About SNAPCA

Maggie is a cardiology nurse and medical student with 16+ years' experience across heart failure, ACHD, cardiac obstetrics, and women’s heart health. She is currently studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh and remains active in clinical, academic, and policy roles. Maggie is a co-founder of SNAPCA and Fellow of the ESC and HFA, with leadership roles in national and European organisations. She is an advocate for advancing safe and equitable multidisciplinary care through education, patient engagement and service development.

Registered Nurse, Coronary Care Unit, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde

Natalie is a CCU nurse passionate about acute cardiology, education, and mentorship. She supports new nurses, promotes early symptom recognition—especially in women—and advocates for clear career pathways. Her practice embraces holistic, psychologically informed care. Currently completing an MRes, her research explores how AI can personalise cardiac rehab, bridging the gap between innovation and real-world patient outcomes.

Cardiac Nurse Specialist - WoS Inherited Cardiac Conditions

Helena is leading on a British Heart Foundation–funded project focused on improving care pathways and services for individuals and families affected by sudden cardiac death (SCD) and out‑of‑hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) nationally across Scotland.

In her role, Helena supports families following SCD and OHCA, coordinates specialist multidisciplinary care, and service development on a national scale. Prior to joining the inherited cardiac conditions team, she worked in cardiothoracic intensive care, gaining extensive experience in the management of complex cardiac patients.

Helena’s clinical background, combined with her expertise in service improvement and bereavement support, underpins her commitment to delivering compassionate, person‑centred care for patients and families. She is passionate about improving awareness, pathways, and outcomes in inherited cardiac conditions and sudden cardiac arrest

Lead Cardiology Advanced Nurse Practitioner, NHS Lothian

Lynne has worked in cardiology for 25 years, with experience spanning acute cardiology care in coronary care and step down wards, heart failure service development, and management of a large clinical caseload. More recently, she has practised as a Lead Cardiology Advanced Nurse Practitioner within a district general hospital. Her role has included delivering rapid access chest pain clinics, post myocardial infarction and post intervention follow up, and outpatient direct current cardioversion for atrial rhythm management.

Lynne is passionate about creating opportunities for cardiology NAPs to connect and collaborate through SNAPCA.

Specialist Practitioner, The Heart Manual Department – Astley Ainslie Hospital

Kaitlyn is a Physiotherapist and Exercise Physiologist with extensive experience in cardiac rehabilitation and cardiotoxicity self-management. A British Heart Foundation Clinical Research Fund recipient and consultant to NICE on digital cardiac rehabilitation therapies, she is passionate about advancing evidence-based, accessible cardiovascular care, workforce development, and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Advanced Clinical Services Pharmacist - NHS Lanarkshire

Mo is an Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner working in NHS Lanarkshire primary care. He has been with the board for almost a decade and is a lead pharmacist for the East Kilbride locality,  jointly managing a team of 30+ pharmacists, technicians & support staff. With a cardiology interest he runs a weekly post MI and HF clinic. He is always keen to be involved in cardiology initiatives such as helping develop the West of Scotland Regional Formulary - Cardiology Subsection as well as a research paper exploring the knowledge/skill requirements for pharmacists practising cardiology at an advanced level.

Chief Scientific Officer, Scottish Government

Catherine is a senior science leader, clinical advisor and non-executive director with expertise in governance, health policy and professional leadership across healthcare systems.

As Chief Scientific Officer for Scotland, she serves as the Scottish Government’s principal advisor on healthcare science, leading national policy on professional standards, education and workforce strategy for NHS Scotland’s scientific workforce.

She holds senior non-executive roles including Non-Executive Director at Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and Council Member at Ulster University, providing strategic oversight and governance across health and academic sectors. She is also President of the Science Council and holds leadership roles within the European Society of Cardiology.

An international keynote speaker and Visiting Professor at several UK universities, Professor Ross brings board-level expertise in strategy, regulation and cross-sector collaboration, with a strong focus on inclusive leadership and improving population health outcomes.

Head of the Centre for Cardiovascular Health
Edinburgh Napier University

Lis, is known for delivering impactful, patient-centred research that advances prevention, and real-world change. Her work spans cardiovascular disease prevention, stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation, anticoagulation, health literacy, and the co-design of services with patients and communities. She leads and contributes to major national and international research programmes, with a strong track record of competitive funding, high-quality publications, and translation into practice.ers. She has successfully supervised 12 PhD candidates, and is widely recognised for building multidisciplinary research capacity and mentoring future leaders. Lis's contributions have been recognised through multiple marks of esteem, including the Royal College of Nursing Outstanding Achievement Award (2024) and Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Health Systems Insight Manager - British Heart Foundation Scotland

Richard has over 20 years’ experience in cardiovascular health, including leading Glasgow’s Exercise Referral and Cardiac Rehab programmes. For the past 14 years, he has worked as Scotland Lead for the British Heart Foundation, both as part of the Health Services Engagement and Health & Care Teams, focusing on service improvement and health inequalities. He chairs the National Cardiac Rehabilitation Steering Group, supporting strategic delivery of the Heart Disease Action Plan in partnership with NHS and government stakeholders.

Head of Professional Engagement- Chest Heart Stroke Scotland

Amanda is a RGN with over 20 years of experience working in stroke care. She has  worked as a stroke specialist nurse in acute stroke units, in stroke rehabilitation units and as a community stroke nurse lead within NHS boards and a third sector organisation. Amanda developed and delivered stroke education across Scotland as the National Educator, focusing on hyper acute stroke treatments and co-creator and lead on Link up and Learn. She is currently leading the Professional Engagement team focusing on E-learning, Health Information and Face to face education.