Inherited Cardiac Disease (Oxford Speacialist Handbooks in Cardiology)

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Dr Elliott studied medicine at St. Thomas's Hospital Medical School, London. After qualifying in 1987 he trained in general medicine, gaining membership of the Royal College of Physicians in 1991. He completed his general cardiology training at St. George's Hospital Medical School, London. Over the past 10 years he has established an international reputation in the field of heart muscle disease, authoring more than 170 peer reviewed papers on the subject. Dr Elliott chairs The National Coroner/Pathologist sub-group of the National Service Framework implementation board and is chair and co-founder of the UK Cardiac Pathology Network. In 2009, he was appointed as Deputy Editor of The Heart Journal.


Dr Lambiase is a senior lecturer and consultant cardiologist specialising in electrophysiology at the Heart Hospital, University College London. He originally trained in Medicine at Oxford graduating in 1992. Following specialisation in Cardiology at the Hammersmith Hospital, he completed a PhD at St Thomas' Hospital London before sub-specialising in cardiac electrophysiology and pacing. He was awarded the British Cardiac Society Young Investigator prize in 2002, He conducts a national sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS) family screening clinic at the Heart Hospital and undertakes research investigating arrhythmia mechanisms in cardiomyopathy and ion channel disorders funded by the British Heart Foundation and Heart UK.