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Fu Siong Ng

Clinical Professor of Cardiology; Programme Director of the Imperial-led British Heart Foundation 4-Year PhD Programme, Imperial College London (National Heart and Lung Institute)

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OfficeImperial College London (National Heart and Lung Institute), London, SW7 2AZImperial College London (National Heart and Lung Institute) is based in Cities of London and Westminster: the organisation’s base, not a personal address.

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Fu Siong Ng: key facts

Kind of voice
Academic
Role
Clinical Professor of Cardiology; Programme Director of the Imperial-led British Heart Foundation 4-Year PhD Programme
Organisation
Imperial College London (National Heart and Lung Institute)
Organisation based in
Cities of London and Westminster
Quoted on
Heart disease & stroke
Press coverage
Also cited
Most recently quoted
25 Sept 2026
First quoted
23 Mar 2026

03  Profile

Who Fu Siong Ng is

Fu Siong Ng is a Clinical Professor of Cardiology at Imperial College London's National Heart and Lung Institute. He is also a consultant cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

He studied medicine at St George's, University of London, and received his PhD from Imperial in 2012. His research group works on complex arrhythmia mechanisms and on new technologies and treatments for patients with arrhythmias. He is Programme Director for Imperial's role in a British Heart Foundation-funded multidisciplinary PhD programme, run with the University of Oxford, that trains researchers in AI, data science and new technologies for cardiovascular medicine.

In Imperial's announcement of the programme he is quoted saying that tackling cardiovascular disease requires researchers who can work across traditional disciplinary boundaries.

Notable achievements

  1. 01

    Appointed Professor of Cardiology at Imperial College London in September 2025, having been Reader in Cardiac Electrophysiology from September 2023. Source ↗

  2. 02

    Programme Director for the Imperial-led BHF 4-Year Multidisciplinary PhD Programme with Oxford, which will recruit 40 BHF-funded doctoral students across four cohorts from 2026. Source ↗

  3. 03

    Holds a five-year British Heart Foundation Programme Grant as Principal Investigator. He has more than 160 peer-reviewed publications and four patents. Source ↗

  4. 04

    Co-founder of Cardiovolt.ai, an Imperial College London spinout formed to commercialise the AI-ECG models developed by his research group. Source ↗

  5. 05

    Appointed programme director of the intercalated BSc in Cardiovascular Sciences at Imperial in January 2021, succeeding Professor Cesare Terracciano. Source ↗

  6. 06

    Has chaired the Heart Rhythm Congress Young Investigators Competition since 2019. Source ↗

04  The signal · where Fu Siong Ng sits on heart disease & stroke

Regularly cited

One of the voices most often quoted in the press on heart disease & stroke.

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  1. Professor Bryan Williams portraitProfessor Bryan WilliamsSector leaderChief Scientific and Medical Officer, British Heart Foundation (BHF)Leading
  2. Dr Francesco Lo MonacoAcademicCardiologist, founder of the National Longevity ClinicLeading
  3. Dr Sonya Babu-Narayan portraitDr Sonya Babu-NarayanClinicianClinical Director, British Heart FoundationLeading
  4. Asiya MaulaClinicianGP at The Health SuiteRegularly cited
  5. Baibing ChenClinicianNeurologist, known online as Dr BingRegularly cited
  6. Fu Siong Ng portraitFu Siong NgAcademicClinical Professor of Cardiology; Programme Director of the Imperial-led British Heart Foundation 4-Year PhD Programme, Imperial College London (National Heart and Lung Institute)Regularly cited
  7. David WebbAcademicEngland's Chief Pharmaceutical Officer (CPhO)Regularly cited
  8. Oliwia MaleckaAcademicParamedic, North East Ambulance ServiceRegularly cited

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05  On the record · press

What Fu Siong Ng has said

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  • imperial.ac.uk
  • aol.co.uk
  • positive.news
  • telegraph.co.uk
  • theguardian.com

Where Fu Siong Ng has been quoted

  1. AI model could identify hidden heart disease from routine ECGsimperial.ac.uk · 25 Sept 2026
  2. What went right this week: disease diagnoses ‘in seconds’, plus more - Positive Newspositive.news · 4 Sept 2026
  3. ‘Superhuman’ AI tool spots heart disease in less than 2 secondstheguardian.com · 31 Aug 2026
  4. NHS to use AI to catch undetectable heart disease ‘in blink of an eye’telegraph.co.uk · 31 Aug 2026
  5. 'Superhuman' AI tool spots heart disease in less than 2 seconds - AOLaol.co.uk · 31 Aug 2026
  6. Imperial to lead and partner in major BHF-funded PhD programmes to train the next generation of cardiovascular researchers | Imperial News | Imperial College Londonimperial.ac.uk · 23 Mar 2026

How we found the articles that name Fu Siong Ng: we searched news for these terms.

