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Interests
Surgery For Atrial Fibrillation, Minimally Invasive Maze Operation
Carcinoid Heart Valve Disease
Lung Cancer Surgery, Vats, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery,
Minimally Invasive Pectus Correction (Nuss)
Opcab, Beating Heart Coronary Bypass Surgery
Mitral Valve Repair, Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair
Undergraduate And Post Graduate Teaching
Robotics
Ecmo, Adult, Paediatric And Neonatal
Education
Our Approach
Shyam Kolvekar, MBBS MS, MCh,FRCPS, FRCS,FRCS(CTh)
Our Story
Background
St Bartholomew’s Hospital and Heart Hospital 2000 – Present
Honorary Associates Professor UCL
Visiting International Professor Apollo Hospital Education and Research Foundation Indian
Visiting Professor at Manipal Hospitals Manipal Indian
Senior Registrar Glenfield Hospital, Leicester 1998 - 2000
Senior Registrar St Georges Hospital London 1997- 1998
ECMO Fellow Heart Link ECMO Centre Leicester March
British Heart Foundation Fellow, University of Leicester
Cardiovascular and Thoracic surgeon, Mumbai.
Meet Our Esteemed Team Members....
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Dr. Elizabeth Ashley
Aneasthetist & Acute Pain specialist
Consultant Specialist Anaesthetist & Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery
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Mr. Simon Withey, FRCS
Plastic and Reconstruction Surgeon
A Leading Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon in UK.
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Prof. Hans Pilegaard
Chest Wall Surgeon
A World-class Chest Wall Surgeon and My Guru.
Meet Our International Associates....
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Prof. Dawn Jaroszewski
Thoracic Surgeon
A Leading Thoracic Surgeon from Mayo Clinic, USA
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Prof. Mustafa Yuksel
Pectus Surgeon
A Leading Pectus Surgeon from Istanbul, Turkey.