Dr Miles Witham

BM BCh PhD MRCP (UK)
Clinical Lecturer in Ageing and Health
NES/CSO Clinician Scientist

I graduated from Oxford University and worked in a number of hospitals in the south of England and Australia before discovering the delights of Scotland !

Current research interests centre on cardiovascular disease in old age, with a particular interest in heart failure and in the effects of vitamin D on vascular health. Ongoing projects include studies of the effect of vitamin D in heart failure, diabetes, stroke and hypertension, using BNP to direct treatment of cardiovascular risk, plus a randomised controlled trial of exercise training for older heart failure patients. Quality of life measurement and quality improvement in health care are other interests. I teach both medical and dental undergraduates, and I am active within the British Geriatrics Society in promoting research and research careers.

In October 2007, I took up an NES / CSO Clinician Scientist award, with a duration of 5 years.

Recent Publications:

Witham MD, Argo IS, Johnston DW, Struthers AD, McMurdo MET. Long term follow up of very old heart failure patients enrolled into a trial of exercise training. Am J Geriatr Cardiol 2007; 16: 243-8

Witham MD, McMurdo MET. How to get older people included in clinical studies. Drugs Aging. 2007;24(3):187-96.

Witham MD, Crighton LJ, McMurdo MET. Using an individualised quality of life measure in older heart failure patients. Int J Cardiol. 2007; 116(1):40-5.

Witham MD, Gillespie ND, Hutcheon SD, Struthers AD, McMurdo MET. B-Type natriuretic peptide is associated with mortality in older functionally impaired patients. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005; 53: 1991-5

Witham MD, Gray JM, Argo IS, Johnston DW, Struthers AD, McMurdo MET. Effect of a seated exercise program to improve physical function and health status in frail patients > or = 70 years of age with heart failure. Am J Cardiol. 2005;95(9):1120-4.

100+ diseases for MRCP Part 2 (2nd edition). Witham M, Al-Khairalla M. Churchill Livingstone 2008

Witham M, Jeetley P. Crash Course Foundation Doctors Guide. Mosby 2008

Contact Details:

Dr Miles D Witham Clinical Lecturer in Ageing & Health Section of Ageing & Health Division of Medicine & Therapeutics Ninewells Hospital & Medical School Dundee Tel: (01382) 632436 Fax: (01382) 660675 Email: Dr Miles Witham