Professor Julian Halcox

Professor Julian Halcox is a highly experienced, internationally recognised cardiologist, with a special interest in vascular biology and cardiovascular disease prevention. He is considered to be a leading expert in the field of advanced cardiovascular risk assessment and prevention of heart attack and stroke. He also specialises in coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation, POTS syndrome, heart valve disease, and lipid disorders including high cholesterol. He performs radionuclide myocardial perfusion scans (nuclear cardiology) to investigate blood flow to the heart in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. 

Other areas of expertise that Professor Halcox possesses include heart failure, arrhythmia, cardiac complications of diabetes and managing heart conditions in patients with multiple and complex medical problems. He is particularly skilled in the assessment of patients with chest pain, shortness of breath, palpitations, dizzy spells, blackouts / loss of consciousness and leg swelling.

Professor Halcox is the senior professor of cardiology in Swansea University Medical School and consultant cardiologist in Swansea Bay University Health Board. He is a global leader in the field of preventive cardiovascular medicine and has been involved in the development of European as well as local guidelines for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. He is an active member of several national and international specialist associations, review boards, and industry clinical advisory boards. He has published extensively and lectures regularly on topics that are closely related to vascular biology, cardiovascular risk assessment and prevention of cardiovascular disease at local, national, and international meetings.