Professional profile
Currently:
Professor of Cardiac Surgery, University College London;
Director of Surgery at The Heart Hospital, London;
Commissioner, Healthcare Commission; Chair of Clinical Strategy Group
President-elect, Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland
International Director, United States Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Secretary General, European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Member of CHD National Taskforce;
Royal College of Surgeons representative on the steering group of the National Confidential Enquiries into Perioperative Deaths;
Previously
Associate Medical Director for Clinical Governance, University Hospital Birmingham;
Clinical Service Lead, Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital Birmingham;
Commissioner, Commission for Health Improvement;
Chairman, CHI and Audit Commission National Service Frameworks Programme Board and member of Strategic Working Group on the Office for Information on Healthcare Performance at CHI;
Secretary, Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland
Member, Specialist Advisory Committee for higher surgical training in Cardiothoracic Surgery and member of the intercollegiate examinations board.
Chairman, European Cardiac Surgery Database Committee and member of US Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database Committee;
Editorial Board of Heart.
