Mr Walid Elmahdy

Mr Elmahdy is a Consultant Cardiac and Aortic Surgeon at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust since 2019. He was trained over the wide spectrum of Cardiac surgery in Egypt and UK, attaining a PHD degree in the speciality. Mr Elmahdy has 22 years of experience, worked at the National Heart Institute in Egypt 2003-2010, moved to UK since 2010 to work at New Cross Hospital (Wolverhampton), Yorkshire Heart Centre (Leeds), Royal Brompton Hospital (London), Royal Papworth Hospital (Cambridge) and John Radcliffe Hospital (Oxford). Mr Elmahdy has a specialist interest in the surgical repair of the aortic root, arch and thoracic aorta including complex aortic arch and hybrid procedures. Other areas of interest include aortic valve surgery using sutureless valve, valve replacement and repair of the aortic, mitral and tricuspid valves, minimally invasive valve surgery, coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG) including beating heart surgery. He has a keen interest in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. He’s a senior lecturer at Leeds University, and currently the clinical supervisor for the Leeds aortic fellowship. Mr Elmahdy performed 1300 major cardiac procedures including urgent and emergencies with overall survival rate of 99% and remarkably low complication rate. Mr Elmahdy is a semi-professional artist with national and international painting exhibitions. 

Small aortic root surgery, including root enlargement to prevent prosthesis-patient mismatch. Re-operative cardiac surgery, mechanical circulatory support, infective endocarditis, cardiac tumours, and endoscopic conduit harvesting for coronary bypass surgery.