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Mr Damian Balmforth is a consultant cardiac surgeon at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton where he is the lead for aortic surgery. He graduated with honors from Imperial College London in 2007 and went on to complete his higher surgical training in cardiothoracic surgery at the London Deanery. He has a strong academic interest and has completed a PhD in cardiovascular medicine at Queen Mary University of London. He holds memberships to both the Royal College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians of England.

Damian has completed the prestigious aortic fellowship at St Bartholomew's Hospital London. He performs the full range of adult cardiac surgical procedures with a specialist interest in surgery to the thoracic aorta, aortic valve surgery, and coronary bypass surgery.

Damian has over 30 peer reviewed publications and has presented his work at both national and international conferences. He has been awarded the Ronald Edwards Medal and the Ionescu Travelling Fellowship by the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland.

Areas of interest

Surgery to the thoracic aorta; Aortic valve replacement; Aortic aneurysm surgery; Valve sparing aortic root surgery; Coronary artery bypass surgery (including beating heart bypass surgery); Endoscopic vein harvesting for coronary artery bypass surgery; Atrial fibrillation surgery; Atrial appendage clipping for stroke prevention

Training Attended

Imperial College School of Medicine: 2001-2007

Foundation Programme: North West London: 2008-2009

Core Surgical Training: 2009-2011

NTN training programme: London Deanery 2011-2021

PhD: University of London, 2020

Post-CCT Complex Aortic Fellowship: St Bartholomew's Hospital 2021-2022

Qualifications & Accreditations

BSc Medical Sciences 2005

MBBS (Hons): 2007 Imperial College 

Member of the Royal College of Surgeons: 2010

Member of the Royal College of Physicians: 2014

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons: 2019

PhD Cardiovascular Medicine: 2020