John Payne MB ChB, BSc, MRCP, MD

John is a Consultant Cardiologist who started his training in Edinburgh. Following this he travelled to London for a 5 year period of research at University College London and the Royal Brompton Hospital. He returned to Edinburgh to complete his cardiology training and took up his Consultant post in Glasgow in 2010. He now works privately at Nuffield Health Glasgow Hospital and with the NHS at the Scottish National Advanced Heart Failure Service based at the Golden Jubilee National Hospital.

John is committed to research into heart disease and has published scientific papers over a 12 year period in a variety of journals. He has won several awards, including the British Medical Association prize for cardiovascular research.

John’s research interests include: Left ventricular hypertrophy, Heart failure, Cardiovascular Genetics, Cardiovascular magnetic resonance and Cardiac transplantation.