Neil Herring

DPhil, FRCP, FHRS

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Consultant Cardiologist

Neil completed his PhD (DPhil) and medical degree at the University of Oxford, before undertaking medical training in Bath, Northampton, London and Oxford as a Clinical Lecturer. After becoming a Consultant Cardiologist (CCT 2013), he was made an Associate Professor (2015) having been awarded a Fellowship from the British Heart Foundation. His research group explores how the autonomic nervous system influences cardiac function and arrhythmias. Neil continues to work as a Consultant Cardiologist sub-specializing in cardiac pacing and rhythm management devices, and is also widely involved in medical school education as a Tutorial Fellow in Medical Science at Exeter College, Oxford. He is co-author of the textbooks "Basic Science for Core Medical Training" (highly commended at the BMA Book Awards 2016) and "Levick's Introduction to Cardiovascular Physiology". Neil is on the Editorial Boards of the journals JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, Frontiers in Physiology, and Autonomic Neuroscience.

Read an interview with Neil discussing the groups recent work published in the European Heart Journal

BHF Fundraising activities in the Oxford Mail and the Oxford Paper.

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Key publications

Redefining respiratory sinus arrhythmia as respiratory heart rate variability: an international Expert Recommendation for terminological clarity.

Menuet C. et al, (2025), Nat Rev Cardiol, 22, 978 - 984

Neuropeptide-Y Levels in ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Relationship With Coronary Microvascular Function, Heart Failure, and Mortality.

Gibbs T. et al, (2022), J Am Heart Assoc, 11

Neutrophils incite and macrophages avert electrical storm after myocardial infarction.

Grune J. et al, (2022), Nat Cardiovasc Res, 1, 649 - 664

The cardiac sympathetic co-transmitter neuropeptide Y is pro-arrhythmic following ST-elevation myocardial infarction despite beta-blockade.

Kalla M. et al, (2020), Eur Heart J, 41, 2168 - 2179

Coronary Sinus Neuropeptide Y Levels and Adverse Outcomes in Patients With Stable Chronic Heart Failure.

Ajijola OA. et al, (2020), JAMA Cardiol, 5, 318 - 325

The autonomic nervous system and cardiac arrhythmias: current concepts and emerging therapies.

Herring N. et al, (2019), Nat Rev Cardiol, 16, 707 - 726

Neuropeptide-Y causes coronary microvascular constriction and is associated with reduced ejection fraction following ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

Herring N. et al, (2019), Eur Heart J, 40, 1920 - 1929

Recent publications

Regional electrical differences and arrhythmia in the rat atria: Role of sympathetic nerve distribution and function.

Saleeb-Mousa J. et al, (2026), J Physiol

Predictors and Prognostic Significance of Cardiac Damage Progression in Non-Severe Aortic Stenosis.

Bussmann BM. et al, (2026), Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging

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