Mr Shahzad Raja
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
BSc, MBBS(Hons.), MRCS, FRCS(C-Th)
Languages spoken:
English
Punjabi
Urdu
Patient Age Group
Adults
Year qualified
1996
Specialties
Cardiothoracic surgery, Adult cardiac
Gender
Male
Clinical Interests
Coronary artery bypass grafting – both conventional and off-pump methods; Total arterial myocardial revascularization; Aortic valve replacement – both minimal access and sutureless (without stitches) methods; Bilateral internal mammary artery grafting; Use of endoscopic vein harvesting; TAVI (Transcatheter aortic valve iimplantation)
Biography
Mr Shahzad Raja is a consultant cardiac surgeon at Harefield Hospital, where he treats private and NHS patients. He qualified in medicine at King Edward Medical University in 1996. He then came to the UK to train in cardiothoracic surgery at Glasgow University Hospitals, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Harefield Hospital. In 2012, he was appointed as a consultant cardiac surgeon at Harefield Hospital. He is a national and international expert in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.
NHS Base (trust)
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Professional memberships
American Heart Association (AHA), Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland (SCTS), Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
