Dr Vishal Luther Awards

Clinical

  • I want great care – Certificate of Excellence 2023
  • Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital X2 local clinical excellence awards – 2023

Cardiology Accreditations

  • EHRA Cardiac Electrophysiology Specialist (ECES) – 2018
  • EHRA Cardiac Devices Specialist (ECDS) – 2018
  • British Society of Echocardiography: Transthoracic Echo – 2013

PhD (Imperial College London)

  • “Novel mapping and ablation strategies within myocardial scar”
  • Awarded without corrections (examined by Professor Kalyanam Shivkumar) – 2017
  • British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Training Fellowship Award (FS/15/12/3123)

Medicine MBBS, University College London & Royal Free Hospitals Medical School

  • Distinction in Clinical Practice (2007-2008)
  • Distinction in Clinical Sciences (2005-2007)
  • Distinction in Medical Sciences (2002-2004)
  • Intercalated BSc: Molecular Medicine (UCL) 1st Class Honours (2005)
  • Goldberg Schachmann & Freda Becker Award – Outstanding academic performance (2003)

Prizes

  • NIHR North West Research Scholarship Award – 2022-2024
  • CardioWebinar HSJ partnership award finalist – 2023
  • Eric N. Prystowsky Fellow Clinical Researcher Award, Heart Rhythm Society – 2019 (Fellow with the highest scoring clinical abstract)
  • Best “Late Breaking Research Award” – Asia & Pacific Heart Rhythm Society – 2018
  • Finalist in British Heart Rhythm Society “Young Investigator Competition.” – 2017
  • National Annual Incentives prize for doctors’ – Winner, Assoc of Clin Pathologists – 2010
  • BMA book competition winner – Electronic media: “Ace the OSCE” – 2009

Grants

  • Ripple AT Plus – (Biosense Webster) – 2021

Nominations

  • I lead a team of specialist nurses in the development of a telephone pre-assessment service for patients undergoing electrophysiology procedures within Imperial healthcare, which significantly reduced the % of unnecessary elective procedure cancelations. We were nominated for a “make a difference” award by the trust.

Memberships

  • European Heart Rhythm Association
  • European Society of Cardiology