sub-specialities
- General cardiology
- Cardiometabolic heart disease
- Heart failure
- Cardiovascular risk assessment
- Cardiac imaging
- High blood pressure
Training & Background
| Qualifications: | BA (Oxon). BM. BCh (Hons Oxon) DPhil (Oxon) FRCP (UK) |
| Year first qualified: | 2002 |
| GMC number: | 6055384 |
| Clinic times: | By appointment |
Professor Rider graduated in medicine in 2002, from The University of Oxford. Following the Royal College Examinations, he undertook specialist training in cardiology in London and Oxford.
After being added to the GMC’s specialist register for Cardiology in 2014, Professor Rider was appointed as a Consultant Cardiologist at Oxford University Hospitals. He became Deputy Director of the University’s Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance in 2015.
Alongside his interests in all aspects of general cardiology and cardiac imaging, Professor Rider offers major expertise in cardiometabolic heart disease.
This includes management of obesity and diabetes in patients with heart disease. He has run several pivotal trials in reversing cardiometabolic risk through lifestyle intervention and dietary weight loss.
He is an expert in cardiovascular risk assessment and sees patients for chest pain, palpitations, dizziness, breathlessness, blackouts, heart failure, high blood pressure, cholesterol assessment, diabetes and weight loss.
Professor Rider is a compassionate and skilled cardiologist, who possesses a deep understanding of cardiovascular diseases. His dedication to providing comprehensive and personalised care is welcomed by his patients.
Research & Teaching
Professor Rider is a full Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Oxford. He has an international track record, working at the forefront of research in cardiometabolic heart disease and heart failure.
He has published over 120 peer reviewed papers and is supported by major grant funding, from the British Heart Foundation and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
Professional Memberships
- Fellow Royal College of Physicians
- European Society of Cardiology
- Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
- British Cardiac Society
- American Heart Association