Born in and educated in Poland, Tom Spyt first came to work in Britain in 1981. He now has an international reputation in the field of Cardiothoracic surgery. He has been a Consultant at University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) NHS Trust for over fourteen years following training in Poland, Bristol, Glasgow and USA. He specialises on beating heart surgery, remodelling of the left ventricle damaged by ischaemic heart disease, Mitral valve repair and Radiofrequency Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation. Over a series of years he has been one of the most productive surgeons in the UK carrying out over 400 operations a year. Tom is affilated to American College of Angiology British Cardiac Society British Medical Association Institute of Health Service Management Polish Surgical Association Royal Society of Medicine Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow Royal College of Surgeons of England Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland Training Programme Director for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Trent Founder member of Clinical Engineering at Loughborough and Leicester University Hospitals of Leicester
Adult Cardiac surgery Discipline bridging research projects spanning medicine and engineering Health technology Radiofrequency Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Interventions for ischaemic heart failure Health safety monitoring devices Non-invasive monitoring of cardiac out-put Anti-coagulation after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) surgery Health Informatics in education and patient support Inter-operative blood salvage Out-comes of valve surgery Choice of conduits for CABG Combined CABG and Carotid Endarterectomy
