Dr Zdenek Salvik is a consultant paediatric cardiologist at Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals, where he treats private and NHS patients. He graduated from medical school in Prague, Czech Republic, gaining board certification in paediatrics and paediatric cardiology. From 1995-97, he was a consultant paediatric intensivist at Glenfield Hospital, Leicester. In 1997, he was appointed consultant paediatric intensivist and cardiologist at Harefield Hospital. Then, in 2001, he took up the same position at Royal Brompton Hospital. Dr Slavik has been a consultant paediatric cardiologist at Royal Brompton Hospital since 2005.