Cardiothoracic surgeon

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Mr Kevin Lau is one of London's leading Consultant Thoracic surgeons. Working at some of London's finest clinics and hospitals, including the London Clinic and St Bartholomew's Hospital, he is at the forefront of his field utilising some of the most cutting edge technology available. He is the first medical professional in Europe to use a new and innovative software that promises to revolutionise the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer by allowing early detection of cancer in the lungs in the harder to see areas. His clinical interests include lung cancer, lung nodules, pleural effusion, and navigation bronchoscopy. Working closely with his patients, he aims to deliver them the best service possible through the entirety of their treatment.

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Mr Ulrich Rosendahl is an internationally renowned, leading cardiac surgeon based at London's Royal Brompton Hospital. He has operated on several thousand patients and his areas of expertise include valve surgery, aortic repair surgery, mitral valve surgery, arch aorta surgery, complex heart surgery, minimally invasive heart surgery and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI), the exostent (PEARS) and CABG surgery. Mr Ulrich Rosendahl has a research post in the National Institute of Health Research's biomedical research unit and serves as Honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College. He has been widely published and is a regular speaker at both national and international conferences for cardiac surgery.

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Mr Andre Simon is one of London's leading cardiac surgeons. He is highly reputable internationally, he is a reviewer and author for numerous peer-reviewed journals and is frequently invited to lecture both at home and abroad. Mr Andre Simon is a member of a number of boards and scientific advisory committees and has a range of research interests including transplantation immunology, cardiac imaging and ventricular assist devices. Mr Andre Simon founded HeartHelp, a charitable non-government organisation that provides cardiac surgery in developing African countries and has been committed to raising money for causes he believes in. Operating from his NHS base at Royal Brompton Hospital and other top clinics in the capital, Mr Andre Simon specialises in transplantation and mechanical circulatory surgery, though his expertise covers the scope of cardiac surgery. Most recently, the first child in Britain received an artificial heart, which Mr Simon successfully transplanted. This operation was life-saving and allowed the patient to survive until a human heart became available weeks later. 

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Mr Andrew Chukwuemeka is an esteemed consultant cardiothoracic surgeon based across London. From his private practice, he covers a wide range of heart and lung surgery, and has a special interest in aortic valve surgery, coronary artery surgery, and all kinds of chest trauma. Mr Chukwuemeka qualified from the University of London (St Thomas' Hospital Medical School) in 1992, before continuing gaining training and expertise in cardiothoracic and vascular surgery across London and Toronto. Alongside his clinical work, Mr Chukwuemeka has a number of research interests, has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in his field of expertise, and has been involved in many medical advisory committees. He also devotes time to training and education in cardiothoracic surgery. 

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Mr Neil Roberts is a leading cardiothroacic surgeon based in London. Specialising in cardiac surgery, Mr Roberts provides a range of surgical options with a high rate of successful patient outcomes. Mr Roberts first graduated from Dundee University in 1996, before becoming a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1999. He then continued his specialised training and experience in Sheffield, St George's Hospital, London and Harefield Hospital. In 2008, he was awarded the McCormack Medal for achieving the highest mark in cardiothoracic surgery in the UK and Ireland, and was the first cardiac surgical trainee to be awarded a fellowship by the British Society of Endovascular Therapy, which allowed him to pursue endovascular training at St Mary's Hospital, London. Alongside his clinical work, Mr Roberts has an interest in training and education, and is the educational supervisor for SCTS (the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery) education courses. He is an experienced public speaker, presenting widely at national and international conferences, and has also published widely in his field in peer-reviewed medical journals. 

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Mr Bahrami is a senior consultant in cardiac surgery at Harefield Hospital, where he performs heart and lung transplantations and mechanical circulatory support. He trained and qualified at Pitie-Salpetriere University in Paris, France. His areas of expertise in cardiac surgery include minimally invasive and endoscopic cardiac surgery, for which he is lead surgeon, mitral valve repair, a procedure he performs 180 times per year, minimally invasive no-sternotomy aortic valve replacement, minimally invasive endoscopically assisted coronary artery bypass graft, off pump coronary artery bypass graft, totally endoscopic/surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation, endoscopic vein harvesting and complex reoperation. Mr Bahrami has been at the forefront of developments in endoscopic minimally invasive heart surgery and mitral valve repair program since 2002, working alongside Professor Alain Carpentier, Sir Professor Magdi Yacoub and Professor Alain Cabrol. He also pioneered and performs coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG) through a mini incision on the left side of the chest whilst the heart is beating (off-pump CABG). The conversion rate for this procedure has remained at zero since 2001. Mr Bahrami has published research papers on valve repair (mitral and tricuspid) and transplantation in peer-reviewed journals including the European Journal for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, the Annals of Thoracic Surgery and the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.

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Ms Emma Beddow is a pioneering consultant thoracic surgeon in London. The first trainee in the UK to be fully trained in pure thoracic surgery, she is renowned for her specialisation in lung cancer surgery, major airway surgery and stenting, mediastinal tumours, metastasectomy, benign and malignant pleural disease and pectus surgery. With further experience in bronchoplastic resections, tracheal surgery, endobronchial cryotherapy, chest wall tumours, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, and surgery for emphysema, Ms Beddow shares the latest expertise on thoracic conditions at various conferences around Europe. Today, she is considered one of the top trainers in the UK in thoracic surgery and even collaborated as co-author in the Oxford Handbook of Cardiothoracic Surgery, published by the Oxford University Press.

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Professor Olaf Wendler is a highly-skilled, London-based cardiothoracic surgeon with a specialist internationally-accredited interest in adult cardiac surgery. He is a pioneer in his field having been the first surgeon to perform a transapical transcatheter heart valve implantation in the UK and subsequently as the first implanted these heart valves into failing biological heart valve prostheses. He has implemented innovative techniques and minimally-invasive surgical approaches to improve surgical outcomes for elderly patients, as well as developing new surgical techniques to improve long-term results after coronary artery bypass grafting, aortic valve disease and mitral valves disease. Professor Wendler has widely published on field-related matters and forms an integral part of numerous reputable professional bodies.  

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