  • heart disease
  • cardiovascular
  • stroke
  • cardiac
  • heart attack
  • stroke rehabilitation

Also searched with “heart disease” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Heart disease & stroke

Verbatim

“Patients can often wait several months for a heart ultrasound scan [...] [It is] exciting that our technology could identify patients most at risk of heart failure and heart valve disease, so they could be prioritised for scans faster and more urgently.”
Professor of Cardiology at NHLI · Heart disease & stroke · imperial.ac.uk · 25 Sept 2026 · Read the article
“A 10-second ECG, once a blunt screening tool, may soon become one of the most informative tests in medicine.”
Professor of cardiology, Imperial College London · positive.news · 4 Sept 2026 · Read the article
“Patients can often wait several months for a heart ultrasound scan after being referred for one by their doctor. This makes it exciting that our technology could identify patients most at risk of heart failure and heart valve disease, so they could be prioritised for scans faster and more urgently.”
professor of cardiology at Imperial College London · Heart disease & stroke · theguardian.com · 31 Aug 2026 · Read the article
“Patients can often wait several months for a heart ultrasound scan after being referred for one by their doctor. This makes it exciting that our technology could identify patients most at risk of heart failure and heart valve disease, so they could be prioritised for scans faster and more urgently.”
senior investigator from Imperial College London · Heart disease & stroke · telegraph.co.uk · 31 Aug 2026 · Read the article
“This makes it exciting that our technology could identify patients most at risk of heart failure and heart valve disease, so they could be prioritised for scans faster and more urgently.”
Professor of cardiology at Imperial College London · Heart disease & stroke · aol.co.uk · 31 Aug 2026 · Read the article
“Cardiovascular disease remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide, and tackling it requires researchers who are comfortable working across traditional disciplinary boundaries. This PhD programme will bring together expertise in cardiology, engineering, artificial intelligence and data science to train researchers to use these interdisciplinary skills to translate technological advances into real improvements in patient care.”
Professor of Cardiology and Programme Director for the Imperial-led training programme · imperial.ac.uk · 23 Mar 2026 · Read the article

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06  Sources

References for this biography

  1. Fu Siong Ng – Imperial College London profile. Current title and career history (Professor of Cardiology from 1 Sep 2025), Co-Head of Section at NHLI, Cardiovolt.ai co-founder, and his posts at the two NHS trusts.
  2. Professor Fu Siong Ng – Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Dual academic and NHS roles, medical education at St George's, 2012 Imperial PhD, subspecialty in cardiac electrophysiology, and research focus.
  3. Professor Fu Siong Ng – Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust consultant page. Professional fellowships, more than 160 publications, four patents, and his BHF Programme Grant as Principal Investigator.
  4. Imperial to lead and partner in major BHF-funded PhD programmes to train the next generation of cardiovascular researchers. Describes him as Professor of Cardiology and Programme Director for the Imperial-led training programme, and gives the programme's scope: 40 students, AI and data science focus, Imperial–Oxford.
  5. Dr Fu Siong Ng appointed Director of BSc Cardiovascular Sciences. His January 2021 appointment as programme director of the intercalated BSc in Cardiovascular Sciences.
  6. Heart Rhythm Congress 2026 Faculty – Dr Fu Siong Ng. Chair of the Young Investigators Competition since 2019, and his research on arrhythmia mechanisms and ablation.
  7. Heart Rhythm Congress – Prof Fu-Siong Ng. His research on arrhythmogenic mechanisms and AI in cardiovascular medicine, and his role as Divisional Research Lead at Chelsea and Westminster.
  8. Imperial College London – Discover Uni. Imperial College London's address, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ.

07  Contact & links

Staff page
profiles.imperial.ac.uk/f.ng
Staff page
imperial.nhs.uk/consultant-directory/fu-siong-ng

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