John Camm is emeritus British Heart Foundation Professor of Clinical Cardiology at St George’s Hospital Medical School, University of London, UK. Professor Camm graduated from Guy’s Hospital, London and pursued a career in cardiology at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, before moving to St George’s as British Heart Foundation Professor of Clinical Cardiology in 1986. Professor Camm is a Fellow of many professional societies, including the ESC.

He has been the president of the British Cardiovascular Society, the British Heart Rhythm Society and the European Heart Rhythm Association.Currently His main interests are atrial fibrillation, antithrombotic therapy, left atrial appendage occlusion, AF screening, implantable ECG technology, SCD risk prediction, data and safety monitoring for clinical trials.

He is President and trustee of the Arrhythmia Alliance, and founder of the Atrial Fibrillation Association, past Editor in Chief of Europace and the European Heart Journal – Case Reports and currently Editor in Chief of Clinical Cardiology and Editor of the European Society of Cardiology Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine and its digital version ESC CardioMed. John Camm has been involved in the production of numerous guidelines, including the ESC guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation. Professor Camm was awarded the ESC Gold Medal in 2005 and the British Cardiovascular Society Mackenzie Medal in 2008. He has authored or co-authored over 1300 papers and 40 books. John Chairs the Membership Committee of the WSA.