Cardiac (Heart)ProceduresAortic Arch Repair Aortic Root Repair Aortic Valve Surgery Atrial Fibrillation Surgery Coronary artery bypass grafts Heart Transplant Mitral Valve Surgery Pericardectomy Thoraco-Abdominal Repair Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implant (TAVI) GlossaryPatient JourneyOutpatient VisitPre-assessment ClinicHospital StayPost DischargeFollow-upMedicationsOutcome DataThoracic (Lungs)ProceduresBronchoscopy Chest Wall surgery Collapsed lung Empyema and Decortication Endobronchial Coils Endobronchial valves Lobectomy Lung Biopsy Lung Transplant Lung volume reduction Pectus Conditions Pleural Biopsy Pneumonectomy Sleeve Resection Thymectomy Tracheal resection Wedge Resection GlossaryPatient JourneyOutpatient VisitPre-assessment ClinicHospital StayPost DischargeFollow-upMedicationOutcome DataCongenital (Children)Congenital Heart Disease OverviewProceduresAtrial Septal Defect (ASD) Atrio Ventricular Septal Defect (AVSD) Coarctation of the Aorta Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Pulmonary Valve Stenosis Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA) Tricuspid Atresia Truncus Arteriosus Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) GlossaryPatient JourneyOutpatient VisitPre-assessment ClinicHospital StayFollow-upMedicationsOutcome DataSupport GroupsCardiac Support GroupsThoracic Support GroupsCongenital Support GroupsSCTS Lay RepresentativeWellbeingWound ManagementFind a HospitalFind a ConsultantDonateUseful Information Home Patients Find a Consultant Mr Samer Nashef Find a Consultant Mr Samer NashefLast updated: 1 Jan 2024GMC: 2627197Areas of Practice: Adult CardiacRegion: East of EnglandHospitals: Royal Papworth Hospital Profile Cardiac Committees Addresses Samer Nashef qualified from the University of Bristol Medical School and trained in general surgery in London, Bedford and Exeter. His specialist training in cardiothoracic surgery was in Glasgow, Sheffield, Manchester and Bordeaux in France. He is consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge since 1992. He practises all types of cardiac surgery in adults, with a special interest in minimally invasive coronary bypass, mitral repair, surgery for atrial fibrillation and valve-preserving aortic root surgery. He has many research interests and two current major fields are the study of risk and quality monitoring in heart surgery and the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation.Training AttendedSpecialist Registrar Glasgow 1986-1989 Senior Registrar Manchester 1990-1992Qualifications & AccreditationsMB ChB Bristol 1980 FRCS England 1984 FRCS Glasgow 1984 GMC Specialist Register 1996 PhD 2009 Adult Cardiac Surgery SCTS CommitteesThis consultant has not been a member of any SCTS committees. Addresses HospitalRoyal Papworth Hospital Royal Papworth HospitalPapworth RoadCambridgeCambridgeshireCB2 0AYUnited KingdomSecretary: Lisa DunleaqvySecretary Email: lisa.dunleavy@nhs.netSecretary Telephone: +441223639077Personal Email: sam.nashef@nhs.netPersonal Mobile: +447772474188 View all Consultants