| PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND |
I qualified from Leeds University in 1978
with distinction and was the gold medallist.
Following housemen jobs in Leeds, I travelled to London and
trained at the Hammersmith Hospital, The Royal Brompton Hospital
and the London Chest Hospital where I developed an interest
in Cardiology. After general medical training at the Whittington
and University College Hospitals I was appointed as a Cardiology
Registrar at the National Heart Hospital and subsequently became
a Senior Registrar at Hammersmith Hospital. My medical thesis
(MD) was researched at the National Heart Hospital. I became
a member of the Royal College of Physicians in 1980 and a Fellow
of the Royal College of Physicians in 1990. |
| I was appointed as a Consultant Cardiologist
to the Royal Free Hospital in 1987. I have developed a major
interest in coronary artery disease, coronary angiography and
coronary angioplasty including the treatment of angina and heart
attacks. I also have a major interest in heart failure and the
treatment of valvular heart disease and cardiomyopathies. |
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| ASSOCIATIONS |
| I am a member of the British Cardiac Society,
the British Cardiac Interventional Society, the British Medical
Association and the Royal College of Physicians. |
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| RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS |
| I have numerous research publications
in all aspects of general adult cardiology. I have written a
Coronary Care Manual that was published as a book by Oxford
University Press and have contributed to major textbooks in
cardiology. |
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