Dr Damien Cullington

Personal Assistants

Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital

Sharon Dobie Howard

Tel: 0151 254 3349

Manchester Royal Infirmary

Amelia Lattie

Tel: 0161 701 0122

Damien Cullington MBCHB (Hons) MD FRCP FESC DLM RCPathME

Responsibilities at LHCH

Clinical Lead of ACHD – North West Congenital Heart Disease Network
Consultant Adult Congenital Cardiologist
Medical Examiner
Joint appointment with Manchester Heart Centre (Obstetric cardiology clinic and General ACHD clinic Each Tuesday)

Area of Practice

Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD)

Special Clinical Interests

Heart Failure
Obstetric cardiology
End of Life/Palliative Care
Echocardiography
Legal Medicine

Research Interests

Cardiac biomarkers
Epidemiology of ACHD
Heart failure – acquired and ACHD
ACHD end of life/palliative care
Systemic RV function
Telemedicine
Pharmacological treatment of ACHD conditions

Current Membership of Professional Regional and National Bodies

British Medical Association
British Cardiac Society
British Society of Cardiac Computer Tomography
British Heart Failure Society
British Society for Echocardiography
British Congenital Cardiac Association
European Society of Cardiology
European Heart Failure Association
Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine
International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Royal College of Physicians (UK)

Languages Spoken

English

Why choose LHCH?

Liverpool Heart and Chest is a fantastic unit which is clearly focused on delivering the best care for patients. Very friendly staff, experienced colleagues and very collaborative working.

Training and Education

University of Liverpool 2002 – MBChB (Hons)
Member of the Royal College of Physicians 2007
University of Hull 2013 – MD
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians 2019
Diploma in Legal Medicine 2020
After graduation I was a junior doctor in Liverpool, moved initially to Stoke as a clinical fellow in cardiology, then on to Hull to complete a research degree in heart failure. Cardiology training posts in East Yorkshire followed by ACHD training at Leeds General Infirmary (2013-2015).
Entered onto the specialist register in 2015. Appointed as a substantive consultant in ACHD in Leeds in 2016
Moved to the newly commissioned North West Congenital Heart Disease Service based at LHCH (ACHD level 1 centre) in summer 2019.