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Dr Caroline Chenu is a consultant in congenital surgery at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London. 

She graduated medical school at the Aix-Marseille II University, and received her Doctorate of Medicine with highest honours at the Toulouse III University, France, in 2011. 

Dr Chenu completed her postgraduate training in cardiac surgery in Toulouse and Marseille, before completing her research master (MSc) in Surgical Science with the highest qualification. She was the winner of the ‘Surgeon of the Future’ award for her research project in 2010. 

Dr Chenu took up a locum consultant surgeon position at the Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital in Paris, before being appointed as a consultant congenital cardiac surgeon at La Timone Children Hospital in Marseille in 2015. 

Dr Chenu has been registered with the GMC on the specialist register since 2016. She worked as a clinical fellow for the paediatric and congenital heart surgery team at Royal Brompton Hospital from 2016 to 2018, and was appointed consultant congenital cardiac surgeon at the Royal Brompton Hospital in July 2019. 

Dr Chenu has been invited as a member of the French Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (SFCTCV) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS). She has been published in several international peer-reviewed journals, and has spoken at international conferences.

Dr Chenu’s clinical expertise includes: 
- Paediatric and congenital cardiac surgery, with a special interest in neonatal surgery
- Hybrid procedures (combining surgery and cardiac catheter procedures)
- Mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation.