Eleonora Battistiol

Syncope Nurse Specialist

I jointed the Imperial Syncope Team in 2025 having trained as a cardiac nurse specialist in Watford General Hospital. I enjoy learning and engaging with syncope research projects and have a strong interest in on-line education for patients and health care professionals. 

Meet the Team

Boon Lim

Cardiologist

I am a Cardiologist and Clinical Electrophysiologist, with a particular specialist interest in syncope

Melanie Dani

Geriatrician

I am a Consultant Geriatrician, running regular clinics, alongside doing research in the field of syncope

Philip Eardley

Senior Syncope Nurse

I am an experienced Cardiac Nurse Specialist with over 20 years as a Cardiac Nurse and A&E Nurse specialist

Patricia Taraborrelli

Lead Nurse

I am a Senior Syncope Nurse specialist , who commenced working in Syncope in 2011, and I now lead the nursing team

Lisa Gaughan

syncope Nurse

I am a syncope nurse specialist who joined the Imperial Team in 2023, with a background as an acute cardiac nurse

Morwenna Opie-Moran

Psychologist

I am a Clinical Psychologist, helping  to provide stop fainting with helpful articles with psychological insights

Richard Sutton

Cardiology Professer

I am a Professer of Cardiology that helped establish the tilt table service as a useful tool to diagnose syncope

Andreas Dirksen

Syncope Nurse

I used to work with the imperial syncope unit until 2021, and helped to set up this very website!

Artur Federowski

Syncope specialist

I am a Syncope Specialist, who also works as an Associate Professor at Lund University, helping the new generation

Yorissa Padayachee

Web Designer

I am an internal medicine trainee in the North West London Deanery

Ethan Lim

Web Designer

I am the youngest member of the stop fainting team, who works to design, create and maintain this website