Prof. David A. Wood. MD

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Prof. David A. Wood. MD

Prof. David A. Wood. MD

Prof. David A. Wood. MD | UK
Garfield Weston Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London

David Wood is Garfield Weston Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist to Imperial College Healthcare NHS. He has a special interest in prevention of cardiovascular disease and contributes to international and national guidelines and policy development on cardiovascular disease prevention. He serves as a Board Member of the European Society of Cardiology, Past President of the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation and Senior Consulting Editor to the European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation. He is principal investigator for the EUROASPIRE studies, evaluating standards of preventive cardiology practice across Europe, and he leads the EUROACTION demonstration projects in preventive cardiology evaluating models of preventive cardiology care in hospital and primary care. He is Course Director for the Imperial College Masters degree course in Preventive Cardiology which provides the scientific foundation for the NHS MyAction vascular prevention programme.