Michael Rees BSc (Hon), MBCh, PhD, DMRD, FRCP, FRCR, FACA, FHEA

Professor Michael Rees was jointly appointed by Bangor University and the NHS Trust as a Professor in 2005, Michael is currently the Professor of Cardiovascular Studies.Michael was appointed a Consultant Cardioradiologist in Leeds in 1984 after 2 years in the United states as a Fellow/Associate in the University of Iowa and a Research Associate in the Deborah Heart and Lung Centre in New Jersey. Michael then spent 9 years successfully building a clinical and research environment in cardiovascular disease with an emphasis on cardiac imaging and intervention in Leeds becoming a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Leeds.

Michael was appointed as a consulting Professor at Stanford University, California in 1993. Michael has been Professor of Radiological Sciences at Keele University (1993-95) and a Professor of Clinical Radiology at Bristol University (1995-2005).Michael was awarded his PhD by the University of Ioannina (Greece), where is a visiting Professor in Internal Medicine to the Department of Cardiology.His research interests are cardiac imaging and intervention, cortical processes and cardiovascular output, cardiology and nuclear medicine, medical education.

His publications are as follows:
Stillman AE, Oudkerk M, Bluemke D, Bremerich J, Esteves FP, Garcia EV, Gutberlet M, Hundley WG, Jerosch-Herold M, Kuijpers D, Kwong RK, Nagel E, Lerakis S, Oshinski J, Paul JF, Underwood R, Wintersperger BJ, Rees MR. (2010) Assessment of acute myocardial infarction: current status and recommendations from the North American society for cardiovascular imaging and the European society of cardiac radiology. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20972835.
Flotats A, Knuuti J, Gutberlet M, Marcassa C, Bengel FM, Kaufmann PA, Rees MR, Hesse B; on behalf of the Cardiovascular Committee of the EANM, the ESCR and the ECNC. (2010) Hybrid cardiac imaging: SPECT/CT and PET/CT. A joint position statement by the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM), the European Society of Cardiac Radiology (ESCR) and the European Council of Nuclear Cardiology (ECNC). Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20717824.
Rees M, Wells F. (2010) Falling research in the NHS. BMJ. May 17;340, doi: 10.1136/bmj.c2375. PMID: 20478962.
Rees M. (2010) The relationship between myocardial SPECT and fractional flow reserve: is it drifting apart? Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 26(2):215-6. PMID: 20033785.
Shehab M, Michalis LK, Rees MR. (2008) Balloon Angioplasty Optimization: Should We Measure Balloon Volume As Well As Pressure? CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology. p149-157.