Team
- Dr Michael Cooklin
- Dr Mark Earley
- Dr John Paul Michael Foran
- Dr Nick Gall
- Dr Jaswinder Gill
- Dr Stuart John Harris
- Dr Martin David Lowe
- Dr Francis David Murgatroyd
- Dr Richard John Schilling
- Dr Simon Sporton
Dr Michael Cooklin
Dr Cooklin qualified in medicine from Manchester University in 1985. He has been interested in cardiac arrhythmias since his time as a medical student. He commenced specialised training in 1995, working in London, Newcastle and the Universities of Virginia and Maryland in the USA. His research and clinical interests include basic cellular electrophysiology, and more recently implantable defibrillator function, cardiac resynchronisation therapy, risk assessment and diagnostic electrophysiology. He has been a consultant cardiac electrophysiologist since 2000, and is based at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals.
Dr Mark Earley
Mark Earley qualified from the University of Bristol in 1993 and has been a consultant at St Bartholomew's Hospital since 2006. He specialises in the investigation and treatment of abnormal heart rhythms including by catheter ablation, implantation of pacemakers and cardiac defibrillators. His particular research and clinical interest is the management of atrial fibrillation.
Dr John Paul Michael Foran
John Foran qualified from St George's Hospital in 1988. He trained in adult and paediatric cardiology at various institutions in and around London, before being appointed as a consultant cardiologist in 2001. Though the majority of his time is spent caring for patients with acute coronary syndromes and those suffering from various manifestations of chronic ischaemic heart disease, he has a special interest in heart rhythm disorders. His research work is concerned with catheter ablation and stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation. He is currently employed as a consultant cardiologist at St Helier Hospital in Surrey and at St George's Hospital in London.
Dr Nick Gall
Nicholas Gall is a Consultant Cardiologist and Cardiac Electrophysiologist. He trained at Guy's Hospital and has worked extensively throughout his training in South East England. His NHS bases are King's College Hospital and Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals. He undertakes all aspects of Cardiac Electrophysiology including the management, including ablation, of all fast heart rhythm problems and the management of slow heart rhythm disorders including pacemaker implantation. He manages those at risk of sudden cardiac death including defibrillator implant. Heart failure pacing (cardiac resynchronisation therapy) and the management of dizzy spells / blackouts are also an area of expertise. His research interests include the use of 3 dimensional echocardiography in pacing patients and the integration of electrophysiological and magnetic resonance information in arrhythmia management.
Dr Jaswinder Singh Gill
Dr Jas Gill qualified from Cambridge University in 1979. He was appointed Consultant Cardiologist to Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust in 1995. Since then he has set up the electrophysiology unit and arrhythmia services for that trust. His special interests are in the treatment of arrhythmias including radio frequency ablation and the implantation of pacemakers and defibrillators. He has ninety two peer review papers, fourteen chapters in books and is a co-author of one book. He has lectured at numerous national and international meetings and is a reviewer for a number of high impact journals.
Dr Stuart John Harris
Stuart Harris qualified from St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College in 1995. He trained in Cardiology and Cardiac Electrophysiology in London and Edinburgh. He was appointed as a Consultant Cardiologist at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in April 2005 before moving to the Essex Cardiothoracic Centre in August 2007 to lead the development of arrhythmia services for Essex. His main interests include the investigation and treatment of all heart rhythm disorders including catheter ablation and the use of device therapy in the prevention of sudden cardiac death and the treatment of heart failure including implantable defibrillators and cardiac resynchronisation therapy.
Dr Martin David Lowe
Martin Lowe is a consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist specialising in the treatment of arrhythmias in adults and children with catheter ablation and pacemaker/defibrillator implantation. Having qualified from St George’s Hospital. London, he trained in London and Cambridge, before undertaking a research fellowship at The Mayo Clinic, USA. He is currently based at The Heart Hospital, University College Hospitals Trust, and Great Ormond Street Hospital, London. Current research interests include ablation strategies in those with arrhythmias accompanying cardiomyopathy or congenital heart disease, risk stratification in patients and families predisposed to sudden cardiac death, and multisite pacing in heart failure patients.
Dr Francis David Murgatroyd
Francis Murgatroyd is a consultant cardiologist at King’s College Hospital in London, specializing exclusively in the treatment of heart rhythm disorders. His first degree was from Cambridge and he qualified medically from Oxford University in 1985. He trained in cardiology at St George’s Hospital in London, and in Leicester. After a senior fellowship at the University of Western Ontario, he was appointed in 2000 as a consultant cardiologist at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, before moving to King’s in 2004. His clinical and research interests include all aspects of arrhythmia treatment, including catheter ablation, pacemaker and defibrillator therapy.
Dr Richard John Schilling
Richard Schilling qualified from St Thomas’ Hospital in 1989 and was appointed as a consultant cardiologist at St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London NHS trust in January 2001. His current practice involves all aspects of electrophysiology and management of cardiac arrhythmia including catheter ablation, implantation of pacemakers and cardiac defibrillators and also cardiac resynchronisation therapy for heart failure patients. He has a special interest in atrial fibrillation and performs over 200 AF ablations a year using the latest 3D mapping techniques. He is also trained in transoesophageal echocardiogram.
He has a particular research interest in novel arrhythmia mapping and ablation techniques and has 6 research projects in progress at the moment covering topics such as radiation reduction using non-fluoroscopic mapping systems, catheter ablation of coarse AF, catheter maze for cure of permanent AF, new applications of bi-ventricular defibrillators and catheter ablation for patients with adult congenital disease.
Dr Simon Sporton
Simon Sporton qualified from the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine in 1991. He trained in general medicine in Leeds and London and in Cardiology at University College London Hospitals and St Bartholomew’s Hospital, specialising in heart rhythm disorders. He was appointed as a Consultant Cardiologist to UCL Hospitals in 2003 and moved to St Bartholomew’s Hospital in 2004. His practice includes the investigation and treatment of all heart rhythm problems, catheter ablation using 3-D mapping systems, and all aspects of device therapy with pacemakers, defibrillators and cardiac resynchronisation therapy for heart failure.
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