Dr. Christopher Broyd

Dr Christopher Broyd is a Consultant Cardiologist based in Brighton, specialising in the diagnosis and management of patients with chest pain, shortness of breath, palpitations, dizziness and syncope. His interventional expertise includes coronary angiography, percutaneous coronary intervention (angioplasty and stent implantation), transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure.

Dr Broyd completed his medical degree at Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Medical School in 2003. He subsequently undertook specialist cardiology training at leading UK cardiac centres including Barts Heart Centre, Harefield Hospital and Hammersmith Hospital. He also holds a PhD from Imperial College London, where his research focused on cardiovascular physiology and the non-invasive assessment of cardiovascular function.

He has undertaken advanced fellowship training at Hospital Clínico San Carlos in Madrid and has held consultant positions in both the United Kingdom and Australia. His clinical practice is based within University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, and he also sees private patients at Nuffield Health Brighton.

Dr Broyd has held an associate professorship at Griffith University in Australia and is involved in postgraduate medical education, including supervision of MD and PhD candidates and acting as a PhD examiner. His research interests include cardiovascular imaging, diagnostic innovation and the application of machine learning to cardiology.

He has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications, contributed to textbooks and presented at international cardiology conferences. He has also been a finalist for the Samuel Levine American Heart Association Young Investigator of the Year award. He is a member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) and holds an honorary position at Brighton and Sussex Medical School.