Council Position – BCIS Representative
Professor Dan Blackman MBChB MD MRCP is Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Professor of Interventional Cardiology at the University of Leeds, and Chairman of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society Structural Heart Group.
Professor Blackman is one of the leading interventional cardiologists in the United Kingdom, and has an international reputation in the field of trans-catheter valve intervention, including TAVI. He has performed over 3000 TAVI procedures, has proctored TAVI worldwide, and is also active in the field of trans-catheter mitral and tricuspid valve intervention including trans-catheter edge to edge repair (TEER).
Professor Blackman is a committed innovator and clinical researcher in interventional cardiology, and has published well over 130 peer-reviewed articles in the field.
Having been Honorary Secretary of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society from 2016 to 2020, he is now Chair of the BCIS Structural Group.