After graduating in BSc (hons) Medical Sciences at the University of Leeds in 2013, and completing a postgraduate diploma in Applied Clinical Anatomy at Keele University in 2014, Sam began his adult nurse training at the University of Sheffield. After qualifying as a registered general nurse in 2017, Sam started as a staff nurse in the cardiology department at South Warwickshire Foundation NHS Trust. In October 2018, Sam moved to University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust as a cardiac catheter suite nurse. In 2021, Sam became a cardiology research charge nurse before his most recent appointment in 2022: heart failure and electrophysiology link research fellow nurse. Sam has since been involved in establishing a new cardiac resynchronisation therapy optimisation clinical pathway and is currently researching ways to improve outpatient follow up for heart failure patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices. Sam is a keen runner and a fan of all sports.