Tom Quinn
MPhil, RN, FESC, FRCN
Professor Tom Quinn was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing in 2006 for his outstanding contribution to research and practice of cardiac nursing, particularly in relation to nurses, treatment and the care of patients suffering from heart attack.
Tom Quinn is one of the UK's leading cardiovascular nurses and has made a significant contribution to practice, policy and research both nationally and internationally. Trained in Bath, Stoke Mandeville Hospital and the National Heart Hospital, he has experience from the bedside to the Department of Health, including periods as programme lead for cardiovascular disease in a Strategic Health Authority, emergency cardiac care adviser to the former NHS Modernisation Agency and regional head of cardiovascular disease, stroke and research in a large emergency medical service system where he helped develop region-wide services for heart attack and stroke care.
He was the UK's first Professor of Cardiac Nursing (at Coventry University), and took up post as Professor of Clinical Practice at the University of Surrey in January 2009. He has published extensively on acute cardiac and stroke care and his current responsibilities include being clinical lead for the NHS Evidence cardiovascular, stroke and vascular collections, part of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. He has been chief or co-applicant on more than £3.5m successful grant applications in the past two years, involving research into emergency cardiac and stroke care, and is on the steering group for two major clinical trials. He continues to advise the Department of Health as a member of the Emergency Cardiac Care Board, is a member of the group developing the Stroke Specific Educational Framework sponsored by the Department of Health, and chairs the steering group for development of primary angioplasty for the NHS in Surrey. He is Honorary Clinical and Research Adviser to South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Trust.
Tom Quinn is a member of the advisory committee for the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Council of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Health Professions, a member of the ESC Working Group on Acute Cardiac Care, and a former Chairman of the ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Nursing. He became a Fellow of the ESC in the mid 1990s.