Dr Michael O’Sullivan PhD FRCP
Consultant Cardiologist
Providing private outpatient clinics at the Cambridge Heart Clinic, Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital and Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital
Contact & Private Appointments
Biography
Dr Michael O’Sullivan
Following undergraduate training at Cambridge University, Dr O’Sullivan undertook postgraduate medical training at The Royal Brompton National Heart & Lung Hospital and the Oxford University Teaching Hospitals. He returned to Cambridge in 1996 and over the next seven years trained in all aspects of cardiology, with particular emphasis on interventional cardiology, at Papworth and Addenbrooke’s Hospitals. During this period, he was awarded a PhD, and the British Cardiac Society Young Research Worker’s Prize, for research into mechanisms of coronary stent failure. From 2003-2004, he worked in the Department of Interventional Cardiology at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and gained extensive experience in advanced interventional techniques and new strategies for the treatment of coronary disease.
Following his return, Dr O’Sullivan was appointed Consultant Cardiologist at Papworth and Addenbrooke’s Hospitals. His NHS practice is now based at Royal Papworth Hospital.
Dr O’Sullivan provides secondary and tertiary centre care to patients with general cardiac problems (valve disease, heart failure, heart rhythm problems, hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia), in addition to those with coronary disease. He has extensive experience in the invasive management of coronary artery disease (coronary angiography and coronary stent implantation) and in the minimally invasive treatment of aortic valve disease (transcatheter aortic valve intervention, TAVI).
Dr O’Sullivan was Director of the Addenbrooke’s Cardiology Department from 2006 to 2014 and was the Clinical Lead for Coronary Intervention at Royal Papworth Hospital from 2017 until 2023.
Throughout his career, Dr O’Sullivan has maintained a keen interest in cardiovascular research (focusing on emerging technology in interventional cardiology).
Conditions Treated
Dr O’Sullivan regularly assesses and treats patients with chest pain (angina), breathlessness, heart failure, arrhythmia (palpitations), valvular heart disease, faints (and light-headedness), hypertension (raised blood pressure) and hypercholesterolaemia. He can also arrange screening investigations for those concerned about their heart health.
Useful Links
British Heart Foundation: www.bhf.org.uk
Practicing locations
Professional affiliations
Fellow of Royal College of Physicians
Member of British Cardiovascular Society
Member of British Cardiovascular Intervention Society
