Dr Matthias Schmitt

I am a senior Consultant Cardiologist with 30 years clinical (25 years NHS) experience. My specific expertise is the non-invasive assessment of cardiovascular symptoms specifically breathlessness and chest pains. I love the diagnostic challenge.

My interest include the assessment of primary and acquired heart muscle disease, the imaging and functional assessment of coronary artery disease, optimising and personalising risk stratification and the development of cardiovascular therapies and imaging based biomarkers to enhance personalised medicine and improve cardiovascular outcomes. Furthermore, I have sub-specialist interest and expertise in Cardio-oncology (assessing cardiovascular disease and risk during and after cancer therapy.

I qualified from the Goethe University in Frankfurt/Main in Germany in 1995 (MD in 1996) and subsequently held junior doctor positions in Medicine (Frankfurt), Cardiothoracic Surgery (Freiburg) and Cardiology (Ludwigshafen) before immigrating to the UK in 1997.

I undertook a further Junior doctor rotation in Blackpool (1997-1999) and gaining my membership exam (MRCP London) in 1999. I then undertook a PhD at the Wales Heart Research Institute in Cardiff investigating the effects of natriuretic peptides on venous capacitance in Health and Heart failure (Winner of the BCS / Cordis International research award) and thereafter completed his Cardiology training in the North-West rotation, including a 2 year out of program cardiac imaging training fellowship at the Glenfield Hospital in Leicester (2006-2008).

I was appointed Consultant Cardiologist at Wythenshawe Hospital in 2008, now part of Manchester University NHS Hospital Trust, where I set up Cardiac MR (2008) and subsequently Cardiac CT services (2015) leading the service until his NHS retirement in 08/2022. I continue to be a high-volume cardiac cross-sectional reporter (>1000 exams/year) and my 2nd opinion is frequently thought by his peers and as an expert opinion in medico-legal cases.

I have a longstanding interest in Cardiovascular research and has published [>160 peer reviewed manuscripts] across a wide spectrum of cardiovascular medicine. And have successfully (co-) supervised 7 higher degree students and contributed to research income in-excess of £6 Million. I have written the chapter on Cardio-oncology in the EACVI (Oxford) Textbook of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance) and Cardio-rheumatology (assessing cardiovascular disease and risk of patients with auto-immune inflammatory conditions.

As NHS Consultant I was the LNC chair at Wythenshawe Hospital and the first elected Medical Staff Governor for Manchester Foundation Trust. I served as elected Board member for both the British Society of Cardiovascular MRI (where I was the co-lead for clinical standards) as well as the British Society of Cardiac CT (BSCCT/BSCI) where I was the CV research Lead.

I am Level 3 accredited for both cardiac CT and cardiac MR and offer this services at Spire Manchester Hospital.