has a particular interest in cardiology, and after 12 years on the advisory board of Update and Doctor, is now on the advisory board of the British Journal of Cardiology and the patient services board of Heart UK (the cholesterol charity). She has written extensively on cardiology and the new GMS Contract. She has also been closely involved with the development of integrated care pathways for asthma. Dr Sarah Jarvis has authored A Younger Woman’s Diagnose-It-Yourself Guide to Health, Diabetes for Dummies, Pregnancy for Dummies and Children’s Health for Dummies.

Dr Jarvis believes that Peripheral Arterial Disease is a highly significant, but hugely under-recognized marker for cardiovascular disease: "It is essential that those working in primary care, who are perfectly placed to identify these high risk patients, recognize and act on the finding of PAD if they are to reverse the rising tide of cardiovascular disease in the UK."

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