Dighton, David H.: - Formerly, British Heart Foundation Research Fellow, St. George's Hospital, London.Lecturer in Cardiology, Charing Cross Hospital, London.Chef de Clinique, Cardiologist, Vrije Universiteit. Amsterdam.Former Director: Cardiac Centre. Loughton. Essex, UK.www.daviddighton.comemail: david@daviddighton.com Dr. David H. Dighton qualified at the London Hospital Medical College in 1966 with MB and BS (London) degrees. In 1970, after a year or so in NHS general practice, he became a British Heart Foundation Fellow in Cardiology at St. George's Hospital, Hyde Park Corner, London, working with cardiologists Dr. Aubrey Leatham and Dr. Alan Harris. In 1973, he became a MRCP(UK), and later a Lecturer (London University) in Medicine and Cardiology at Charing Cross Hospital, London. In 1980, as Chef de Clinique (Assistant Professor) at the Vrije University Hospital, Amsterdam, he helped introduce transvenous pacing and collaborated in ongoing coronary artery research. After returning to the UK in 1982, he worked both in his own private medical and cardiac practice in Loughton, Essex (The Loughton Clinic, established in 1973), undertaking invasive cardiac investigations at the Wellington Hospital, London. In 2000, he started a private cardiac diagnostic centre, specialising in the early detection and prevention of coronary artery disease (The Cardiac Centre, Loughton). This closed, once the Public Services Authority directed the GMC to withdraw his license to practice in the UK (for the political reasons are detailed in his book, 'The NHS. Our Sick Sacred Cow.' 2023). As an independent private cardiologist and general physician, he disagreed with UK medical bureaucracy, and who they thought most qualified to devise, regulate and supervise medical practice; opinions he based on having been a medical student, general physician and cardiologist for sixty years. In 2003 and 2006, he wrote two books on food and the heart, and between 2022 and 2025, seven books on medical and cardiac subjects. His latest (2025), a technical book, explores the possible neurophysiological bases for tiredness, fatigue and exhaustion. This is his eleventh book (see list of works by the author for details). He continues to publish books on cardiac topics, to write haiku and to research cardiac prevention.His interest in the frontier that lies between art and science in medical practice, led to his magnum opus. The Art and Science of Medical Practice, details not only what he was taught by many experienced physicians, but what he learned from practising both the art and science of medicine in teaching hospitals and in private practice. As medical student, physician and cardiologist, he studied and worked within the fold of the UK medical profession for sixty years. He has other interests. He is a poor linguist but loves learning languages and communicating in languages other than his mother tongue. He draws and paints in oils on canvas. For his own amusement, he plays the guitar and piano. He likes to compose simple melodies, one of which introduces his YouTube videos for patients on understanding heart problems (Dr. Dighton interviews). Another he played live for a friend on Facebook. For further information go to: www.daviddighton.comEmail: david@daviddighton.com.
