Prof Vijay Kunadian joins Global Heart Hub Clinical and Specialist Advisory Panel

We are honoured to announce Prof Vijay Kunadian as the newest member to join our Clinical and Specialist Advisory Panel (CSAP).

CSAP is a group of leading global experts, representing interdisciplinary fields of cardiovascular disease, who support the Global Heart Hub in helping to ensure that evidence-based knowledge underlies our efforts to achieve the best possible outcomes for those living with heart diseases.

Professor Kunadian is a Professor of Interventional Cardiology holding a Personal Chair at Newcastle University and Honorary Academic Consultant Interventional Cardiologist Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. She has an international reputation in interventional cardiology and cardiovascular research and has championed diversity in her specialty as a role model; only 5% of interventional cardiologist are female in the UK, <1% are clinical academics/researchers and the first female interventional cardiologist to hold a University Personal Chair.

Prof Vijay Kunadian is recipient of the UK Department of Health National Clinical Excellence Award. She is National Cardiovascular Specialty Group Lead, UK NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) Research Delivery Network. She is the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society Research and Development Working Group National Lead and Council Member.

We look forward to working with you Prof Kunadian.