Dr MacCarthy qualified at Bristol University Medical School and trained in Cardiology in Oxford, Cardiff and King’s College Hospital, London. He also undertook a period of advanced angioplasty training in one of the worlds leading cardiac hospitals in Belgium.

He has a busy General Cardiology practice, covering all aspects of cardiology, but has a subspecialty interest in coronary angioplasty and stenting. His research interests include applied coronary physiology, use of the coronary pressure wire, endothelial and myocardial function. He has published his research widely in all of these areas and obtained several peer-reviewed grants to pursue his ongoing research programme.

Qualifications

BSc, with First Class Honours Bristol University 1988
MB ChB, with Honours Bristol University 1991
MRCP Royal College of Physicians (London) 1994
PhD University of Wales College of Medicine 2000

Memberships

Member, Editorial Board of the journal, HEART
Member, British Cardiac Society
Member, British Cardiac Intervention Society
Collegiate Member, Royal College of Physicians of London.
Member, Research and Development Committee, King’s College Hospital
College Tutor for Cardiology, King’s College Hospital

Distinctions/Prizes/Awards

1987 Undergraduate Scholarship
1988 Mary Edith Evans Prize in Anatomy
1989 Southmead Hospital Prize
1990 David Rayner Prize
1990 McLaghlan Scholarship
1991 Sanders Scholarship
1991 MB ChB awarded with Distinctions in Anatomy, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Pathology and Microbiology
1996 Medical Reasearch Council Clinical Training Fellowship
2002 King’s College Hospital Commendation
2002 British Heart Foundation Advanced Training Scholarship

Dr MacCarthy

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