Dr Stephen Cookson

• Practising since 2002, with over 20 years of experience in cardiology.

• Consultant Cardiologist, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford (since 2015)

• Lead for Cardiovascular Disease, Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care System (present)

• Deputy Chair, Drugs & Therapeutics Committee, Royal Surrey County Hospital

• Consultant Cardiologist, Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital (present)

• Consultant Cardiologist, Mount Alvernia Hospital, Guildford (present)

• PhD Research, University of Leeds

  • Focus: Cardiovascular MRI, Heart Failure, Aortic Stenosis

• Publications:

  • Marciniak A, Glover K, Sharma R. Prevalence of valvular heart disease in community patients with suspected heart failure in UK. BMJ Open. 2017 Jan 27;7(1).

  • Marciniak A, Marciniak M, Chiribiri A, et al. Multimodality Imaging of Extensive Caseating Intramyocardial Calcification Secondary to Lymphoma. Circulation CVI. 2015 Apr;8(4).

  • Marciniak A, Marciniak M, Gonsalves M, et al. Left Atrial Myxoma with a Large Thrombus. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2015;105:97-8.

  • Marciniak A, Rajani R. Multidetector Computed Tomographic Characterization of a Left Atrial Myxoma. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2015;105:97-8.

  • Marciniak A, Sutherland GR, Marciniak M, et al. Prediction of postoperative left ventricular systolic function in patients with chronic mitral regurgitation undergoing valve surgery - the role of deformation imaging. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2011 Nov;40:1131-7.

  • Marciniak A, Sutherland GR, Marciniak M, et al. Myocardial abnormalities in patients with aortic regurgitation. Strain rate imaging study. Eur J Echocardiogr. 2009 Jan;10:112-9.

  • Marciniak A, Claus P, Sutherland GR, et al. Changes in systolic left ventricular function in isolated mitral regurgitation. Strain rate imaging study. Eur Heart J. 2007 Nov;28:2627-36.

• Healthcare Pioneers Award, AF Association, 2019

  • For collaborative work in developing a patient selection tool for anticoagulation choice in response to the increasing use of DOACs (Direct Oral Anticoagulants)

• Recognition by Health Service Journal, 2018

  • For establishing a GP advice & guidance service

• Recognition by AF Association, 2019

  • For writing the Surrey anticoagulation guidelines

Dr. Stephen Cookson is a Consultant Cardiologist with over 20 years of experience, specializing in general cardiology, cardiac MRI, cardiac CT, and echocardiography. He graduated from King’s College London in 2002 with an MBBS and a first-class honours BSc in Radiological Sciences. Dr. Cookson undertook cardiology specialty training in the Wessex region and is recognized as a specialist in both cardiology and general internal medicine. He has been a consultant cardiologist at The Royal Surrey County Hospital since 2015 and is currently the lead for cardiovascular disease at Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care System. Dr. Cookson has been involved in developing and implementing patient selection tools for anticoagulation therapy and has received national recognition for his work.