Awards and degrees:

1978                        Scholarship                  

                               Oxford University

1981                        Master of Arts               

                               Oxford University

1984                        Bachelor of Medicine     

                               London University

1984                        Bachelor of Surgery      

                               London University

1989                        Member of the Royal College of Physicians

1990                        British Heart Foundation Junior Research Fellowship

1994                        Doctor of Medicine         

                               London University

2000                        Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians

2007                        Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology

Professional career: Clinical   

1995 -                      Consultant Physician

1999 -                      Honorary Consultant Cardiologist

                               The Brompton Hospital London

2001 - 2003              Board Observer:

                               British Society for Heart Failure

2002 -                      Editorial Board: 

                               British Journal of Cardiology

2002 -                      Editorial Board: 

                               Current Vascular Pharmacology

2002 -                      Lead Physician Heart Failure             

2006 -                    Editorial Board:

                               Eurpoean Journal of Heart Failure

2006 -                      Honorary Consultant Cardiologist

                               The Manor Hospital Oxford

2008 -                      European Society of Cardiology

                               Committee on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Professional career: Management         

1996 - 98                 Chair Local Negotiating Committee

1997 - 98                 RCP  Committee of

                               Medical Education Training and Staffing

1997 - 02                 Clinical Director Medicine

1998 - 02                 BUPA Hastings PPU Board

2002 - 04                 Medical Director (Strategy): ESHT

2002 - 05                 Chairman: Clinical Reference Group

                               East Sussex Clinical Services Review

2004 - 05                 Strategic Health authority Advisor

                               Chronic Care Management Board

2007 onwards           Lead Physician for Medicine

Society membership:    

British Medical Association

British Cardiac Society

British Society of Heart Failure

Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology.