Director of Cardiology
Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Poole, United Kingdom
JP is a consultant cardiologist and is Clinical Lead for cardiology at Poole Hospital with a specialist interest in cardiovascular imaging. He qualified in 1996 from Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospitals before training in Cardiology. He was appointed to a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded research Fellowship at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London in 2007, followed by a Clinical Fellowship in imaging and heart failure at University Hospitals Southampton before taking up a locum consultant position in cardiovascular MRI, inherited cardiac diseases and cardio-oncology at the Brompton working with Professor Dudley Pennell, Dr Sanjay Prasad and Dr Alex Lyon.
Since starting in Poole in 2013, he has overseen the ongoing development of a comprehensive local cardiac MRI, CT and echo service with an extended outreach to neighbouring institutions as well as providing a busy general cardiology commitment. He also provides cardio-oncology services for cancer patients in the Dorset Cancer Centre. His research interests include non-invasive imaging, in particular cardiac MRI with a focus on cardiac iron overload and its assessment. He has been an invited speaker at multiple local, national and international meetings. He is passionate about cardiology in general with a particular interest in imaging, both advanced echocardiography and cross-sectional imaging (cardiac CT and MRI). He is examination board chair for the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) Section CMR.
Saturday, February 7, 2026
11:10 AM - 12:10 PM
