Professor Gianni D Angelini MD MCh FRCS FETCS FMedSci
He qualified as a mechanical engineer prior to obtaining his degree in medicine from the University of Siena, Italy, in 1979.
Following training in Florence he decided to pursue his career in the UK. After six months intensive language course he obtained his first junior post in London and later became a Registrar at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, where he undertook most of his training. After a year spent in Rotterdam at the Erasmus University training in pediatric cardiac surgery and transplantation he was appointed as a Senior Lecturer/Consultant at the University of Sheffield.
In 1992 he was appointed to the British Heart Foundation Chair of Cardiac Surgery in the University of Bristol, and when the Bristol Heart Institute was opened in October 1995 he became its Head.
In 2003 he was awarded the ”Cavaliere Order of Merit of Italy” in recognition of his contribution to medicine.
In 2005 Professor Angelini and his team received the UK “Surgical Team of the Year Award”
In 2008 and again in 2011 he led the successful bid for the NIHR Biomedical Research Unit in Cardiovascular Medicine in Bristol and he was appointed as Director. In 2009 he was selected as an NIHR Senior Investigator.
In 2011 he was elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
From 2010 to 2016 Professor Gianni Angelini was Clinical Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Head of Cardiac Surgery in the National Heart and Lung Institute based at the Hammersmith Campus.
Training Attended
01/01/81-30/06/81 Senior House Officer, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Llandough Hospital, Cardiff
01/07/81-31/07/82 Senior House Officer, General Surgery
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
01/08/82-31/01/83 Senior House Officer, Casualty/Accident
Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, Gwent
01/02/83-28/02/86 Registrar, Cardiothoracic Surgery
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
01/03/86-31/05/88 Senior Registrar, Cardiothoracic Surgery
University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
01/06/88-31/03/89 Senior Registrar, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
01/04/89-31/10/89 Lecturer/British Heart Foundation Intermediate Research Fellow Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
01/11/89-30/09/92 Senior Lecturer/Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgery,
University of Sheffield
01/01/10-31/12/15 British Heart Foundation
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and
Head of Cardiac Surgery NHLI
Hammersmith Hospital Campus
Imperial College London,
Qualifications & Accreditations
1972 Diploma in Mechanical Engineering Istituto T. Sarrochi, Siena
1979 Degree in Medicine and Surgery (MD), University of Siena
1984 Fellowship in Thoracic Surgery, University of Siena
1986 FRCS, Glasgow
1986 MCh, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff
1998 FETCS, European Board of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons
2011 FMedSci, Fellowship Academy of Medical Sciences