title: ATLANTIC and beyond: an interview with Professor Azfar Zaman.
abstract: Professor Azfar Zaman speaks to Wing Wu, Commissioning Editor: Professor Azfar Zaman is a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist at Freeman Hospital and Professor of Cardiology at Newcastle University. Following graduation at Leeds Medical School, he completed postgraduate training in cardiology at regional centres in Leeds, London and Cardiff. Prior to his appointment in Newcastle upon Tyne, he was a Fulbright Scholar and British Heart Foundation International Fellow at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, USA. He is the Clinical Lead for Coronary Intervention and Director of the Cardiac Catheter Laboratories. In 2012, he was appointed Specialty Group Lead for Cardiovascular Research and has an interest in clinical research, with a particular interest in atherothrombosis in diabetes and clinical trials.
authors.forename: Azfar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaman
authors.forename: Wing
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002309:Cardiology / Q000639:trends*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077486:Ticagrelor
chemical_list: D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D000077486:Ticagrelor; D000241:Adenosine