Peter Sleight

Peter Sleight
Born(1929-06-27)27 June 1929
Boston Spa, Yorkshire, England
Died7 October 2020(2020-10-07) (aged 91)
NationalityBritish
EducationCambridge University
St Bartholomew's Hospital
Oxford University
Known forChronic heart failure research
Aspirin research
Cardiac pacemaker research
Medical career
ProfessionMedicine
InstitutionsOxford University
St George's Hospital Medical School
Sub-specialtiesCardiology

Professor Peter Sleight M.D.(Cantab.), D.M. (Oxon.) FRCP FACC (27 June 1929 – 7 October 2020)[1] was a distinguished and internationally renowned research cardiologist [2] and an Honorary Consultant Physician at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Sleight was Emeritus Field Marshal Alexander Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Oxford and an Emeritus Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford.[3]

  1. ^ 'Sleight, Prof. Peter', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2013; online edn, December 2013 accessed 8 December 2013
  2. ^ "Peter Sleight obituary". The Guardian. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Peter Sleight MD". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.