Dr Julian Collinson

About Dr Julian Collinson

Dr Julian Collinson is an industry-leading cardiologist based in central London, specialising in cardiac intervention devices, heart failure and valvular diseases alongside cardiac risk factors, atrial fibrillation and shortness of breath. He privately practices at Chelsea Outpatient Centre at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Cromwell Hospital, RB & HH Specialist Care at Royal Brompton Hospital and The Lister Hospital, Chelsea. Dr Collinson has significant leadership experience as a practitioner, having been the clinical lead for cardiology and the clinical director for medical specialities at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. He is also the clinical lead for syncope there, set up a comprehensive device service where he introduced day-case pacemaker and ICD implantation and established the hospital's pacemaker follow-up service. Dr Collinson graduated with an MBBS from the University of London in 1992, completing his undergraduate training at King's College Hospital and general training at Manchester University. His speciality training in cardiology was undertaken at world-renowned cardiac centre; the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals. After completing research into the epidemiology and management of acute coronary syndromes at the Royal Brompton Hospital and the University of London, Dr Collinson received an MD in 2000. Dr Collinson's main interests are in the management of acute coronary syndromes, heart failure and valvular heart disease. His research into these topics have been published in various peer-reviewed journals while he has also contributed to publications about angina and heart failure. He is an active member of the British Cardiovascular Society, the British Heart Rhythm Society (formerly Heart Rhythm UK) and the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society and is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians after receiving his qualification in 2010.