This episode is personal.Maria Hvorostovsky sits down with the man who repaired her heart - Mr Toufan Bahrami, one of the world's leading cardiac surgeons and the only surgeon in the UK performing fully endoscopic mitral valve repair. With over 4,000 procedures and multiple world firsts, he is the surgeon other surgeons refer their patients to.What starts as a conversation about heart surgery becomes a masterclass in elite performance, calm under pressure, and what it truly means to lead in the highest-stakes environment imaginable.This episode is sponsored by CP+R - London's leading cardiac rehabilitation and performance recovery centre, supporting patients before and after heart surgery https://www.cpandr.co.uk/About Mr Toufan BahramiMr Toufan Bahrami is a Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at Harefield Hospital. He has performed over 4,000 procedures, including more than 1,500 minimally invasive cardiac surgeries over twenty-two years. He regularly takes on the most high-risk and complex cases with excellent outcomes.He trained at Paris' Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, winning first place in the French National examination for medical specialisation, and worked alongside three of the world's most pioneering cardiac surgeons:- Professor Alain Carpentier — pioneered mitral valve repair and invented the artificial biological valves now used worldwide. - Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub — pioneered aortic valve surgery and heart and lung transplantation. - Professor Alain Cabrol — performed the first heart transplantation in Europe.His pioneering firsts include:- First in the UK to perform totally endoscopic cardiac surgery through a 3cm incision- First worldwide to perform a minimally invasive artificial heart implantation (2009)- First in the UK to perform double-lung transplant from a non-heart-beating donor (2007)- First in the UK to perform mini-thoracotomy aortic valve replacement- First worldwide to perform mitral valve repair, valve repair ablation, and CABG using a minimally invasive technique- First in the UK to implant the Inspiris Resilia aortic valve using a minimally invasive technique- First in the UK to perform endoscopic vein harvesting surgeryFind Mr Toufan BahramiHCA Healthcare http://bit.ly/4uHMxPs Guy’s And St Thomas’ Specialist Care https://bit.ly/43BUsC2London Mitral Clinic https://bit.ly/4dRfbq7 Follow host Maria Hvorostovsky:IG: https://www.instagram.com/anatomyofaleader/IG: https://www.instagram.com/mariahvorostovsky/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahvo/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mariahvorostovsky/Website: https://www.anatomyofaleader.com/Artwork and video by https://www.londonbeautyphotographer.com/

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