Dr Stephen Hoole

Dr Hoole qualified in medicine with a double First from the University of Oxford. Subsequently, they trained in cardiology in London and Cambridge. Dr Hoole was appointed as a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Royal Papworth Hospital in September 2011 and was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 2015. Dr Hoole currently holds a national clinical excellence silver award. They have published over 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts, written several book chapters and are a senior research fellow at the University of Cambridge. Dr Hoole is a specialist advisor to the MHRA, NICE and NIHR HTA interventional device programmes. They have co-authored guideline and position paper publications for the ESC, ACC, AHA and NICE and are currently appointed as a NICE clinical guideline chair. Dr Hoole is regularly asked to act as a medicolegal expert.

Dr Hoole has extensive experience in all aspects of cardiology, including the causes of chest pain, breathlessness, ankle swelling, palpitations and dizziness/blackouts.

They subspecialise in key-hole coronary artery stenting via the wrist artery and have a particular interest in stent safety, complex PCI (calcium modification and opening chronic occlusions), refractory and microvascular angina, intracoronary imaging and physiology. Dr Hoole also leads the national balloon pulmonary angioplasty service.