Charles Knight (cardiologist)
Professor Charles Knight MD FRCP is a consultant cardiologist and chief executive of St Bartholomew's Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust.
Knight was trained at Cambridge and Oxford universities.
He is an honorary Professor at the William Harvey Research Institute at Queen Mary University of London.
In March 2020, Professor Knight was seconded as chief executive officer of NHS Nightingale Hospital London, established to care for patients during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
In July 2020, Professor Knight received the Freedom of the City of London for “outstanding” work during the coronavirus pandemic.
He led the development of the Barts Heart Centre at Barts Health NHS Trust which opened in 2015 by merging cardiac services from the London Chest Hospital, The Heart Hospital and St Bartholomew's Hospital to create one of the largest cardiac centres in Europe.
He was a member of the Royal College of Physicians' Cardiology Speciality Advisory Committee and of the British Cardiovascular Society's Training Committee. He served as honorary secretary of the Society from 2008 to 2011, was associate editor of the journal Heart and chair of the London Cardiology Speciality Training Committee. He has published over 100 research papers.
Knight is a specialist in alcohol septal ablation and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. He also works at the private King Edward VII's Hospital and is a trustee of Barts Heritage.
