DrKonstantinos Dimopoulos
Professor of Practice (Adult Congenital Heart Disease)
National Heart & Lung Institute - Faculty of Medicine
- Professor of Practice (Adult Congenital Heart Disease)National Heart & Lung Institute - Faculty of Medicine
- 020 7352 8121 ext 82771 (Work)
- Chelsea Wing, Royal Brompton Campus, United Kingdom
BIO
Prof Kostas Dimopoulos, is a consultant cardiologist specialising in Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) and Pulmonary Hypertension (PH). He has a PhD in ACHD and an MSc in Modern Epidemiology obtained from Imperial College, London.
He has been working at the Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College since 2003. He is a busy clinician leading ACHD and PH clinics, and caring for inpatients.
He has produced over 300 papers in prestigious peer-reviewed journals, as well as authoring numerous book chapters in ACHD, PH and exercise physiology. He has also edited a book on Pulmonary Hypertension in ACHD.
He is a reviewer for major cardiovascular journals and regularly lectures at national and international centres.
His main areas of interest are exercise physiology, epidemiology and prognostication in ACHD and PH, as well as promoting education and research in areas such as Eisenmenger syndrome.
He has been a nucleus member of the ESC working group for Pulmonary Circulation and Right Ventricular Function (2014-18). He is member of the Steering Committee for the CHAMPION group, an initiative promoting education and research in PH associated with ACHD.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Professor of Practice in ACHD and PHImperial College London, London, United Kingdom2019 - present
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Consultant CardiologistRoyal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, Adult Congenital Heart Centre and Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, London, United Kingdom2009 - present
LANGUAGES
- Greek, Modern (1453-)Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- ItalianCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
FACULTY
- Faculty of Medicine
POSITION NAME
- Professor of Practice (Adult Congenital Heart Dise