• HRC2024
  • 6 - 8 Oct 2024

Dr Derek Connolly

Derek Connolly

Speaking at: HRC2022

Position: Consultant Cardiologist and the Director of Research and Development
Location: Birmingham, UK

Dr Derek Connolly is a Consultant Cardiologist and the Director of Research and Development at Birmingham City Hospital. He is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK. He is Clinical Lead for Cardiac Care for BCICS

He trained in Edinburgh, Cambridge, London and San Diego where he was a Carnegie Scholar. He has a first class degree in Pharmacology from the University of Edinburgh where he was the Brunton medallist and Keasbey Bursary holder. His BHF funded PhD in molecular cardiology is from the University of Cambridge. He is the Chief or Primary Investigator of multiple large trials in Cardiovascular medicine. He developed one of the UKs first primary angioplasty programmes, and one of the UKs largest cardiac CT programmes. He is a council member of the British Primary Care Cardiovascular Society.

He was on the design and naming team of the forthcoming super hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital which will open 2023.

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