Dr Claire Martin
- NHS Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, Royal Papworth Hospital
- Private Consultant at multiple hospitals in Cambridge and London
- Affiliated Associate Professor, University of Cambridge
Claire Martin is a Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist with over a decade of experience performing cardiac procedures.
She works as an NHS Consultant at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, UK, and also as a Private Consultant at Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge Heart Clinic and Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital, and at The Harley Street Clinic in London. Her clinical expertise is in all areas of cardiac rhythm management, including diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. She holds an N1 National Clinical Impact Award. Claire is at the forefront of clinical treatments for heart rhythm disorders and pioneers new treatments to improve patient outcomes. She is consulted as a world expert by medical device companies such as Boston Scientific, Biosense Webster, Medtronic and Abbott, and also acts as a medico-legal expert.
Claire also conducts and manages research into novel ablation treatments for arrhythmias and into how new cardiac devices can improve clinical outcomes. She has published widely in peer-reviewed journals. Her research has been supported by the Medical Research Council, the Wellcome Trust, the European Society of Cardiology and the British Heart Foundation. She is NIHR Cardiovascular Regional Research Delivery Network East of England Specialty Lead, Assistant Director of Research and Development at Royal Papworth Hospital, Research Lead for Cardiac Rhythm Management and holds the position of Affiliated Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge.
Claire undertook undergraduate and clinical training at Cambridge University (Gonville and Caius College). She then completed a PhD at the University of Cambridge funded by a Medical Research Council Training Fellowship, and for this was awarded the British Cardiovascular Society Young Research Workers’ Prize.
After specialist training at Royal Papworth Hospital, she undertook clinical fellowships at two world-leading cardiac centres: Barts Heart Centre and the Hopital du Haut-Leveque, Bordeaux, through funding from a prestigious European Society of Cardiology Training Grant.
Education and Training
- 2002BA in Medicine (Natural Sciences), University of Cambridge (converted to MA, 2006)
- 2004MB BChir, University of Cambridge
- 2007MRCP, London
- 2014PhD Cardiac Electrophysiology, University of Cambridge
- 2014BSE Accreditation in Transthoracic Echocardiography
- 2015European Exam in General Cardiology
- 2016British Heart Rhythm Accreditation in Devices and Electrophysiology
- 2018Certificate of Completion of Training in Cardiology
Professional Bodies
- Member of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
- Member of the General Medical Council (registration number: 6110131).
- Honorary Research Fellow, University College London and Bordeaux University
- Member of British Heart Rhythm Society
- Member of British Cardiac Society
- Member of European Society of Cardiology
Claire sees private patients through Cambridge Cardiac Limited.
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