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 ConsultantDonate Home Patients Find a Consultant Mr Rizwan Qassim Attia Find a Consultant Mr Rizwan Qassim AttiaLast updated: 4 May 2023GMC: 6119084Areas of Practice: Adult CardiacRegion: East of EnglandHospitals: Royal Papworth Hospital Profile Cardiac Committees Addresses Training AttendedFoundation Training Yorkshire Deanery 2005-2007 Academic Clinical Fellowship Training General and Vascular Surgery London Deanery 2007-2010 (Guy's and St Thomas') NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Royal College of Surgeons of England (Rosetrees Trust) and British Heart Foundation Academic Clinical Research Fellowship Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital and King's College London 2010-2013 Specialty training in Cardiothoracic Surgery London Deanery 2013-2021 (Guy's and St Thomas', King's College, Bart's, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital) Cardiac Surgery Fellowship Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA 2019-2020Qualifications & AccreditationsSheffield Univeristy BMedSci (Honours) 2003 Sheffield Univeristy MBChB (Honours) 2005 Royal College of Surgeons of England MRCS 2008 Kent Univeristy MSc 1st Class Merit 2011 Kings College London PhD 2015 USMLE's 2018 Royal College of Surgeons of England FRCS-CTh 2019 Adult Cardiac Surgery SCTS CommitteesThis consultant has not been a member of any SCTS committees. Addresses This consultant has not added any addresses to their public profile. View all Consultants