Consultant Adult Congenital Cardiologist/Clinical Lead for ACHD/ Network Co-Director
MBChB (Hons) MD FRCP FESC DLM RCPathME
North West England & Nationwide
Dr Damien Cullington is a Consultant Adult Congenital Cardiologist. He is a CUBS certified expert witness in civil law and has a diploma in legal medicine. His claimant/defence ratio is 3:1.
Dr Cullington qualified in 2002 from the University of Liverpool and became a substantive consultant in 2016 at Leeds General Infirmary. He was awarded a doctorate in medicine (MD) from the University of Hull in 2013 for his work in heart rate in patients with heart failure.
Dr Cullington specializes in the treatment of patients with adult congenital heart disease, cardiac disorders in pregnancy and patients with heart failure. His NHS practice spans Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Manchester Royal Infirmary, St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester and Liverpool Women’s hospital. He practices privately at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital.
He is the clinical lead for adult congenital heart disease services and the network co-director of congenital heart disease services in the North West of England, North Wales and the Isle of Man.
He is the lead medical examiner for Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital.
Areas of expertise include:
Adult congenital heart disease
Cardiac disorders in pregnancy
Heart failure
General cardiology
Medical Examiner
Dr Cullington is a PACES examiner for the Royal College of Physicians, London.
He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London), a Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology. His research interests are focussed particularly on chronic heart failure in ACHD patients in all its guises.
2025 CUBS Civil Law Certified Expert Witness
British Cardiac Society/European Society of Cardiology/Royal College of Physicians (London)/Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine