Professor Riyaz Patel

 Professional experience

• More than 20 years of experience
• Consultant cardiologist, OneWelbeck (present)
• Consultant cardiologist, Barts Health NHS Trust (2015 - present)
• Consultant cardiologist, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2013 - present)

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 Sub-specialties

• Advanced cardiac imaging
• Breathlessness
• Cardiac and coronary CT angiography
• Cardiac screening
• Cardiovascular risk assessment and prevention
• Chest pain
• Cholesterol management
• Coronary disease
• Electrocardiogram (ECG)
• Familial hypercholesterolaemia
• Genetics of coronary heart disease
• High cholesterol levels
• High or unexplained cardiovascular risk
• Hypertension
• Palpitations
• Premature coronary disease
• Preventive cardiology
• Stress echocardiography
• Valve disorders

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 Positions in public associations

• Clinical lead, Cardiovascular disease prevention, Barts Health NHS Trust (present)
• UK Reviewer, Guidelines for Dyslipidaemia (2019) and CVD prevention (2021), European Society of Cardiology 
• CVD prevention lead, North London Operational Delivery Network (ODN) for Cardiology (2020 - present)
• ​Steering Committee member, Pan London CVD Prevention Leadership Group, NHS England and NHS Improvement (2020 - present)
• Invited expert, National Accelerated Access Collaborative Uptake Product: PCSK9i Clinical Subgroup (2019 - present)
• Steering Committee member, Pan London Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Group (NHSE) (2019 - present)
• Co-chair, Barts Heart Centre Research Peer Review Group (2018 - present)
• Steering Committee member, NHS Health Checks Data Extract and Advisory Committee, Public Health England (2018 - present)
• ​​Associate editor, European Heart Journal, Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes (EHJ QCCO) (2015 - present)
• ​​Founder and lead investigator, GENIUS-CHD Consortium (2013 - present)

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 Teaching posts

• Professor of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London (2020 - present)
• Associate professor, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London (2018 - 2021)
• Clinical lecturer, National Institute for Health and Care Research, University College London (2012 - 2015)

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 Education

• BSc, Psychology, First class with honours, University College London (1998)
• MBBS, Bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery, Distinction, King's College London (2001)
• MRCP, Member, Royal College of Physicians (2005)
• ECFMG Certification, Medical Licensing Exams, USA (2007)
• Research fellow, Cardiology, Emory University, Greater Atlanta Area, USA (2007 - 2010)
• MD, Research, Medical doctorate, Cardiff University (2012)
• Transthoracic echocardiography accreditation, British Society of Echocardiography (2012)
• Transoesophageal echo accreditation, European Society of Cardiology (2013)
• Cardiac CT accreditation, Society of Cardiovascular CT (USA) (2014)
• ​Clinical intermediate fellow, British Heart Foundation, University College London (2015 - 2021)
• FESC, Fellowship, European Society of Cardiology (2017)
• FRCP, Fellowship, Royal College of Physicians (2018)

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 Publications and conferences

• You can see some of Professor Patel's academic work on ResearchGate. 

 Prizes and awards

• Kanangara Memorial Prize, Competitive essay prize on small cell lung cancer epidemiology (1998)
• Mark Casewell Memorial Prize, Best poster presentation on infectious disease (1999)
• Winner, Best poster presentation prize, American College of Cardiology, Georgia Chapter (2008) 
• Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Award, The Broad Institute, Harvard University, USA (2008)
• Runner up, Best poster presentation, American College of Cardiology, Georgia Chapter (2009) 
• Functional Genomics and Translational Biology Award, American Heart Association (2010) 
• National Institute of Health Research Clinical Lectureship (2012) 
• British Heart Foundation Clinical Intermediate Research Fellowship (2015)
• Bart’s Heart Heroes Nomination, For work on CVD prevention (2016)
• Clinical Excellence Award Level 3, Bart’s Health NHS Trust (2019)
• National Clinical Impact Award Level 1, Dept of Health (2022)

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 Professional membership

• Elected fellow, European Society of Cardiology
• Elected fellow, Royal College of Physicians of London
• Member, British Cardiovascular Society
• Member, British Society of Echocardiography
• Member, British Society of Cardiac Imaging
• Member, Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

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