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This surgeon left Queen Elizabeth Hospital to join University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust in January 2010.

Training Attended

India, Cleveland Clinic USA and West midlands deanery .

Qualifications & Accreditations

M.S, M.Ch (CVTS), DNB (CVTS), FRCS (Edin) FRCS (Glas), FRCSEd (CTh)

Additional Information

Works as a Consultant adult cardiac surgeon at the University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire. Also has practising privileges at the BMI Meriden Coventry and at the BMI Priory in Birmingham. Mr. Dandekar has research interest with publications in peer reviewed journals. His M.Ch work was on Atrial Myxomas.

Mr. Dandekar is an avid teacher and is involved with teaching and training juniors. He is a GMC accredited trainer.

Charity is very close to Mr.Dandekar’s heart. He is on the International Committee for Cardiostart International, a US based charity. He has travelled to developing countries performing heart surgeries. This has taken him to countries like Peru, Romania and West African country Ghana.

Areas of interest:

Coronary artery disease, arterial grafting and beating heart surgery. Valvular heart disease and valve surgery especially aortic root, ascending aortic and aortic arch surgery. He is one of the few surgeons in the UK performing the Ozaki procedure for aortic valve disease.

Email: uday.dandekar@uhcw.nhs.uk

               udandekar@yahoo.co.uk