Consultant Cardiologist in the Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases Unit, Barts Heart Centre, London; Associate Professor, University College London, UK
Dr Lopes is a Consultant Cardiologist in the Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases Unit at Barts Heart Centre in London and an Associate Professor at University College London. He obtained his MD from the University of Lisbon in 2001, completed his cardiology training in 2009, and was awarded his PhD in 2015 by the Institute of Cardiovascular Science at UCL. He has a dedicated clinical focus on cardiomyopathies, cardiogenetics and cardiac MRI, alongside his academic role at the Centre for Heart Muscle Disease within the Institute of Cardiovascular Science. His research interests consist of identifying new genetic causes of cardiomyopathy and applying advanced cardiac imaging to develop genotype–phenotype models. He has published widely in high-impact journals and continues to combine clinical care with translational research in inherited cardiovascular disease.