Cardiovascular

Dr Simon Ray

Clinical Academic Section Lead for Cardiovascular

Simon is a Consultant Cardiologist at the University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Reader in Cardiology at the University of Manchester. He is Vice President Elect of the British Cardiovascular Society’s Clinical Standards Division and Immediate Past President of the British Society of Echocardiography. He has authored more than 70 papers and has been a member of the steering committee of several major cardiology trials. Simon qualified in medicine at Bristol and came to Manchester in 1995 having held positions in Bristol, Glasgow, Newcastle, Vancouver, Canada, and Liverpool.

Diabetes, Stroke and Arrhythmias are key areas of expertise within the Cardiovascular Academic Section while the four implementation themes of the Greater Manchester Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) are heart disease, stroke, diabetes and chronic kidney disease. Research in cardiovascular medicine at the University of Manchester was ranked No 4 nationally in the RAE 2008.