Mr Suvitesh Luthra

I am an internationally trained clinical academic Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at University Hospital, Southampton and an Associate Professor at University of Southampton. I completed fellowships in UK (Oxford, London), US (Harvard) and Australia with experience in all aspects of complex cardiac surgery. I offer treatments for the entire spectrum of adult cardiac surgical disease including complex coronary artery disease, and valvular heart disease (mitral, aortic and tricuspid), surgery for atrial fibrillation and left atrial appendage occlusion. I have a special interest in surgery for complex diseases of the aortic organ including aortic valve repairs, root and aortic arch surgery and aortic dissections. I offer advice on both open heart surgery and percutaneous options for diseases of the aortic, mitral and tricuspid valves (repair/replacement/percutaneous wire options) to help make informed treatment decisions. I also offers individualized treatments for special patient groups including; patients with diabetes, vein harvesting without long cuts, chest closure without steel wires patients >80 years of age, very high risk cases turned down for treatment, dialysis dependent patients, previous failed operations and redo surgeries bloodless treatments for Jehovah’s Witness patients in accordance with their beliefs, with shared decision making with patients and their families. I also offer second opinions.       I am a GMC registered National trainer in Cardiac Surgery. I also serves as Medical Examiner at UHS. I am involved in clinical research/audit with over 130 publications in the fields of cardiac surgery outcomes for coronary bypass surgery and valve surgery, aortic dissection, diabetes in cardiac surgery and efficiency of surgical care pathways. I am a reviewer for various grant committees and journals and has been a national and international technical advisor on adoption of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) and is a technical advisor to NICE, UK for interventional procedures. I am an investigator on a number of national and international clinical trials and registries and passionate about patient empowerment and shared decision making. Fellowships; Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) American College of Cardiology Memberships; Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery (GB and Ireland) Society of Thoracic Surgery (USA) European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS) https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Suvitesh-Luthra https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=JzELdI8AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate Private Consultations Ann Smallridge PA to Dr S Luthra Email - a.smallridge@nhs.net Phone +44 2380914481 NHS Consultations Janis Crolla/ Ben Ma Patient Pathway Co-ordinator, UHS Email – Janis.Crolla@uhs.nhs.uk/ Karen.Fell@uhs.nhs.uk Tel - +44 23 8120 4938 Fees Self pay patients; £0 (First consultation and follow up fees included in package) Insured; standard rates apply

All aspects of cardiac surgery including, repair and replacements of the aortic valve, mitral valve, complex aorta, cardiac tumors, redo operations and second opinions. I offer services for special patient groups like Jehovah's witness for bloodless surgery. individualized treatments for special patient groups including patients with diabetes, vein harvesting without long cuts, chest closure without steel wires, patients >80 years of age, very high risk cases turned down for treatment, dialysis dependent patients, previous failed operations and redo surgeries.