Dr Alexander Lyon

Cardiologist in London

MA(Oxon) BM BCh PhD FRCP FHFA

GMC: 4530330

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Dr Alexander Lyon is a leading London-based consultant cardiologist, specialising in the field of heart failure, cardiomyopathy, cardio-oncology and Takotsubo syndrome. He is highly experienced, and is well-versed in all aspects of cardiology. Along with his private clinics at Royal Brompton Hospital and in central London, he is also senior lecturer for the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London.

Dr Lyon graduated with a first class degree from Oxford University, and gained experience doing post-graduate training in London and Sydney, Australia before setting up private practice in London. He became part of the cardiac medicine research group of Professor Sian Harding and Professor Philip Poole-Wilson. He studied the influence of cardiac gene therapy on ventricular arrhythmia generation. He was awarded the MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship in 2005, and went on to complete his PhD in 2008.

He is renowned for his research into heart failure and Takotsubo syndrome, and is lead for the heart failure research theme of the Biomedical Research Unit at the Royal Brompton Hospital, funded by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR).

Dr Lyon holds a number of teaching positions, and regularly presents at national and international events, and is a senior lecturer at Imperial College London.

Dr Alexander Lyon is passionate about improving the quality and the length of life of people with heart failure, and believes that a stronger focus on early detection and treatment is the future of cardiology.

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Credentials

GMC: ‍4530330

Professional experience

• More than 25 years of experience
• Honorary consultant cardiologist, Royal Brompton Hospital (present)
• Consultant cardiologist, The Physicians' Clinic (present)
• Heart failure theme lead, Cardiovascular biomedical research unit, Royal Brompton Hospital (2011 - present)
• Clinical lead for cardio-oncology service, Royal Brompton Hospital (2011 - present)

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Sub-specialties

• Takotsubo syndrome
• Cardio-oncology
• Cardiomyopathy
• Heart Failure
• Hypertension
• Cardiac gene therapy
• Coronary heart disease
• Angina
• Palpitations
• Cardiac complications of COVID-19 infection and the COVID-19 vaccine

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Positions in public associations

• Chair of UK cardio-oncology consortium (2012 - present)
• Deputy Editor of European Heart Journal (2020 - present)
• Associate Editor of the European Journal of Heart Failure (2017 - present)
• President of the British Cardio-Oncology Society (2014 - present)
• Cardiology Advisor to Macmillan Cancer (2015 - present)
• Member of GCOS Executive Committee (2018 - present)

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Teaching posts

• Senior clinical lecturer in heart failure, Imperial College London (present)
• Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York (present)
• Has presented at numerous national and international meetings in the field of cardiac calcium pathophysiology, gene therapy in heart failure, chemotherapy induced cardiac dysfunction and heart failure, and Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

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Education

• BCh in physiological sciences, Oxford University (1995)
• PhD in cardiac gene therapy upon ventricular arrhythmia generation (2008)
• FRCP (2015)

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Publications and conferences

• Has reviewed manuscripts for numerous scientific journals
• Has contributed chapters to a number of medical books
• Has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals

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Prizes and awards

• The inaugural Bernard and Joan Marshall young investigator prize from the british society for cardiovascular research (2010)
• British cardiovascular society young investigator competition winner (basic sciences) (2009)
• Medical research society raftery prize in cardiovascular sciences winner (2008)
• European meeting of international society of heart research best scientific poster prize (2008)
• Royal society of medicine cardiology section president’s medal winner (2007)

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Professional membership

• Member of HFA translational research committee (European Society of Cardiology (2012 - present)

Languages spoken

English