MUSGROVE Park Hospital’s consultant cardiologist Dr David MacIver has been appointed as visiting/honorary professor to the School of Physics and Astronomy at Manchester University.
Prof MacIver, one of the longest-serving physicians at the Taunton hospital, is a world-renowned clinical cardiologist and biophysicist for his research into heart disease.
He has made significant contributions to the Cardiology Department with his research, and his latest appointment accentuates his commitment to understanding the biomechanics of the heart and the way it contracts, in both health and disease.
The appointment will enable him to continue his research into the mechanisms of heart failure and high blood pressure, where he will be working closely with a team of physicists, physiologists and engineers at Manchester.
He will have roles in teaching cardiovascular physiology and medicine, and is undertaking collaborative research at Cambridge and Bristol Universities.
Prof MacIver said: "Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer in the UK and this post will allow me to continue my research to help our local patients in Somerset with heart disease."
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