Since the pandemic began earlier this year, NHS staff and care workers alike have valiantly and selflessly provided care on the coronavirus frontline as case figures and death tolls soared. The trust said a minute's silence will be held for Prof Gershlick on Monday.Īt least 199 frontline health and care workers have died after contracting coronavirus since March. A sad loss for interventional cardiology.' 'Tony was my mentor when I was an SpR at Glenfield Hospital in the 1990s, and it was both a privilege and a pleasure to work with him. 'Our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues here, at the university and across the cardiology community.'īritish Cardiovascular Society President Professor Simon Ray said Professor Gershlick was a, 'leading light of interventional cardiology for more than 35 years', the Leicester Mercury reports.Ĭardiologist Andrew R Houghton wrote: 'I was shocked and saddened to hear of the death of Prof Tony Gershlick from Covid-19 last night. 'We all feel Tony's loss and those colleagues who knew him well will miss his wise words and sense of humour. 'He was deeply committed to the training and development of junior doctors and registrars and known for his dedication to his field and his patients. 'He made a difference to many, many lives.' 'He made many significant contributions to the field of cardiology over his long career and was at the forefront of early work on coronary interventions and many significant research studies. Pictured: Glenfield Hospital where Professor Gershlick died In December 2018 Professor Gershlick formally began working for the University of Leicester but remained an honorary consultant at the trust.Ĭollegues at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust - where he had worked since May 1989 - described him as a 'talented, dedicated and much-loved colleague' who 'made a difference to many, many lives'. Undertaking his first procedure in the mid-1980s, Prof Gershlick was the UK lead for more than 10 international trials across his career, and attracted more than £3 million of research funding from bodies such as The British Heart Foundation. The 69-year-old was being treated at the hospital he worked in before his death.Ĭolleagues at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust - where he had worked since May 1989 - described him as a 'talented, dedicated and much-loved colleague' who 'made a difference to many, many lives'. Professor Gershlick was the first doctor in the UK to put in a stent a tube inserted into a blocked passageway in the body to keep it open. Professor Tony Gershlick, who worked as a consultant cardiologist at Glenfield Hospital and professor of interventional cardiology at the University of Leicester, died in intensive care on Friday. A 'dedicated and well-regarded' consultant cardiologist who 'made a difference to many, many lives' has died after contracting Covid-19.