School of Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences

School leadership

Professor Ajay Shah, Head of School and Head of Section, Cardiovascular Sciences

Ajay Shah is British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiology and Director of the King’s British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, one of the two largest such centres in the UK. He is also Director of the King’s Health Partners Cardiovascular programme and a practising clinical cardiologist at King’s College Hospital.

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Heads of sections

Professor Michael Marber, Cardiovascular Research

Michael Marber graduated from the Middlesex Hospital Medical School in 1984 having intercalated a BSc Hons in Biophysics. After clinical training at the…

Dr Elisabeth Ehler, Muscle Biology

Elizabeth Ehler obtained her PhD with Honours from the University of Salzburg, Austria in 1994. She then received an Erwin Schrödingerfellowship from the…

Professor Catherine Shanahan, Vascular Biology

Cathy Shanahan obtained her BSc(Hons) and PhD in Genetics from the University of Adelaide, Australia. She worked for CSIRO in Sydney, Australia before moving to…

Professor Susan Brain, Vascular Biology & Inflammation

Susan Brain is a Professor of Pharmacology. She is Head of the Section of the Vascular Biology and Inflammation Section (School of Cardiovascular Medicine and…

Professor Phil Chowienczyk, Vascular Risk & Surgery

Phil Chowienczyk studied physics at Bristol University in 1975-1978, and worked in biomedical engineering at Guy’s and Hammersmith Hospitals, London before…

Dr Steve Bunting, School Manager

Steve joined our School in February 2019 and has spent his entire career working for Universities in research, administration and management posts. Steve has a PhD in Anatomy from King’s and an MBA in Higher Education Management from the Institute of Education.