The fellowship post is directly linked to the British Orbital Atherectomy Registry (BOAR) which aims to evaluate the contemporary utilisation and outcomes of the Orbital Atherectomy System (OAS) for treatment of severe coronary calcification, guided by optical coherence tomography (OCT) in the UK. The study commenced enrolment in Q4 2025 and recruitment is anticipated to run for 2years, with one-year clinical outcomes. This real-world registry will provide an important evaluation of OAS treatment of severely calcified coronary disease and the role of OCT in guiding and optimising PCI outcomes. The fellowship will be hosted in the academic Bristol Heart Institute under direct supervision from Dr Tom Johnson, Associate Professor of Cardiology.

The successful candidate will be working within a high-quality translational research department with potential to develop further projects extending from the data collected during BOAR, in addition to gaining exposure to the ...