Membership of professional bodies: |
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Royal College of Physicians (London), Bristish Congenital
Cardiac Association, UK Sports Diving Medical Committee
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Special clinical interests: |
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Intervention including PFO / ASD closure, TAVI and pulmonary
valve implantation
Prevention of stroke (PFO and AF), diving medicine and valve
disease
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Professional profile/background: |
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Trained in Bristol University.
Royal Navy Medical Officer 1988-1998, leaving as Surgeon
Lieutenant Commander.
Cardiology training in Plymouth, Cardiff, Great Ormond Street
Hospital and UCLH Hospitals, London
PhD in Cardiff and Miami.
Consultant since 2005 specialising in Congenital and Structural
intervention, including PFO, ASD closure, coarctation stenting and
stent grafting, aortic and pulmonary valve implantation.
I was fortunate to work with Professor Bonhoeffer during the
development of percutaneous valve treatments and now teach this
technique to cardiologists in other centres in the UK and
abroad.
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