Dr McKay’s cardiology training covered all aspects of cardiac care, and his sub-specialty training, in Manchester, UK, was focused on heart failure, treatment and therapies in advanced heart failure and complex device implantation. After completing cardiology training in 2016, he undertook further training via a post-CCT accredited International Fellowship, gaining clinical expertise in mechanical circulatory support and cardiac transplant. He has worked as a Consultant Cardiologist in NHS Ayrshire and Arran since 2023 and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow.

Since his appointment as a Consultant Cardiologist in 2017, he has continued an NHS clinical workload in all aspects of cardiology, and maintains specialist interests in the complex evaluation and haemodynamic assessment of patients prior to transplant surgery, inherited cardiac conditions and cardiomyopathies, prediction of right ventricular (RV) support devices following complex valve intervention, and pulmonary hypertension. 

Dr McKay was co-lead of the regional heart failure clinical service whilst a Consultant Cardiologist in a large, inner-city cardiac unit in Liverpool, UK, and continues to manage heart failure patients and implant cardiac devices regularly in Ayrshire. He undertakes and reports bike and pharmacological stress echo for inherited cardiac conditions and complex valve patients (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, LVOT obstruction, mitral and aortic valve disease). He is highly skilled in independently reviewing and reporting CT coronary angiography.

As a recognition of his skills and experience, Dr McKay has been awarded Fellowships of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC), the American College of Cardiology (FACC), and the Heart Failure Association of the ESC (FHFA). He is a Certified Cardiac Device Specialist, awarded by the International Board of Heart Rhythm Examiners, the American certification standard of excellence in cardiac device implantation. 

Holding a wealth of skills, knowledge and experience, Dr McKay’s focus is on providing individualised, patient-centred care and working in partnership with patients to achieve the best possible outcomes, address patient questions, and allay worries around cardiovascular health and disease. 

Dr McKay also holds a clinical interest in diving and hyperbaric medicine - he enjoys SCUBA diving and as such has developed a clinical interest in the area. He is now a certified Dive Medicine Physician. He has regularly been on call for the level 1 North West Emergency Recompression Unit when living and working in the North West of England. 

• All aspects of general cardiology
• Chest pain
• Breathlessness
• Palpitations
• Dizziness
• Blood pressure problems
• Advanced heart failure
• Cardiomyopathies and inherited cardiac conditions
• Invasive studies of right ventricular dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension
• Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy and Defibrillators 
• Cardiac CT 
• Diving and hyperbaric medicine

• Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology
• British Society of Heart Failure 
• European Underwater and Baromedical Society
• European Society of Cardiology Working Group for Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Diseases
• European Society of Cardiology Working Group on Pulmonary Circulation and Right Ventricular Function
• European Society of Cardiology Council for Stroke
• British Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine
• Perioperative Exercise Testing and Training Society
• British Association of Sports and Exercise Sciences 
• Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
• Royal College of Physicians of London
• British Cardiovascular Society
• European Society of Cardiology
• American College of Cardiology
• Scottish Cardiac Society