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Session 2: Hidden in heart failure: Inherited cardiac conditions
Wednesday, 23 April 2025
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Agenda
- When to consider inherited causes of heart failure: top tips and red flags
Prof Gerry Carr-White, Consultant Cardiologist and Clinical Lead, heart failure, and inherited diseases
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust - Screening for inherited cardiomyopathies: clinical and genetic testing
Dan Hammersley, Consultant Cardiologist, inherited cardiac conditions and CMR
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Genomic testing in heart failure: when and how?
Liz Wilson, Lead Nurse, inherited cardiac conditions
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Q&A session (10 mins)
Prof Gerry Carr-White
Prof Gerald Carr-White was the clinical lead for heart failure, and inherited diseases at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust for 14 years. He is now the joint medical director of the cardiovascular, respiratory and critical care unit. He has sat on the 2 main national leadership groups for cardiology, helping develop regional and national guidelines and service specifications for NHS England. He is currently one of 2 cardiologists sitting on the pan London oversight board for strategy, patient pathways and covid management and recovery.
Prof Carr-White is the vice president for Cardiomyopathy UK, leading patient education events across the country, and is an elected member of the national association of inherited cardiac diseases. He is the network clinical lead for both King’s Health Partners and the NHS England South London Cardiac Network, coordinating patient pathways across a population of 8 million people.
Dr Daniel Hammersley
Dr Daniel Hammersley is a Consultant Cardiologist at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, where he is service lead for Inherited Cardiac Conditions and specialises in the management of patients with cardiomyopathies. He trained at Oxford University and Imperial College. He undertook a PhD in the Genetics and Imaging section of the National Heart and Lung Institute focusing on molecular characterisation and risk stratification of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at King’s College London and his current research interests are focused on ethnic differences in phenotype, genetic architecture and clinical outcomes in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.
Ms Liz Wilson
Liz is a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Inherited Cardiac Conditions (ICC) with over 15 years’ experience in Cardiology and a MSc in Genomic Medicine. She started in the inherited cardiac conditions service four years ago with a special interest in cardiac genetics (including mitochondrial conditions affecting the heart), care of families affected by sudden cardiac death, and tailored psychological support for ICC patients.
Liz is currently based at the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital and upskilling in advanced clinical practice in cardiology care whilst continuing to contribute to publications and projects around cardiac genetics.
Rachel Bastiaenen
Rachel is a Consultant Cardiologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust where she is the Clinical Lead for Inherited Cardiac Conditions. She is also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at King’s College London.
She studied at Peterhouse Cambridge and Imperial College London. She completed Cardiology training in the London Deanery and a fellowship in Vancouver. Her PhD was awarded from St George’s University of London and involved non-invasive risk stratification of patients with cardiomyopathy. Her clinical and research interests focus on inherited arrhythmia syndromes, cardiomyopathies and cardiac MRI.