Overview

Dr Graham Stuart is Consultant Cardiologist at the Congenital Heart Unit in Bristol where he is Lead Cardiologist for the Inherited Cardiac Conditions service and Director of the Arrhythmia Service for Children and Adults with Congenital Heart Disease.

Graham trained initially in paediatrics before moving to paediatric cardiology. He completed undertook registrar posts in Newcastle upon Tyne and Birmingham. As Senior Registrar in Birmingham he underwent further training in paediatric and adult cardiology, adult congenital heart disease and electrophysiology.

Graham has a clinical and research interest in the effect of exercise on the heart.  He is Chair of the Healthy Heart UK research group which is introducing exercise training to children with congenital heart disease.  He is Scientific Advisor to Marfan Association UK and Principle Investigator in a variety of studies on sudden death, Marfan syndrome and defibrillator development.  His main clinical interest is in interventional electrophysiology in congenital heart disease. In 2008 he was recipient of the UK Arrhythmia Alliance “Outstanding Contribution to Electrophysiology” Award. In 1998 he crossed the Severn to join the Bristol Congenital Heart unit where he developed the Adult Congenital Heart unit and set up the cardiac obstetric service and inherited cardiac conditions service.     

Since 2005, Graham has been Medical Director of Sports Cardiology UK – a company specialising in the assessment and management of athletes with cardiac disease (www.sportscardiology.co.uk).