Professor Marjan Jahangiri

She was appointed as Consultant Cardiac Surgeon and Senior Lecturer in 2001 at St. George’s Hospital, University of London. She was appointed Professor of Cardiac Surgery at University of London in 2007. Her major interests in the field of clinical cardiac surgery include: surgery of the aorta, including aneurysms, especially major and major complex cases (Marfan), aortic valve surgery, minimally invasive aortic valve procedure, beating heart surgery, and cardiac surgery in pregnant patients. She regularly performs coronary artery bypass graft surgery using minimally invasive techniques for harvesting of conduits. She has contributed to advances in protecting neurocognition and has been instrumental in developing minimally invasive aortic surgery and major aortic surgery. Marjan Jahangiri graduated in medicine from University College Hospital, London. Subsequently, she completed her general surgical training at University College London and affiliated hospitals. She embarked on a career in Cardiothoracic Surgery. She trained at the London Chest, St Bartholomew’s and the Royal Brompton Hospitals in London. She was awarded a research fellowship at the William Harvey Laboratories at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital and Medical School. She then subspecialized in paediatric and adult congenital surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital and Children’s Hospital in Boston, Harvard. She is the first female professor of cardiac surgery in the United Kingdom and Europe. Marjan Jahangiri operates on approximately 250 cases per annum. This is one of the largest cardiac surgical services in the United Kingdom. Her overall mortality for all cases including complex and major complex heart operations is 1.5 – 3%.These results are monitored by The Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery of GB & Ireland and available on their website: https://scts.org. She has been the author of more than 250 peer-reviewed reviews, book chapters and manuscripts in addition to several abstracts and communications. She has successfully supervised more than 25 higher research degrees, including 11 PhDs and 14 Masters. She is a regular invited speaker at national and international conferences. She is the principal investigator in a number of clinical research trials. She has chaired multi-disciplinary guidelines on management of coronary artery disease, aortic valve (minimally invasive) and aortic disease. She has been one of two surgical leads for Heart Valve Disease Guidelines of NICE as well as a surgical lead for European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery valve disease guidelines. She is an executive board member for Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) working on improving peri-operative care, improving patient’s outcomes and recovery after cardiac surgery.She was the finalist for Silver Scalpel Award of The Royal College of Surgeons for excellence in training in 2018. She was awarded BMJ Clinical Leadership Team Award 2018, for management of management of aortic valve and aortic diseases.

Surgery of the aorta and aneurysms, aortic valve surgery including minimally invasive techniques (minimal invasive aortic valve replacement). She has one of the largest practices in the UK for surgery on the aorta, aortic aneurysms, with or without aortic valve disease and connective tissue disorders like the Marfan syndrome. In 2022, she has published the largest series of aortic root surgery in the UK where very low mortality and complication rate of her surgery is reported (Jahangiri M et al. Early and long-term outcomes of conventional and valve-sparing aortic root replacement Heart 2022; 108: 1830-1838, accompanied by an Invited Editorial by Tirone David, recognised lead for this type of surgery internationally). Please see Marfan Trust. Complex and major complex cardiac surgery, especially valve and aortic surgery. Coronary artery bypass graft surgery, using multiple arterial grafting, using minimally invasive techniques to harvest conduits for bypass. Cardiac surgery in pregnant patients.