Professor Matthew James Reed

Matt Reed is Professor of Emergency Medicine at Edinburgh University and consultant and NRS Fellow at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. He leads EMERGE, a multidisciplinary clinical research group delivering frontline applied health research which is the leading recruiter of Emergency Medicine research participants in the UK (almost 5000 in 2024-25). Matt is Chair of the UK RCEM Research Committee, a member of the European Society of Cardiology Syncope Task Force, the UK representative for the EUSEM Research Committee and EUSEM Scientific Committee Co-Chair. Matt’s research work focuses broadly on challenging areas of acute care such as syncope, palpitations, and aortic dissection as well as the innovative use of novel technology. Matt has published over 150 papers and personally been awarded over £8.5 million in research grants. When not a work, Matt is a below average runner, a passable golfer, and an undistinguished cellist in The Really Terrible Orchestra.