Professor Jamil Mayet

Consultant cardiologist

Primary medical qualifications:

MBChB

GMC number:

3328042

Specialities:

Cardiac care

Jamil Mayet

Background

Appointments: 

  • Consultant cardiologist, St Mary’s Hospital 2000 
  • Senior lecturer in cardiology, Imperial College London 2000 
  • Chief of service, cardiovascular medicine, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust 2008 
  • Reader in cardiology, Imperial College London 2009 
  • Professor of cardiology, Imperial College London 2011
  • Head of circulation and renal sciences, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust 2012 
  • Director of surgery, cardiovascular and cancer division, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust 2013 
  • Head of cardiology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust 2017 
  • Clinical head, cardiovascular division, NHLI, Imperial College London 2018 
  • Director of research, surgery, cardiovascular and cancer division, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust 2018 

Qualifications: 

  • MBChB 1989 University of Dundee 
  • MRCP 1992 Senior house officer (SHO) training in Dundee University Teaching Hospitals 
  • MD 1996 University of Dundee research fellow in cardiovascular medicine at St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College London 
  • MBA 1997 Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University 
  • CCST 1999 Cardiology and general internal medicine registrar/senior registrar/specialist registrar, North West Thames, London 
  • FESC 2002 European Society of Cardiology 
  • FRCP 2004 Royal College of Physicians of London 
  • FACC 2007 American College of Cardiology 
  • FBIHS 2017 British and Irish Hypertension Society 

Expertise

High blood pressure, detection of cardiovascular disease, assessing chest pain, palpitations and shortness of breath, heart assessment in pregnancy and in elite athletes

Research & publications

Professor Mayet is a clinical cardiologist who has an interest in developing systems of patient care which provide high quality, streamlined and rapid access services. He has worked with several primary care organisations to help design and deliver tailored services to meet the needs of their particular patient population. Jamil has a leadership role in developing and supporting collaborative groups of clinicians and engineers generating novel technologies and translating them into clinical practice. He has an H index of 50, has over 200 peer-reviewed publications, many in major journals, and has been invited to speak nationally and internationally in the fields of echocardiography, coronary physiology, hypertension, diastolic dysfunction, left ventricular hypertrophy, heart failure and coronary artery disease. Jamil has had a leadership role in cardiology education in north west London, including as training programme director. In particular, he has an interest in driving academic training and creating a supportive environment which enables young bright physician scientists to grow and flourish.