People
John Houghton
Academic Clinical Lecturer

School/Department: Cardiovascular Sciences, Department of
Email: jsmh2@leicester.ac.uk
Profile
I am an NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Vascular Surgery with an interest in peripheral artery disease. I also work as a Vascular Surgery Specialist Trainee on the East Midlands rotation - currently at Glenfield Hospital.
I focus on clinical research in people with peripheral artery disease - especially chronic limb threatening ischaemia, the end stage of the disease. I have a particular interest in the management of older people with peripheral artery disease and the impact and overlap with frailty and cognitive impairment.
Research
- Leg Ischaemia Management collaboration (LIMb) study ()
- Cognitive Impairment and Cerebral Haemodynamics in individuals with symptomatic Peripheral Artery Disease (CInCH PAD) ()
- Core Outcome Sets in Peripheral Artery Disease (COS-PAD) (COMET registrations: ; )
- Perioperative medicine for Older People undergoing Surgery Scale Up ()
Publications
Supervision
Teaching
- Cardiovascular Sciences module; BSc Biological Sciences (BS3056)
Press and media
I have expertise in:
Peripheral artery disease; chronic limb-threatening ischaemia; amputation prevention; diabetic foot disease; vascular surgery; frailty; surgery in older people.
Activities
Society membership:
- Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Trainee member of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland
- Trainee member of the European Society for Vascular Surgery
National roles:
- Co-opted member of the NHS England Vascular Clinical Reference Group (2019 - 2021)
- Rouleaux Club (UK Vascular Surgery Trainee society) Committee member (2024 - present)
- Trainee (Rouleaux Club) representative of the Vascular Specialist Advisory Committee (2024 - present)
Awards
- Sol Cohen Founder's Prize 2023 (Vascular Society of Great Britain & Ireland)
Qualifications
- BSc Cancer Biology & Immunology; University of Bristol (2008)
- MBChB; University of Bristol (2011)
- MRCS; Royal College of Surgeons of England (2014)
- MD Cardiovascular Sciences; Â鶹ÊÓƵ (2022)