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Nilesh Samani

Nilesh Samani

About Nilesh Samani

Nilesh joined the BHF in 2016. He is a former BHF Professor of Cardiology and Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences at the University of Leicester. He is a Consultant Cardiologist at the Cardiac Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester where he continues to undertake clinical work.

Nilesh is a Fellow of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences and an emeritus NIHR Senior Investigator and holds fellowships of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the European Society of Cardiology.

His research interests are focused around understanding the inherited basis of cardiovascular diseases. He has co-led discoveries in genetics and made major contributions to our understanding of the relationship between biological ageing and the development of cardiovascular diseases. He has published over 500 research papers and is one of the most highly cited researchers in the world.

For his services to the community, Nilesh was made a Deputy Lieutenant of Leicestershire in 2009. In the 2015 New Year’s honours list, he was awarded a knighthood for his contribution to medicine and medical research.

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