Professor Michael Kirby

Visiting Professor to the Faculty of Health and Human Sciences

Professor Michael Kirby worked as a general practitioner in Letchworth, Hertfordshire from 1973 to 2007, and was Director of HertNet (The Hertfordshire Primary Care Research Network) from 1998 to 2007. His practice provided an open access echocardiography service for patients with heart failure for the North Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust. He is currently Visiting Professor to the Faculty of Health and Human Sciences and a consultant to the Clinical Trials Coordinating Centre (CTCC) at the University of Hertfordshire.  His clinical work is now at the Prostate Centre in London.

Professor Kirby qualified at St Mary’s Hospital, London before working as a Cardiology Registrar at the QEII Hospital, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. He is an Associate Member of the British Association of Urological Surgeons and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. His special interests include cardiology, diabetes, osteoporosis, men’s health, urology and education.  Professor Kirby is the editor of the Primary Care Cardiovascular Journal (PCCJ), and sits on the editorial board of the British Journal of Primary Care Nursing, the British Journal of Cardiology, Geriatric Medicine and the International Journal of Clinical Practice. He also holds membership of several NHS advisory boards.  He has published more than 350 clinical papers and 30 books.