Summary
Richard Underwood gained a first class honours degree in chemistry at Merton College, University of Oxford which included a period working in George Radda's laboratory using NMR and ESR in biological systems. He went on to study medicine, graduating in 1977. After general medical training he specialised in cardiac medicine learning both noninvasive and invasive techniques, and for the last 20 years he has practised noninvasive cardiac imaging, with major clinical and research interests in nuclear cardiology, magnetic resonance and in cardiovascular X-ray computed tomography.
Since 1985, Professor Underwood has worked at Royal Brompton Hospital, London and its academic wing, the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College School of Medicine. He has been closely involved in the development of magnetic resonance techniques for the investigation of the cardiovascular system, and has contributed substantially to its progression from research technique to every-day clinical tool. His current research interests include the assessment of myocardial perfusion using pharmacological stress, the characterisation of hibernating myocardium, and the cost-effectiveness of cardiac imaging techniques. He has published and lectured widely and has directed or co-directed important training courses on nuclear cardiology at national and international level.
He is professor of cardiac imaging at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, and honorary consultant and director of nuclear medicine at Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals. External commitments include past-chairman of the ESC working group on nuclear cardiology and magnetic resonance, past-chair of the British Nuclear Cardiology Society and the International Congress of Nuclear Cardiology, and current member of the European Council on Nuclear Cardiology.
Non-medical interests include aviation, skiing and gastronomy.
Publications
Journals
van Diemen PA, de Winter RW, Schumacher SP, et al., 2023, The diagnostic performance of quantitative flow ratio and perfusion imaging in patients with prior coronary artery disease., Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging, Vol:25, Pages:116-126
Driessen RS, van Diemen PA, Raijmakers PG, et al., 2022, Functional stress imaging to predict abnormal coronary fractional flow reserve: the PACIFIC 2 study<SUP> </SUP>, European Heart Journal, Vol:43, ISSN:0195-668X, Pages:3118-3128
Einstein AJ, Hirschfeld C, Williams MC, et al., 2022, Worldwide disparities in recovery of cardiac testing 1 year into COVID-19, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Vol:79, ISSN:0735-1097, Pages:2001-2017
Conference
Van Diemen PA, De Winter RW, Raijmakers PG, et al., 2022, QFR vs. perfusion imaging to predict abnormal FFR in patients with prior coronary artery disease, OXFORD UNIV PRESS, Pages:343-343, ISSN:0195-668X
Biddiscombe M, Matthews J, Wright M, et al., 2021, NO EVIDENCE THAT ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE NEAR HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINES INCREASES THE DEPOSITION OF INHALED ULTRAFINE ENVIRONMENTAL PARTICLES IN HUMAN LUNGS, MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC, Pages:A3-A4, ISSN:1941-2711