Faculty

Programme Director

Dr Farhin Holia

Physician | Clinical PhD Fellow, St Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, QMUL | Harvard-specialised: Leadership and Management, Healthcare Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Innovation | MBA (c) Warwick

About the Programme Director

Course Director

Prof. Dr. med. Hans-Joachim Schäfers

Senior Consultant, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Westpfalz Klinikum, Kaiserslautern, Germany. Professor Emeritus, Saarland University, Germany

• 42+ years in practice; 803+ publications
• First surgeon to systematise global aortic valve repair
• 1,500+ aortic valve repairs; trained hundreds of surgeons worldwide
• Pioneer of pulmonary endarterectomy (CTEPH); European lung transplant pioneer

Course Director

Professor Ismail El-Hamamsy

Randall B. Griepp Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, System Director Aortic Surgery, Mount Sinai Health System (formerly Montreal Heart Institute), USA

• Founded the Montreal Heart Institute Aortic & Connective Tissue Clinics
• 1,000+ Ross procedures and valve-sparing operations
• Pioneer of the Living Valve Strategy — native valve preservation avoiding anticoagulation
• 200+ peer-reviewed publications in The Lancet, JACC and Circulation

Course Director

Professor Aung Ye Oo

Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Queen Mary University of London. Consultant Cardiac and Aortic Surgeon. Clinical Lead, Aorto-Vascular Surgery, St Bartholomew's Hospital

• 20+ years in cardiac and aortic surgery
• Founder & Chair, UK Aortic Surgery Network (UKAS)
• Leading UK expert in complex thoraco-abdominal aortic repair