Tony Gershlick

Anthony Gershlick (1951 – 20 November 2020) was a British cardiologist.

He was a professor of interventional cardiology at the University of Leicester until his death from COVID-19 in 2020, at age 69.^[1]

Early life and education[edit]

Gershlick was born in 1951, in Southend, England. He suffered from dyslexia and described himself as a poor student in his early years, before finding success in medical school at St Mary's Hospital, London.^[2] He earned his Bachelors of Science in 1973 in biochemistry, followed by a MBBS in 1976, and the qualifications of MRCP in 1980.^[3]

Career[edit]

Gershlick worked as an interventional cardiologist at Glenfield Hospital for more than 30 years.^[1] He was the UK lead for more than 10 international clinical trials and was an active researcher of cardiovascular procedures.^[4]

Gershlick was the first doctor in the UK to insert a drug-eluting stent into a patient, which is now considered the standard of practice.^[5] During his career, he served on the councils of the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society, British Cardiovascular Society, and European Society of Cardiology.^[3]

In January 2017, he was awarded the British Cardiovascular Intervention Society Lifetime Achievement Career Award. He was elected as a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 1994.^[3]

Personal life[edit]

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, Gershlick died from COVID-19 in the intensive care unit of the hospital he had worked at for most of his career. He was 69 years old.

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