Dr Tom Caparrotta, PhD, MRCP

Biography

Dr Tom Caparrotta is an ECAT SCREDS clinical lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, senior registrar in Clinical Pharmacology, Stroke Medicine and General (Internal) Medicine and has specialist interests in cardiovascular risk, toxicology and pharmacoepidemiology. Dr Caparrotta graduated with commendation from the graduate-entry medical programme at the University of Wales. He was awarded the Sir George Alberti Clinical Research Training Fellowship from Diabetes UK. He completed his PhD with Professor Helen Colhoun’s research group, is an investigator on a number of clinical trial programmes, sits on committees relating to medicines management and is interested in stratified/personalised medicine. Tom is undertaking work to use routine medical records to identify people who are suitable to be invited to take part in medical research to ensure that the broadest populations of people are represented in this.

Dr Caparrotta’s clinical interests include helping people to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease (heart attacks and strokes), using lifestyle advice combined with drug therapy and innovative person-centred approaches in the hypertension and lipid clinic. In addition to clinical pharmacology, internal medicine and academic training, Tom has undertaken training in stroke medicine, both people with strokes presenting to hospital and in the clinic. Other clinical duties include caring for acutely unwell people, both at the point of admission and during their journey through hospital. Dr Caparrotta also contributes to the care of poisoned persons in the specialist Toxicology unit at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.