Azfar Zaman

Professor Zaman was appointed in 2001 and awarded Honorary Professor of Cardiology by Newcastle University in 2013. Following graduation at Leeds Medical School, he completed postgraduate training in cardiology at regional centres in Leeds, London and Cardiff. He was a Fulbright Scholar and British Heart Foundation International Fellow in 1998 to study vascular biology at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York.

Professor Zaman is the Clinical Lead for Coronary Intervention and Director of the Cardiac Catheter Laboratories. In 2012 he was appointed Specialty Group Lead for Cardiovascular Research. Prof. Zaman has an interest in clinical research with a particular interest in atherothrombosis in diabetes and clinical trials.