Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
BSc (Hons), MBChB, DPhil, MRCP
Overview
Areas of expertise
Medico-Legal experience
Dr Contractor has undergone his expert witness training. He is registered with APIL, AvMA, National Crime Agency (NCA) and the UK Register of Expert Witnesses. Dr Contractor enjoys a full medico-legal practice representing both Claimant and Defendant law firms in actions relating to personal injury and clinical negligence. Dr Contractor holds weekly medico-legal clinics in Manchester, but is happy to travel in order to conduct home and prison visits. He can produce reports within 6-8 weeks, sooner if required.
Clinical Practice & Experience
Dr Contractor is a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at the Wythenshawe Hospital, part of the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust providing tertiary and quaternary cardiac services for the North West of England. He maintains a strong interest in cardiac pharmacology and sits on several regional guideline committees.
Clinical Interests
He has a specialist interest in coronary artery disease and acute coronary syndromes and is particularly involved in complex coronary intervention and chronic total occlusion angioplasty. However, the scope of his work also encompasses the full range of cardiac problems including complex valve disease, cardiac rhythm management, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, heart failure and cardiomyopathies.
Research Interests
Dr Contractor is actively involved in cardiac research and is Lead for Interventional Research at the Wythenshawe Hospital. Having attained a DPhil from the University of Oxford in 2012, he has maintained a strong interest in ischemia-reperfusion injury, cardiometabolic indices and vascular biology.
Summary of Publications
He is widely published in international peer-reviewed journals and maintains a number of collaborations with university research teams as well as being the principal investigator on a number of novel device and interventional studies.
Teaching & Training
Dr Contractor is a clinical and educational supervisor for cardiac trainees and also a Lead for the University of Manchester Medical Student Teaching Programme. He regularly delivers lectures and educational sessions for a wide range of health professionals on the management of cardiac disease.
Prizes and Awards
Adam Quaich Award
Memberships of Professional Bodies & Learned Societies
British Cardiac Society
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