Professor M Jahangiri: Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, St.George's Hospital. Adult cardiac surgery.
- Clinic: By arrangement
- Appointments: 020 8725 3565
- Marjan Jahangiri
- MBBS, MS, FRCS, FRCS (CTh)
- Professor of Cardiac Surgery
- Department of Cardiac Surgery
- St. George's Hospital and Medical School
- Cranmer Terrace
- London SW17 0RE
- Telephone: +44 (0) 20 8725 3565
- Fax: +44 (0)20 8725 2049
- Email: [email protected]
- Specialist Areas and Research
- • Surgery of the aorta and aortic valve, minimally invasive techniques
- • Off-pump coronary artery surgery (beating heart surgery without bypass)
- • Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation
- • Adult congenital surgery
- • Cardiac surgery in pregnant patients
- • Neurological function following coronary artery surgery
- • Role of stem cells in the development of coronary rtery disease
Biography
Marjan Jahangiri graduated in medicine from University College Hospital, University of London, in 1988. Subsequently, she completed her senior house officer positions at University College London and affiliated hospitals. She completed her training in General Surgery in 1992 and embarked on a career in cardiothoracic surgery. She then became a registrar in cardiac surgery 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.
Having completed her research fellowship in 1996, she returned to the Royal Brompton Hospital as a senior registrar where she trained in the fields of adult and paediatric cardiac surgery. She was awarded a position in sub-specialist paediatric cardiac surgery as a senior resident at the Children’s Hospital, Boston, Harvard. Upon her return from the United States in 1999, she obtained a position as national trainee in paediatric cardiac surgery at Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street and Birmingham Children’s Hospital for a period of two years. She was appointed as Consultant Cardiac Surgeon and Senior Lecturer at St. George's Hospital and Medical School in 2001. She was appointed Professor of Cardiac Surgery at University of London in 2007.
Her major interests in the field of clinical cardiac surgery are: aortic surgery, especially major and major complex cases (Marfan’s), aortic valve surgery, minimally invasive aortic valve surgery, beating heart surgery, adult congenital operations and surgery for the pregnant. She is also a specialist in aneurysms of the aorta.
Marjan Jahangiri is the author of over 80 peer-reviewed articles and published abstracts. She is also a frequent speaker at national and international forums. At any one time, she has 5 —7 research fellows who work under her direct supervision. She is on the regular review board of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery and the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
- Academic and Professional Degrees
- 1988 University College & Middlesex School of Medicine, London, (MB BS)
- 1992 Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, (FRCS)
- 1999 Intercollegiate Specialty in Cardiothoracic Surgery, (FRCS CTh)
- 1999 Master of Surgery, University of London, (MS)
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- Prizes
- 1985 Department of Pharmacology Scholarship
- 1985 Pharmacology Project: Prostaglandins and antihistamines (Merit)
- 1988 Final MB BS Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2nd prize (Merit)
- 1989 J Epson memorial prize for clinical research (Distinction) University College & Middlesex Hospitals
- 1995 Ronald Edwards Medal for Best Paper at the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland.
- Societies
- British Medical Association
- Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland European
- Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons
- Royal Society of Medicine
- Employment
- July 2007 – Present Professor of Cardiac Surgery, St. George's Hospital, University of London
- May 2001 — July 2007 Consultant Cardiac Surgeon and Reader in Cardiac Surgery, St. George's Hospital, London
- 1999 — 2001 Senior Registrar in Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Great Ormond Street Hospital / Birmingham Children’s Hospital
- 1998 — 1999 Senior Resident, Paediatric Cardiac Surgery Children’s Hospital, Harvard University, Boston
- 1997 — 1998 Senior Registrar in Cardiothoracic Surgery Royal Brompton Hospital
- 1996 — 1997 Research Registrar The William Harvey Laboratories, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
- 1992 — 1996 Specialist Registrar in Cardiothoracic Surgery Royal Brompton Hospital / St. Bartholomew’s / London Chest Hospitals
- Academic Summary
- Total number of Papers 60
- Total number of Abstracts 65
- Book Chapters 4
- Practice
- Marjan Jahangiri sees patients as follows:
- • NHS consultations at St. George's Hospital
- • Private consultations at St. George's Hospital, St. Anthony’s Hospital, Harley Street Clinic and consulting rooms at 84 Harley Street, London. For appointments, please contact Frances Williams, +44 (0) 20 8725 2652.