Professor Anthony Mathur

I divide my time equally between clinical work and translational medicine and research. My research focuses on examining the role of biologics (stem cells, gene therapy, cellular bioenergetics, megakaryocyte biology) in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. As the Clinical Director for Interventional Cardiology at Barts Health, my clinical work is directed towards the management of patients who have failed conventional therapy for heart failure and angina. Furthermore, I Chair the ESC Task Force on stem cells in cardiovascular disease and, previously, I Chaired the British Cardiac Stem Cells Collaborative set up by Prof. John Martin. I also lead the Compassionate Stem Cell Treatment Unit for patients with cardiac disease at Barts Heart Centre.

Within the Centre for Cardiovascular Medicine and Device Innovation, I lead the Cardiovascular Devices Hub (CVD HUB). The CVDHub supports collaborations between academic, clinical, engineering and industrial innovators to develop clinically and commercially viable cardiovascular devices. This novel, cross-speciality unit helps small to medium enterprises (SMEs) over the hurdles involved in taking innovations to human trials. Within device innovation, I focus on first-in-man trials, digital technologies (e.g Avatars) and artificial intelligence.