Doctor James Coutts trained at Oxford University Medical School, with medical qualification in 1989. He became a member of the Royal College of Physicians by examination in 1992, and subsequently a fellow in 2006. After training in general medicine he undertook three years training in Intensive care, before specialising in cardiology. He was appointed consultant cardiologist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals in 2002. He has a specialist interest in coronary intervention (angiography and angioplasty for ischaemic heart disease), in addition to working in general cardiology and general medicine.