Professor Derek Connolly

Professor Derek Connolly is a Consultant Cardiologist at the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital in Birmingham UK. He holds honorary academic positions at the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences at the University of Birmingham and the Aston University medical school where he is the Vice-Chancellor’s Professorial Fellow in Healthcare Research. He trained in Cambridge, London, Edinburgh and San Diego where he was a Carnegie Scholar. He has a first class degree in Pharmacology from the University of Edinburgh where he was the Brunton medallist and Keasbey Bursary holder. His PhD in molecular cardiology is from the University of Cambridge. He is the Chief or Primary Investigator of multiple large trials in Cardiovascular medicine. He developed one of the UK's first primary angioplasty programmes and largest CT programmes, His primary interest is in detection and prevention of coronary artery disease. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Aston University in 2023.