Position: Reader in Cardiovascular Medicine and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist
Location: London UK
Dr Behr is Reader in Cardiovascular Medicine and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist specialising in Electrophysiology at St George's University of London and St George's Hospital, London. He is president of the Association of Inherited Cardiac Conditions. Dr Behr’s clinical and research interest is in sudden death and its genetic, clinical, epidemiological and pathological investigation. His aim is to develop novel approaches to risk stratification and prevention in conditions that predispose to the risk of sudden death. This includes the long QT and Brugada syndromes, drug-induced arrhythmia and unexplained sudden death in infants (SIDS), children and adults (SADS) as well as sudden death in the general population and acquired disease groups.