Mr Paul Modi

Cardiac Consultant

Contact Details

Personal Assistant

Maria Chidlow

Email: maria.chidlow@lhch.nhs.uk

Tel: 0151 600 1393

Special Clinical Interests

Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery
Minimally invasive aortic valve surgery
Minimally invasive AF surgery (cryomaze)
Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery (MIDCAB)
Robotic cardiac surgery

Research Interests

Minimally Invasive Surgery
Myocardial Protection

Current Membership of Professional Regional and National Bodies

Royal College of Surgeons of England
Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland

Professional Profile (including Training and Education)

I trained in the South West of England with Prof Angelini, one of the world’s authorities on off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery.

I then worked as an attending (consultant) surgeon in North Carolina, USA, for one year where I was a Clinical Instructor in Robotic and Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, working with Dr Ranny Chitwood, one of the pioneers of keyhole and robotic heart surgery and ex-President of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

I was awarded the prestigious Society Scholarship for Cardiac Surgery to train in minimally invasive valve surgery with two of the European pioneers of these techniques – Prof Fred Mohr in Leipzig, Germany, and Prof Hugo Vanermen in Aalst, Belgium.

Following this, I trained in totally thoracoscopic atrial fibrillation surgery in the Netherlands with Dr Van Boven.

I was awarded my Doctor in Medicine (MD) by the University of Bristol for work into paediatric myocardial protection.

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