Cardiac Surgeons

Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeonsst

Mr Jonathan A J Hyde, BSc.(Hons) MB BS FRCS(C-Th) MD
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon.
Tutor in Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Royal College of Surgeons of England.Trained in London and The West Midlands, and appointed as Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon in Brighton in 2001.
Trained in all aspects of Cardiothoracic Surgery, with a current practice comprising all forms of adult cardiac surgery.
Specialist interests include surgery for atrial fibrillation (including minimally invasive), and end-organ effects of cardiopulmonary bypass.
Member of The Executive Committee of The Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain & Ireland (SCTSGBI).
Council Member of The Royal Society of Medicine (Cardiothoracic Section).
Council Member of The College of Clinical Perfusion Scientists of Great Britain & Ireland (COPGBI).

Dr Robert S Kong FRCA
Consultant Anaesthetist (Special Interest in Intensive Care) since 1999.
Graduate of Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine.
Anaesthesia & Intensive Care training in Brighton, Birmingham, Paris and London.
Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists.
European Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine.
Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography (Testamur, National Board of Echocardiography).
Clinical interests include oesophageal Doppler haemodynamic monitoring, coagulation and thromboelastography, neurological complications after cardiac surgery.
Member of the UK and European associations of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists.
Specialty Tutor for Anaesthesia, Royal Sussex County Hospital.

		Dr Nevil Hutchinson Consultant Anaesthetist Born went to school in Swansea before studying Medical Sciences and Philosophy at Cambridge University. Took the MB and BChir at Cambridge University after clinical studies at King’s College Hospital. Has worked and studied in New Zealand and Australia before returning to the UK to complete his training in Brighton and London. Trained in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at King’s College Hospital, Guy’s Hospital, Royal Brompton Hospital and the Heart Hospital (University College Hospital) before taking up a Consultant post in Brighton in 2004. Special interests: Haemostasis management and blood transfusion (including thromboelastometery and platelet aggregometry); Perioperative Transoesophageal Echocardiography

		Mr Andrew S Cohen FRCS CTh Cardiothoracic Surgeon I trained in an old style apprenticeship with some of the founding fathers of British cardiac surgery such as Sir Prof Magdi Yacoub and Messrs John Wright and Christopher R Lincoln My special interest is in aortic valve surgery and I undertook a year during my training with Professors Yacoub and Pepper I was appointed as Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon in 2001 at The Royal Hospital of St Bartholomew and The London Chest Hospital In 2003 I moved as a Consultant to The Sussex Cardiac Centre I am Chairman of The Sussex Heart Charity

		Mr Michael E Lewis, BSc. (Hons) MB ChB MD FRCS(C-Th) Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon Trained in Oxford and The West Midlands, and appointed as Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon in Brighton in 2005. Trained in all aspects of Cardiothoracic Surgery, with a current practice comprising all forms of adult cardiac surgery. Local lead for Grown up Congenital Heart disease surgery. Specialist interests include surgery for atrial fibrillation and evolving technology aortic valve surgery.

		Mr Uday H Trivedi BSc(Hons), MBBS, FRCs(C-Th), FECTS Clinical Lead – Department of Cardiac Surgery Qualified: St Bartholomew’s Hospital 1986. I undertook my post-graduate cardiac surgical training in London at the Brompton, St Mary’s, Harefield, St Thomas’ and King’s Hospitals. I was appointed as a Consultant in 1998 in Brighton. I perform all aspects of adult cardiac surgery with specialist interests in beating heart surgery, mitral valve repair, minimal access cardiac surgery and percutaneous aortic & mitral valve procedures. I live in Hove with my wife and two daughters. I enjoy golf in my free time.