Consultant Cardiac and Aortic Surgeon
Shakil Farid
FCPS, MRCS, FRCS (C-Th), MBA
Consultant Cardiac and Aortic Surgeon at the Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge. Offers a wide repertoire of cardiac surgery in practice. Sub-specialty interest is complex aortic surgery. Training programme director for Cardiothoracic Surgery, NHS East of England.
Chairman, Planetary Health Academia.
About
About Mr Farid
Consultant Cardiac and Aortic Surgeon
Mr. Farid was appointed as a Consultant Cardiac and Aortic Surgeon at Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK in October 2021. Before that, he was a Cardiac surgeon at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford in 2018. Mr. Farid offers a full range of cardiac surgery which includes coronary artery bypass grafting, complex valvular surgery (aortic and mitral valve surgery), aortic root surgery, aortic aneurysm repair and redo surgeries.
Mr. Farid has consistently performed at a very high level, which is represented by his excellent surgeon-specific mortality and outcome results.
Mr. Farid remains a strong advocate for patient-focused care and robust clinical governance to maintain the highest standards in cardiac surgery.
Experience
Career
Consultant Cardiac and Aortic Surgeon
Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
Member of the Oxford Complex Aortic Surgery Team
Ethicon Fellow
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels
Underwent advanced fellowship under world famous cardiac surgeon Prof Gebrine El Khoury gaining valuable experience in complex valve surgery.
Specialty Registrar
Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK
Specialty registrar at Health Education East of England Deanery. He underwent adult cardiac surgical training at the Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge which is the UK's leading heart and lung surgery hospital. During his 6 years training at Royal Papworth Hospital he gained valuable experience in complex adult cardiac surgery, mechanical circulatory support devices and underwent fellowship in complex aortic surgery.
Registrar (LAT Training)
Wythenshawe Hospital
ST3 LAT and LAS SPR in Cardiothoracic surgery at Wythenshawe Hospital.
Clinical Fellow
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Clinical Fellow in Cardiothoracic surgery at Manchester Royal Infirmary.
SHO
Royal Brompton, Harefield, Northern General Hospital
Training SHO in cardiothoracic surgery at Royal Brompton Hospital, Harefield hospital and Northern General Hospital.
SHO Rotation
Various hospitals in Bangladesh
Training SHO in various surgical specialties in Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh approved various teaching hospitals in Bangladesh, including BIRDEM Hospital, Dhaka Medical College Hospital and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).
Degrees
Qualifications
- MBA2017, Keele University
- FRCS (C-TH)2016, Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh
- FRCS (Eng)
- MRCS2005, Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh
- FCPS (Surgery)2005, Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons
Recognition
Awards and Prizes
Ethicon fellowship
Awarded the Ethicon fellowship for 2016 by the SCTS for complex valve repair fellowship under Prof Gebrine El Khoury in Brussels.
President’s award for best oral presentation
President’s award for the best oral presentation in the Cardiothoracic Section of the Royal Society of Medicine, November 2013 for the presentation titled “Clinical and cost benefits of miniaturized cardiopulmonary bypass for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery”.
Poster of Distinction
Awarded poster of Distinction in May 2006 at the conference of Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, for the poster titled “An objective assessment of general surgical skills amongst pre registration house officers.”
Research
Research
Mr Farid has numerous publications in peer reviewed journals and other publications. He has also written several book chapters. For a most updated list of publications, please refer to his Google Scholar page.
A Brunswicker, S Farid, N Cooper, V Hatch, AO Yasir “In-house” versus “home” rehabilitation programme following cardiac surgery: A service evaluation, Journal of cardiothoracic surgery 10 (1), A54
Farid S, Ali JM, Stohlner V, Alam R, Schofield P, Nashef S, De Silva R. Long-Term Outcome of Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Single-Center Experience. Innovations (Phila). 2018 Jan/Feb;13(1):23-28. doi: 10.1097/IMI.0000000000000466. PubMed PMID: 29462051.
Chivasso P, Bruno VD, Farid S, Malvindi PG, Modi A, Benedetto U, Ciulli F, Abu-Omar Y, Caputo M, Angelini GD, Livesey S, Vohra HA. Predictors of survival in octogenarians after mitral valve surgery for degenerative disease: The Mitral Surgery in Octogenarians study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Apr;155(4):1474-1482.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.11.027.
Farid S, Ladwiniec A, Hernández-Sánchez J, Povey H, Caruana E, Ali A, Moorjani N, Irons J, Ring L, Abu-Omar Y. Early Outcomes After Mitral Valve Repair versus Replacement in the Elderly: A Propensity Matched Analysis. Heart Lung Circ. 2019 Feb;28(2):314-319. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2017.10.027.
Oral presentation at the EACTS annual meeting in Vienna, October 2017 — Improved early and medium-term survival with mitral valve repair in patients with impaired left ventricular function, S. Farid, A. Ferrara, A. Page, A. Ali, Y. Abu-Omar.
Oral presentation at the EACTS annual meeting in Vienna, October 2017 — Aortic Valve Repair by Leaflet Plication versus Goretex Resuspension: Does Goretex induce late stenosis?
Oral presentation at the annual ISMICS meeting in Rome, June 2017 — Long-Term Outcome Of Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Single Center Experience, S. Farid, J. Ali, V. Stohlner, R. Alam, Peter Schofield, Samer Nashef, R. De Silva.
Oral presentation at the EACTS annual meeting in Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 6th, 2015 — Early Outcomes After Mitral Valve Repair Vs. Replacement In The Elderly: A Propensity Matched Analysis, S Farid, H Povey, A Ladwiniec, A Ali, N Moorjani, Y Abu-Omar.
My Services
Surgeries
CABG
Coronary artery bypass surgery, colloquially heart bypass or bypass surgery, is a surgical procedure to restore normal blood flow to an obstructed coronary artery.
Aortic Valve Replacement
Aortic valve replacement is a procedure whereby the failing aortic valve of a patient's heart is replaced with an artificial heart valve.
Mitral Valve Replacement
Mitral valve replacement is a procedure whereby the diseased mitral valve of a patient's heart is replaced by either a mechanical or tissue valve.
Aortic root replacement
Valve-sparing aortic root replacement is used to treat aortic aneurysms and to prevent aortic dissection.
Aortic aneurysm repair
The procedure involves the placement of an expandable stent graft within the aorta to treat aortic disease without operating directly on the aorta.
Redo cardiac surgery
Redo cardiac surgery.
News
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Bridging Global Healthcare: Keynote Talk at Planetary Health Academia
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My Talk at World Heart Day
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Fighting Covid19 on the Frontline 6th Edition
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What My Patients Say
Shakil Farid was very clear about the procedure and its risks beforehand. I had been waiting a long time and he was very accommodating.
I cannot thank Mr Farid enough for his work which has changed my life.
Wonderfully explained the procedure, support and aftercare for my Heart Bypass Operation. Highly recommend the doctor and his team.
THE TREATMENT JOHN MY HUSBAND RECEIVED WAS EXCELLENT!
Contact
Get in Touch
For any problems or questions, please email me: shakil.farid74(at)gmail.com
Contact Information
Papworth Road
Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Cambridge CB2 0AY
United Kingdom
Office hours available by appointment.
shakil.farid74(at)gmail.com