Dr. David Ripley graduated from The University of Edinburgh and was appointed to his first substantive consultant post in 2016 at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust as a Consultant Cardiologist with a specialist interest in cardiac imaging. During his StR training, he undertook an advanced cardiovascular imaging fellowship at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (with Professor Bellenger) followed by Ph.D. research in advanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance at the University of Leeds (Professors Greenwood and Plein). He was a trainee observer to the British Society of Magnetic Resonance (BSCMR) between 2012-13 and remains on the board ex-officio. He has published extensively on the topic of CMR.