Prof Bill McEvoy

​​Bill McEvoy, MB BCh MHS PhD, is an academic cardiologist interested in all aspects of preventive cardiology.

After graduating from University College Cork School of Medicine in 2004, he spent 4 years training in Ireland, mostly in the Mater Hospital in Dublin.

In 2008 he undertook further internal medicine training in the Osler residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He stayed at Johns Hopkins for cardiology fellowship and was subsequently on the Johns Hopkins faculty for 3 years.

He was recruited back to Ireland in 2018 as Professor of Preventive Cardiology at the University of Galway. Since then, he has also served as the Medical and Research Director for the Irish National Institute for Prevention and Cardiovascular Health (www.nipc.ie). He has an active clinical practice that informs all aspects of his research. His interests include diastolic blood pressure, cardiovascular biomarkers, aspirin, subclinical atherosclerosis imaging, and implementation.

He was the 2024 recipient of the Viviane Conraads Outstanding Achievement Award from the EAPC. He is co-PI for the ESC-EuroASPIRE-6 study and co-chair for the 2024 ESC guideline on arterial hypertension.​