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CONSULTANT APPOINTMENTS

Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon:

• South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust from 12^th May 1997
• Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust from 2^nd September 2013

SURGICAL INTERESTS

I am an adult cardiac surgeon with special interests in valve reconstruction surgery and surgery for cardiac dysrhythmias. I have performed over 6000 cardiac operations and I have been involved with the management of trauma for 30 years. I have led the development in the United Kingdom of minimal access surgery for the repair of mitral valves and for ablation of atrial fibrillation. I have trained surgeons in 23 centres across the UK and Europe in these techniques.

POSITIONS HELD

• Chairman of the Young Cardiothoracic Club (elected) - 1999 to 2002.
• Young Surgeons representative on the Executive of The Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland – 1999 to 2002.
• Programme Director for Cardiothoracic Surgery, Northern Deanery – 2001 to 2004.
• Chairman of the Specialty Training Committee for Cardiothoracic Surgery, Northern Deanery – 2001 to 2005.
• Clinical Director for Cardiothoracic Surgery, the James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough – 2001 to 2005.
• Elected member of the Executive of The Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland – 2002 to 2005.
• Cardiothoracic Dean for Great Britain & Ireland – (SCTS Executive, Cardiothoracic SAC & Cardiothoracic Intercollegiate Examination Board) 2005 to 2010.
• Cardiothoracic Surgery adviser to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
• Cardiothoracic Surgeon for the British (FIA) F1 Grand Prix (motor racing trauma management) – 1996 to present
• Honorary Lecturer with the School of Health and Social Care, University of Teesside 2000 - 2013
• Honorary Lecturer in Anatomy at Durham University Medical School 2002-2013
• Member of the Cardiothoracic SAC (College Rep) 2005-2013
• Secretary of the Cardiothoracic Intercollegiate Examination Board 2007 – 2010
• SAC National Selection Lead 2008 – 2013
• Cardiothoracic Intercollegiate Examiner 2005 – 2015
• Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Sheffield University 2013 to present.
• Centre for Clinical Practice Advisor for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence 2015
• Programme committee member for the European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS)
• Member of the EACTS Academy

ACADEMIA AND TRAINING

• I have 45 papers published in peer reviewed journals.
• I am a reviewer for the European journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery (79 papers in the last 5 years).
• I am an associate editor of the Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery.
• I am the Principal Investigator on two international trials.
• I am on the faculty of three international courses and I have delivered 91 national/international lectures.

Qualifications & Accreditations

QUALIFICATIONS

1984                BMedSci (Hons) - Second Class Division I

1986                BM BS

1990                FRCS (Eng)

1996                FRCS (CTh)

 GMC REGISTRATION    Full. Registration No. 3133897