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I qualified from St Thomas Hospital in 1992 where I was awarded a BSc in physiology and MB BS Hons. After house jobs at St Thomas and Greenwich, I trained at The Hammersmith Hospital as a medical SHO, The Royal Brompton as an ITU & respiratory SHO, The London Chest as a cardiology SHO and Guy's as a renal SHO.

I became a member of the Royal College of Physicians in February 1995 and entered registrar training in cardiology in May 1995. I completed a registrar rotation at St Mary's, Hillingdon and The Royal Brompton before being awarded a BHF Research Fellowship. My MD research involved excitation-contraction coupling in cardiac myocytes and was performed at the National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College.

My training in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) tookplace at the Royal Brompton and this is my major interest. I performed clinical research into drug
eluting stents, PCI in multivessel disease and cost-effectiveness.

My current research interests include the evaluation of new intracoronary stents and the use of anti-thrombotic and lipid lowering drugs in patients with acute coronary syndrome.

Batchelor of Science (Physiology, First Class Hons)

Batchelor of Medicine & Surgery (St Thomas' Hospital)

Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in Cardiology and General Internal Medicine

Doctor of Medicine research degree

Member of the British Cardiac Society

Member of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians