Professional statement
Mr Shahzad Raja is a highly-experienced cardiac surgeon based in London. He performs the highest number of coronary artery bypass surgery operations at the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust and also specialises in minimal access aortic valve surgery, arterial revascularisation, endoscopic vein harvesting, keyhole heart surgery and TAVI. He also has a special interest in medical education and writing.
Mr Raja graduated in 1996 with a medical degree from King Edward Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan, before moving to Edinburgh to continue his studies. He was appointed as a consultant cardiac surgeon at Harefield Hospital in 2012, where he is now actively involved in the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) program at Harefield Hospital. Before this, Mr Raja worked in Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital in London and hospitals in Glasgow, Liverpool Cardiff and Pakistan.
Mr Raja is an experienced teacher at undergraduate and postgraduate level and has published extensively in peer-reviewed medical journals. He is associate editor of the Journal of Thoracic Disease, assistant editor of the International Journal of Surgery and a member of the editorial board of the World Journal of Methodology, World Journal of Cardiology, Recent Patents on Cardiovascular Drug Discovery & Open Access Journal of Science & Technology.
Clinics
Harefield Hospital
West London, Hill End Road, Harefield, UB9 6JHMedical insurances accepted
Credentials
Professional experience
- 30 years of experience
- Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Harefield Hospital, London (2012 - present)
Subspecialties
- Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
- Aortic valve surgery
Professional memberships
- Member of Cardiothoracic Surgery Network
- Member of International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery
Education
- FRCS C-Th, Intercollegiate Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery (2009)
- MRCS, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (2001)
Teaching posts
- Mr Raja has served on the panel of question writers for the membership examination of the Royal College of Surgeons, England.
- He is the course lead for the Harefield cardiothoracic review course taking place at the STaR Centre on a regular basis.
Publications and conferences
- He has lectured on courses for and edited as well as co-edited books for the MRCS examination.
- Associate Editor of the International Journal of Surgery
Prizes and awards
- Awarded World Society of Thoracic Surgery Award for best international presentation (2013)
Languages spoken
- English
- Urdu
Reviews
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- Mr Shahzad Raja is a very well respected surgeon that carried out my Aortic Valve replacement and bypass graft at Harefield Hospital in July during the middle of the Covid Pandemic. I could not have wished for more reassuring, caring professional surgeon
- Absolutely fantastic care and professionalism, couldn’t have been any better. Highly recommended. Thank you.
- I was extremely happy with the care & treatment I received from Mr Raja. His bedside manner, approach, knowledge & experience helped to put me at my ease when having to undergo a major heart operation.
- Mr Raja brings a no nonsense pragmatic approach to you at a time when you are very unwell and need assurance and confidence. He is a great communicator and takes you effortlessly on a challenging journey through surgery and beyond. Huge respect for him!
- First class heart surgeon who successfully operated on me twelve months ago. Can’t praise him enough, absolutely excellent!
- Mr Raja and his amazing team are miracle makers. His expertise, experience and reassuring manner, gave us the very best help when we needed it most. Although extremely busy, he took time to explain everything to us, then delivered our Christmas miracle!