Consultant Cardiac Scientist
British Society Echocardiography Registration
Overview
Areas of expertise
Medico-Legal experience
Mr Pearce is currently undergoing his expert witness training. He is registered with APIL, the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the UK Register of Expert Witnesses. He is happy to be instructed by Claimant and Defendant law firms in both personal injury and clinical negligence cases. Mr Pearce is happy to conduct home visits and can produce reports within 6-8 weeks, sooner if required.
Clinical Practice & Experience
Mr Pearce has over 20-years experience in all aspects of both non-invasive and invasive cardiac diagnostics. He is clinically proficient in providing and interpreting procedures such as resting ECG, ambulatory cardiac monitoring, echocardiography, stress echocardiography, haemodynamic assessments and monitoring during cardiac catheterisation procedures.
In addition to providing clinical leadership and expertise in all generic areas of diagnostics, Mr Pearce actively delivers weekly clinical autonomous diagnostic testing and interpretation in complex areas of cardiac diagnostics, which include specialised assessments in structural valvular heart disease and stress echocardiography for the detection of coronary artery disease and structural valvular heart disease. He also has multiple leadership roles in other tertiary units including Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital which has enabled him to have exposure to differing healthcare providers and gain knowledge of differing clinical practice between tertiary and secondary care hospital providers.
With extensive clinical experience and clinical leadership within a hospital setting, Mr Pearce has held multiple national leadership roles which include Vice President and recently President of the British Society of Echocardiography and he is a national elected member of the British Cardiac Society education committee. Mr Pearce acts as Clinical lead for NHSE workstream on Diagnostics and outpatient services and is an active member of NHSE/I Cardiac Pathway Implementation Programme board. Currently, he is the chair for the British Cardiac Society Cardiac Physiologists/Cardiac scientists Council.
Clinical Interests
Mr Pearce has a clinical interest in all areas of cardiac diagnostic testing in both non-invasive and invasive areas. Echocardiography is his specialised area of practice with specialised interests in stress echocardiography, valvular heart disease, detection of coronary heart disease.
Research Interests
Mr Pearce is actively involved in multiple research projects which include areas such as, the effect of potassium and cardiac arrhythmia post coronary artery bypass surgery. He is involved in the clinical steering committee for the British Society Echocardiography National Stress Echo Practice registry.Mr Pearce has successfully run a national core lab for analysis of echo data as part of the UK TAVI research and has been successful in being awarded a grant from the European Society Echocardiography to deliver a core lab function for the 10-year TAVI registry.
Management Experience
Mr Pearce currently manages the largest Cardiac Diagnostic Unit in the UK across five sites. Has held the position of Consultant Cardiac Scientist at the Manchester University Foundation Trust in 2013, prior to this he held the role as Lead Cardiac Physiologist at the Liverpool Heart and Chest hospital.Manchester University Foundation Trust has circa .120 cardiac scientists/physiologists who deliver the full spectrum of cardiac diagnostic testing, Mr Pearce is clinically and professionally responsible for this group and whilst there is a cascade system of management, as the head of service he is responsible for ensuring the clinical standards of all services delivered within his unit.Mr Pearce is currently responsible for the clinical leadership/management of the largest UK cardiac diagnostic services; Manchester Foundation Trust has circa. 120 clinical physiologists/scientists who provide a full spectrum of cardiac diagnostic testing at tertiary level.
Summary of Publications
2021: Echo Research and Practice, Practical guide to assessment of Aortic Stenosis.
2021: Echo Research and Practice, British society echocardiography clinical triage guidelines.
2021: Echo Research and Practice, British society echocardiography normal reference intervals/ranges.
2021: Echo research and practice, British society echocardiography follow up guidelines for prosthetic valves and valvular heart disease.
2020: Circulation, cardiovascular imaging, Automated LV dimension assessment using artificial intelligence.
2020: BJC Webinar restoration of cardiac diagnostics following pandemic.
2020: European Heart Journal, Global effect of echocardiography in Covid-19.
2015: British Journal of Cardiology. The effectiveness of a mobile ECG device in identifying AF.
2014: Cardiovascular Endocrinology. A novel application of salivary testosterone in systolic heart failure. Relationship to exercise capacity, quality of life and cardiac mechanics.
2012: Circulation, Images in Cardiovascular medicine: Multiparametric cardiovascular magnetic resonance assessment of pacemaker induced alterations in ventricular activation and function.
2012: Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound: (CME Article) Pre-implant Transthoracic echocardiography assessment of continuous flow left ventricular assist device.
2011: European journal of Echocardiography. Comparison of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography with cardiovascular magnetic resonance for left ventricular volumetric assessment in unselected patients.
2010: European Journal of Echocardiography Left ventricular filling and diastolic myocardial deformation in chronic primary mitral regurgitation.
Teaching & Training
Mr Pearce has delivered over 100 lectures in cardiac diagnostic investigations and interpretation at a local, regional and national level. He has supported and advised the Higher Education Institutes such as Manchester Metropolitan University in design, delivery, implementation and assessment of foundation level degree programmes, under graduate BSc programs in cardiac science, MSc cardiac science and PhD doctoral programmes. The cardiology departments which Mr Pearce leads currently host >20 trainees across the complete spectrum of cardiac science education. Further, he has been an invited presenter to both the European Echo Meetings and American Society of Echocardiography annual conferences.
Prizes and Awards
2017-2020: President British Society Echocardiography (BSE)
2020: Lifetime achievement award recipient for commitment to education for patient benefit and national services to echocardiography.
2015: Advancing Healthcare Awards Winner: Inspiring the future workforce, NHS Employers.
2014: Advancing Healthcare Awards Winner: Clinical Leader of the year + (Overall category Winner).
Memberships of Professional Bodies & Learned Societies
Lifetime accredited membership British Society of Echocardiography
Registration Council for clinical physiologists
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