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Magdi El-omar

Magdi El-omar BSc, MBBS, MRCP, MD

Interventional Cardiology
Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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Magdi El-Omar is currently working as a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at the Manchester Heart Centre, and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester, Manchester, England. He graduated from St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, in 1988, and undertook my postgraduate General Medical training in London and Oxford. He completed General Cardiology training in Birmingham, Oxford, and Wales, and undertook 2 years of basic science research in diabetic cardiomyopathy as a British Heart Foundation Junior Research Fellow, leading to the award of an MD degree from the University of London. He subsequently traveled to the USA to subspecialise in coronary intervention, including a 2.5-year clinical/research fellowship at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation and the New York University Medical Centre, New York. During my time there, he worked closely with leaders in the field, including Drs Greg Stone, Martin Leon, and Gary Roubin.

He has published widely in clinical and basic science research and have authored circa 70 peer-reviewed manuscripts, many in high-impact factor journals. His research interests are in the fields of acute coronary syndromes, fractional flow reserve, vascular closure devices, and vascular biology. He has been a co-director of the Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics Conference (C3) in the USA since 2014 and is Editor-in-Chief of Heart International.
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