Professor Devaki (Devi) Nair

Professor Devi Nair is an internationally recognised expert in lipid disorders and cardiovascular risk prevention. She is the Clinical Lead for Cardiovascular Risk Prevention at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and serves as the Specialty Lead for Biochemistry at Health Services Laboratories (HSL), which supports five major hospitals in North Central London.

Professor Nair has extensive expertise in managing complex lipid disorders, including genetically inherited hyperlipidaemia including  familial hypercholesterolaemia, hypertriglyceridaemia, and statin intolerance. She has a particular interest in personalised lipid management using novel therapies and has been instrumental in setting up clinics to deliver cutting-edge injectable treatments for patients who are unable to tolerate traditional statin therapy or require more intensive lipid-lowering interventions. At the Lyndhurst rooms at the Royal Free Hospital Patients can receive the injectable therapies -Evolocumab, Alirocumab or Inclisiran as appropriate to their clinical condition.

Private Practice

Professor Nair runs a specialist private lipid clinic at the Lyndhurst Rooms at the Royal Free Hospital, London where she offers expert care to national and international patients seeking advanced management for lipid disorders and cardiovascular risk reduction. Her approach combines the latest evidence-based therapies, including injectable lipid-lowering medications, with comprehensive risk assessment and personalised treatment plans.

Patients are offered access to:

• Evaluation and treatment of familial hyperlipidaemia
• Management of statin intolerance
• Use of injectable therapies (e.g., PCSK9 inhibitors, inclisiran)
• Cardiovascular risk reduction strategies
• Genetic screening and cascade testing
• Management of hypertriglyceridaemia
• Second opinions for complex lipid disorders

Academic & Research Background

Professor Nair is actively involved in clinical research and has led numerous national and international trials as Chief and Principal Investigator for novel lipid-lowering therapies. Her pioneering work includes setting up cardiovascular risk clinics in community and faith-based settings, supported by the NHS Innovation Fund and Pfizer Foundation.

She has received funding from organisations such as the Department of Health, HEART UK, the British Heart Foundation, Novartis, and Amgen, and has established specialist clinics such as the Injectable Therapy Clinic and Lipid Optimisation Clinic at the Royal Free Hospital.

Education & Training

A passionate educator, Professor Nair served as the Training Programme Director for Chemical Pathology in North Central London until 2022 and was Regional Advisor for the Royal College of Pathologists. She is also an examiner in the specialty and holds an adjunct professorship at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, India, where she supervises PhD students and contributes to postgraduate training. Her international teaching includes work in Sri Lanka, Kuwait, and her annual Clinical Lipidology Course in India, which has earned her a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Lipid Association of India.