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Rachel Clough PhD, FRCS

Clinical Senior Lecturer in Surgical and Interventional Engineering

Biography

Rachel Clough is a Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Clinical Senior Lecturer in the School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Science.

She works at the interface of NHS, academia and industry and has knowledge and experience of working with companies from start-ups to SMEs and large multi-nationals.

Within the School, as part of the Wellcome EPSRC Centre for Medical Engineering, Rachel set up and is Co-Director of the Entrepreneur in Residence programme, which supports the development of innovative medical devices, digital health solutions and disruptive medtech companies.

She has experience of working with products from inception through product development, to evaluative research and regulatory approval, commercialisation and the development of partnerships.

Rachel has worked with KiTEC reporting to NICE on medical device efficiency and cost effectiveness to inform and guide adoption of medical technology in the NHS. She has worked with Sally Davies at the Department of Health and Social Care, initially in R&D and then within the Chief Medical Officer’s office on strategies for effective collaboration between the NHS, academia and industry.

Clinically, Rachel has an in-depth knowledge of cardiovascular disease and the design and development of patient-specific devices. She specialises in technology-driven endovascular surgery having trained as a prestigious National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Lecturer in London and later as a Conseil National des Universités funded Associate Professor in Lille, France, under the direction of Stéphan Haulon.

Rachel has a first-class undergraduate degree and a PhD in biomedical engineering and her research focuses on translation of innovation for patient benefit.

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    Launch of new HealthTech Research Centre for cardiovascular and respiratory medicine

    Guy's and St Thomas' and King's College London have launched a new HealthTech Research Centre (HRC) as part of £42 million England-wide funding.

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    New HealthTech Research Centre focuses on cardiovascular and respiratory medicine

    A new “one stop shop” Research Centre based at St Thomas’ hospital will work with industry and academic partners to develop new technologies, medical devices...

    HRC Heart and Lungs

    King's and Cydar Medical launch trial of Cydar EV Maps

    Cydar Medical, in partnership with King’s has initiated the ARIA Study: a randomised controlled trial to assess the clinical, technical and cost-effectiveness...

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    Spotlight

    CYDAR: An AI-driven image guidance system for minimally invasive endovascular aortic surgery

    Cydar technology will lead to more precise device positioning and enhance procedural success

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      News

      Launch of new HealthTech Research Centre for cardiovascular and respiratory medicine

      Guy's and St Thomas' and King's College London have launched a new HealthTech Research Centre (HRC) as part of £42 million England-wide funding.

      Digital image of heart and lungs

      New HealthTech Research Centre focuses on cardiovascular and respiratory medicine

      A new “one stop shop” Research Centre based at St Thomas’ hospital will work with industry and academic partners to develop new technologies, medical devices...

      HRC Heart and Lungs

      King's and Cydar Medical launch trial of Cydar EV Maps

      Cydar Medical, in partnership with King’s has initiated the ARIA Study: a randomised controlled trial to assess the clinical, technical and cost-effectiveness...

      ai-centre-homepage_thumbnail

      Spotlight

      CYDAR: An AI-driven image guidance system for minimally invasive endovascular aortic surgery

      Cydar technology will lead to more precise device positioning and enhance procedural success

      endovascular-surgery-rachel-clough