Mr Shyamsunder Kolvekar

Shyamsunder Kolvekar Consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at St Bartholomew's HospitalOne of the leading cardiothoracic surgeons in London, Mr Kolvekar has a special interest in chest wall deformity interventions.He is an internationally recognised surgeon for the adult Nuss procedure, and has adapted the Nuss procedure with several new techniques for better pain control and reduced risk from surgery. He holds lectures and teaches surgeons this procedure and connate minimally invasive surgery across the world. Several publications in international journals and has also contributed to books. He has a special interest in  mitral valve repairs,  beating-heart surgery,  cardiac arrhythmias and minimally-invasive cardiac surgery and is concerned with ischaemic pre-conditioning of the heart. He also has a thoracic practice dealing with lung cancer, pneumothorax and pleural effusion.Treatments and proceduresSurgery for atrial fibrillation Minimally invasive maze operationCarcinoid heart valve diseaseLung cancer surgeryVATSMinimally invasive thoracic surgery Minimally invasive pectus correction (NUSS)OPCABBeating heart coronary bypass surgeryMitral valve repairMinimally invasive mitral valve repairRoboticsECMOProcedures offered Minimally invasive pectus correction (Nuss) OPCABBeating heart coronary bypass surgeryMitral valve repairMinimally invasive mitral valve repairLung cancer surgeryResearch interests Mr Kolvekar is working with Professor Yellon on ischaemic preconditioning in diabetic patients with oral hypoglycemic agents.He has been working closely with the Hater institute and helping the research fellows in the patient recruitment for the study. Mr Kolvekar is also surgical lead for trail comparing neuropsychological study in patients undergoing CABG with or without cardioplegia with Professor Newman’s team.PublicationsBook © 2016 SpingerChest Wall Deformities and Corrective Procedures Editors: Kolvekar, Shyam, Pilegaard, Hans (Eds.)Corrigendum: Phylogenetic ctDNA analysis depicts early-stage lung cancer evolutionNature. 2017 Dec 20. doi: 10.1038/nature25161. [Epub ahead of print]Allele-Specific HLA Loss and Immune Escape in Lung Cancer EvolutionMcGranahan N, Rosenthal R, Hiley CT, Rowan AJ, Watkins TBK, Wilson GA, Birkbak NJ, Veeriah S, Van Loo P, Herrero J, Swanton C; TRACERx Consortium.Cell. 2017 Nov 30;171(6):1259-1271.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.10.001. Epub 2017 Oct 26.Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin prior to cardiac surgery predicts acute kidney injury and mortalityBulluck H, Maiti R, Chakraborty B, Candilio L, Clayton T, Evans R, Jenkins DP, Kolvekar S, Kunst G, Laing C, Nicholas J, Pepper J, Yellon DM, Hausenloy DJ.Heart. 2017 Aug 9. pii: heartjnl-2017-311760. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2017-311760. [Epub ahead of print]Percutaneous Intervention of a Rare Complication Post Cardiac SurgeryHarky A, Khosravi A, Elam L, Colledge J, Kolvekar S.Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Jul;104(1):e87. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.02.024. No abstract available. Phyloge

mitral valve repairs, beating-heart surgery, cardiac arrhythmias and minimally-invasive cardiac surgery and is concerned with ischaemic pre-conditioning of the heart.He also has a thoracic practice dealing with lung cancer, pneumothorax and pleural effusion.Treatments and proceduresSurgery for atrial fibrillationMinimally invasive maze operationCarcinoid heart valve diseaseLung cancer surgeryVATSMinimally invasive thoracic surgeryMinimally invasive pectus correction (NUSS)OPCABBeating heart coronary bypass surgeryMitral valve repairMinimally invasive mitral valve repairRoboticsECMOProcedures offeredMinimally invasive pectus correction (Nuss)OPCABBeating heart coronary bypass surgeryMitral valve repairMinimally invasive mitral valve repairLung cancer surgeryResearch interests