Mr Espeed Khoshbin

Mr Espeed Khoshbin is a leading consultant cardiac surgeon in London. He specialises in coronary bypass surgery, heart valve surgery including aortic valve and aortic root replacement. He is a super specialist performing a high volume of heart and lung transplant in London. He conducts surgery for heart failure through mechanical circulatory support and is one of the few transplant surgeons performing left ventricular assist device (LVAD) surgery in the United Kingdom. Additionally, he holds an honorary clinical senior lecturer position at Imperial College and The National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI) in London.

Graduating from Aberdeen Medical School with an MB ChB, Mr Khoshbin obtained a postgraduate research doctorate (MD) from the University of Leicester. He initiated his cardiac surgery training at St Mary's Hospital in London, part of the East Thames rotation. As a national trainee in cardiac surgery, he achieved the intercollegiate fellowship of The Surgical Royal Colleges of Great Britain and Ireland (FRCS CTh) and secured a position in the UK’s prestigious National Peri-CCT Fellowship in cardiothoracic transplantation and mechanical support. Mr Khoshbin achieved a traveling scholarship from the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation to the University College of Los Angeles, California.

In his professional roles, Mr Khoshbin is the national lead for heart and lung transplant education, the London deanery appointed lead for cardiac surgical training at Harefield Hospital, and an examiner for the board of examiners of European and UKs Intercollegiate examination board in cardiac surgery. Recently, two of his intercalate BSc students achieved first class honours in transplantation at the Imperial College London. He is the director of Harefield core thoracic transplantation course. He also serves as the NHS lead for organ utilisation at Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals.

With a research focus on mechanical circulatory support, Mr Khoshbin has a research doctorate (MD) and experience in both clinical and laboratory research. He has conducted Cochrane systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials in cardiac surgery and metanalysis of randomised trials. He has an interest in education research and artificial intelligence applications. He is a supervisor for doctoral research students. He is also the Director of Harefield Hospital core thoracic transplant course.

Mr Khoshbin has contributed extensively to medical literature, with publications in peer-reviewed journals such as the British Medical Journal, Circulation, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery, European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Journal of Robotic Surgery. He is an elected trustree on the SCTS board of representatives at Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital. He is an expert reviewer for The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Journal of Robotic Surgery, and the Annals of Robotics and Automation.