Speaking at: HRC2024

Position: Consultant Cardiologist
Location: Cambridge, UK

Patrick Calvert is a consultant cardiologist at Royal Papworth Hospital specialising coronary and structural intervention. He is also an Affiliated Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge. He is the Clinical Director of Research and Development at Royal Papworth Hospital (RPH). He graduated from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford and trained in the Eastern Deanery in general and interventional cardiology. He undertook a PhD at Cambridge University investigating vulnerable coronary plaques. He was awarded the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society Young Investigators Award and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology Young Author Achievement Award (JACC Imaging). He is the chair of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society Structural Heart Disease Research Group responsible for developing collaborative structural heart disease research. He has a broad range of research interests but current focuses on clinical outcomes. As Cardiovascular Lead for the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care System he drafted a 5y plan to improve the cardiovascular health of the region and weave clinical research into the clinical cardiovascular services. As Clinical Director for R&D, he devised a 5y strategy to realise the research potential of RPHs move to the Biomedical Campus. This includes substantial investment in RPH R&D infrastructure and the appointment of five 50/50 Research Leader posts.