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Andrew Owens is a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon  at the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and is an Honorary Reader in cardiac surgery in Newcastle University.

His clinical interests include surgery of the aorta, aortic valve and minimal access cardiothoracic surgery, including transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI); he is also a TAVI proctor. He studied medicine at Queen’s University, Belfast and obtained cardiothoracic training in Newcastle upon Tyne, Middlesbrough and Papworth Hospital, Cambridge where he focussed on cardiothoracic transplantation. He undertook a period of research funded by a Royal College of Surgeons of England Fellowship in the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute in Sydney, Australia, where he still holds an honorary faculty position, and subsequently obtained his higher degree from Newcastle University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of England and in Ireland, has held research fellowships from the National Heart Foundation of Australia and Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, was winner of the McCormack Medal in cardiothoracic surgery and awarded a Hunterian Professorship by the Royal College of Surgeons of England. His research interests are focussed on cardiac regeneration, fibrosis and the signalling mechanisms underlying thoracic aortic aneurysms. Recent research funding includes project grants from the British Heart Foundation and Heart Research UK and he has active collaborations with scientists in Durham University and Harvard Medical School. View external profile →

Training Attended

• Qualified in medicine with honours in Queen’s University, Belfast.

• Basic surgical training and early cardiothoracic training in Northern Ireland.

• Appointed as a transplant fellow in Papworth Hospital, Cambridge and trained in all aspects of cardiopulmonary transplantation.

• Appointed to the Northern Deanery training programme in cardiothoracic surgery, undertaking higher specialist training in Newcastle and Middlesbrough.

• Appointed as consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Qualifications & Accreditations

MB BCh BAO (Hons)

MD

FRCS (Hunterian Professor)

FRCSI

FRCS(CTh)