Dr Laura Corsinovi, is a consultant cardiologist with more than 20-years’ experience in the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart problems such as valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathy, hypertension, heart failure, coronary artery disease and arrhythmias.
Originally from Genoa, Italy, Dr Corsinovi moved from Turin University Hospital to London in 2014, taking up a fellowship at Guys and St Thomas’ where she focussed on cardiac MRI.
Since joining Hampshire Hospitals in 2016, she has been at the centre of the Trust’s shift to greater use of high-tech imaging in cardiac care, which includes a specialist Cardiac Catheter Laboratory (Cath Lab) known as the “Heart Centre”. Dr Corsinovi performs cardiac MRI, cardiac CT and echocardiography (transthoracic, stress and transoesophageal echocardiography), holding level 3 International certification for all modalities.
As well as being a cardiac specialist, Dr Corsinovi is a consultant in General Medicine leading her to take a holistic approach to healthcare.
Dr Corsinovi takes a highly innovative approach to diagnosis and treatment, exploring new technological developments including greater use of Artificial Intelligence and non-invasive diagnostic techniques.
When she is not treating patients, Dr Corsinovi is focussed on delivering clinical education and is director of Hands-on Echocardiography Courses, accredited at national level by the British Society of Echocardiography (BSE). She is also part of the national BSE assessors for the national certification of transthoracic Echocardiography.
A graduate of Genoa University, Dr Corsinovi who worked in one of the biggest quaternary Hospital in Turin, Italy specialised in cardiology, internal medicine, and geriatric care; she competed a PhD on heart failure in 2008.
