Professor Charles Knight OBE

I see all general cardiology patients and specialise in the assessment of chest pain, breathlessness and palpitations. I trained at Cambridge and Oxford Universities and work as a Consultant Cardiologist and Chief Executive of St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

From 2008 to 2011 I was Honorary Secretary of the British Cardiovascular Society, the professional body for UK Cardiologists.

I was past Head of Cardiology training in London as Chair of the London Cardiology Specialty Training Committee and was a member of the Royal College of Physicians Specialty Advisory Committee.

I was Associate Editor of Heart journal, the UK’s leading cardiovascular journal. My research interests include acute coronary syndromes and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, in which I have published over 100 scientific papers.

In 2020 I was seconded as Chief Executive of the NHS Nightingale Hospital London. In July 2020, I was awarded the Freedom of the City of London by invitation of the Lord Mayor in acknowledgment of my outstanding role in the pandemic.

In the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours, I received an OBE for services to the NHS and people with heart disease.

My clinical interests include assessment of chest pain, breathlessness and palpitations, echocardiography, CMR scanning, coronary artery disease, general cardiology, holter monitoring, hypertension, interventional cardiology and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.