Dr Stuart Watkins is a Consultant Cardiologist based at the West of Scotland Regional Heart and Lung Centre (Golden Jubilee National Hospital) and Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He graduated from the University of Glasgow with first class honours in Anatomical Sciences - BSc Med Sci (Hons) in 1997 - and completed his medical training with a MB ChB with commendation in 1999.

He thereafter undertook a period of post-graduate research at the University of Glasgow, validating the use of magnetic resonance myocardial perfusion imaging using invasive fractional flow reserve measurements and obtained his research MD in 2010. He trained in medicine and cardiology in the West of Scotland and completed a fellowship in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Canada.

Dr Watkins performs complex PCI procedures and TAVI in addition to general cardiology. He is very actively involved in clinical research and his research interests include coronary physiology and intravascular imaging in the optimal management of coronary artery disease including coronary artery bifurcations. He is also interested in the management of severe coronary artery calcification, stent / balloon design, and methods to reduce patient and physician radiation exposure during procedures. He is also actively involved in TAVI and stent research collaborating with the University of Glasgow.

Dr Watkins is the UK chief investigator of the LEADERS FREE 2 trial and the eULTRA 10K study. He is the local principle investigator for a number of trials including the OCTOBER study, BHF PROTECT TAVI, Selution de Novo, CHIP BCIS 3, EASY AS and DAPA MI. He has over 75 publications in international peer reviewed journals.

Dr Watkins is actively involved in teaching medical students from the University of Glasgow and the training of junior doctors and fellows in cardiology and coronary intervention. He is a regular faculty member and delivers talks at international conferences and is an experienced live case operator. 

Please note, Dr Watkins consults with patients for TAVI at Ross Hall Hospital, but does not perform the procedure at the hospital. 

• General cardiology
• Chest pain
• Coronary artery disease
• Valvular heart disease
• Hypertension
• Heart failure
• Atrial fibrillation
• Syncope and dizzy turns
• Palpitations
• Coronary risk factor modification
• Coronary angiography
• Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) - angioplasty and stent implantation
• Balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
• Hypertrophic cardiomyoapthy
• Risk stratification and management for patients undergoing procedure

• Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (RCPSG)
• Scottish Cardiac Society (SCS)
• Scottish Heart and Arterial Disease Risk Prevention (SHARP)
• British Cardiac Intervention Society (BCIS)
• Valve for Life UK