Dr Laura Corr qualified in 1981 and trained in cardiology at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School and the Royal Brompton Hospital, London. She won a prestigious Medical Research Council Fellowship Award to train in angioplasty in London and France, before being appointed Consultant Cardiologist at Guys and St. Thomas Hospital in 1993. She was awarded a PhD for her work on coronary arteries in 1991 and was Associate Editor of the European Heart Journal for eight years to 2002. Her specialty is adult cardiology, valvular and ischaemic heart disease, and risk factor control and she practices privately in Harley Street and the Lister Hospital Chelsea Out Patient Centre.