Paddy Coughlin is a Consultant Vascular Surgeon at the Leeds Vascular Institute, Yorkshire. He was previously a consultant at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge.

His main clinical interest is in lower limb arterial disease and he leads the CLTI clinic in Leeds. He is the Chair of the PAD Specialist Interest Group in the UK and is involved with a number of multi-centre studies in the UK. He has a national interest in education and training and is Chair of the Education and Training Committee of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland.