Professor Aung Oo

Professor Aung Ye Oo is the clinical lead for aortovascular surgery at the St Bartholomew’s Hospital and affiliated to William Harvey Research Institute of Queen Mary University of London as the Honorary Clinical Professor in Cardiovascular Surgery. He has developed the largest and most prolific complex aortic surgery service in the United Kingdom.   Professor Oo is an international expert, mentor and one of the key opinion leaders in complex aortic surgery. He has trained and supported many surgeons across the world in development of aortic surgery programmes.   The research interest of Professor Oo has been the organ protection in complex aortovascular surgery. He has introduced the cost-effective intraoperative and postoperative Motor Evoked Potential monitoring in management of thoracic and thoracoabdominal aneurysm patients in United Kingdom. He subsequently development research into spinal cord ischaemia during surgery by detecting biomarkers utilising microdialysis catheter, multi-modality monitoring of spinal cord ischaemia and biomarkers in cerebral protection during complex aortic arch procedures. He has also led UK multicentre study on effect of Covid 19 pandemic on patients with thoracic aortic disease and developed a guideline on management of this patient group during pandemic endorsed by the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland. He has published over 170 papers and book chapters on cardiac and aortic surgery. Professor Aung Ye Oo is the founder chair of the United Kingdom Aortic Surgery group which actively promotes education and research into aortic surgery as well as support patient groups like Aortic Dissection Awareness UK and Ireland, The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust and Marfan Foundation. He is a member of the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Taskforce in Thoracic Aortic Forum, Director of Barts Aortovascular Symposium, and Research Advisory Board of the Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust.

Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Minimal Access Aortic Valve Surgery Minimal Access Aortic Root and Arch Surgery Complex Aortic Arch Surgery Redo Aortic Surgery Descending and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Marfan Syndrome Chronic Aortic Dissection