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Prof. Attilio Lotto is a Senior Consultant in Congenital Cardiac Surgery at Alder Hey Children Hospital, Liverpool, with additional involvement in the surgical management of adults with congenital heart disease at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital. After training in Birmingham, London and Paris, he was appointed Consultant at Glenfield Hospital, Leicester in 2010, where later became Clinical Lead, before moving to Liverpool in 2015. His surgical practice covers the full spectrum of congenital cardiac disease, with a particular interest in neonatal repairs and complex valve repair. He holds a Professorship at Liverpool John Moores University and has an active academic profile, including peer-reviewed publications and international presentations.

Training Attended

Jul 2009 – Mar 2010       Post-CCT Fellowship, Congenital Cardiothoracic 

                                          Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds

Oct 2008 – Jun 2009    Post-CCT Fellowship, Congenital Cardiac Surgery

                                          Institut Hospitalier Jacques Cartier, Paris

Previous Employments – NTN Rotation

Jul 2006 – Aug 2008     SpR Yr 5- 6, National Paediatric Cardiac Surgery 

                                          Great Ormond Street Hospital, London

                                          Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Birmingham

Aug 2002 – Jul 2006     SpR Yr 1 - 4, Northern Rotation Cardiothoracic

                                          Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne

                                          James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough

Qualifications & Accreditations

1993                Doctor in Medicine (MD), University of Milan, Italy

2006                Master of Surgery (MCh), University of Bristol

2007                FRCS-Cardiothoracic Surgery

2017                Professor in Congenital Cardiac Surgery

Additional Information

Attilio Lotto is

- President of the European Congenital Heart Surgery Association (ECHSA)

- Chair of the Congenital Subcommittee for the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain (SCTS)

- Member of the Congenital Domain of the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS)

- Member of the Governing Council of the World Society of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery (WSPCHS)