He has a particular interest in the care of athletes with cardiovascular disease and works closely with the Stanford Sports Medicine program. He also oversees a research laboratory that is looking at the molecular and genetic causes of heart failure and the fundamental biology of the heart’s signaling pathways. A graduate of the University of Glasgow, Ashley received his DPhil in molecular cardiology from the University of Oxford and his MRCP in medicine from the Royal College of Physicians. He joined the Stanford faculty in 2003.