Journal of Cardiology and Heart Failure

Dr. Mohd. Shahbaaz Khan has been serving as a Senior Clinical Fellow in Heart and Lung Transplant Surgery at Harefield Hospital, London, Guys and St. Thomas NHS Trust. In this role, he has been actively involved in Heart and Lung DBD and DCD organ retrievals and implantations, as well as in the management of ECMO, LVAD, and BIVAD devices. From December 2021 to November 2023, he worked as a Senior Clinical Fellow in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College NHS Trust, London. Prior to this, from April 2020 to December 2021, he served as a Senior Clinical Fellow at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK. Between May 2015 and March 2020, Dr. Khan was part of the Adult and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery team at the prestigious King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Before that, he gained valuable experience as a Junior Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi. Throughout his career, Dr. Mohd. Shahbaaz Khan has performed a wide range of complex surgical procedures, including CABG (on-pump and off-pump), AVR, MVR, mitral valve repair, ASD, VSD, Glenn shunts, BT shunts, TAPVC, PAPVC, TOF, and assisted in advanced congenital and adult procedures such as AV canal defects, TGA, CCTGA, Ebstein anomaly, ALCAPA, Fontan procedure, Rastelli procedure, truncus arteriosus, interrupted aortic arch, as well as minimally invasive approaches like MIDCAB and Heart Port. He has also contributed to major cardiac surgeries, including Bentall’s procedure, aortic aneurysm repairs, aortic dissection repairs, TAVI, and ECMO supports.

• Cardiac
• Aortic
• Vascular and Thoracic
• Pediatric cardiac surgery
• Transplant surgery

1. Senior Clinical Fellow (Heart & Lung Transplant Surgery) – Harefield Hospital, London, Guys & St. Thomas NHS Trust (Nov 2023–present).
2. Extensive experience in cardiac, thoracic, and pediatric surgeries, including CABG (on/off pump), valve repairs/replacements, congenital heart surgeries, TAVI, ECMO, LVAD, and BIVAD.
3. Prior roles: Senior Clinical Fellow (Cardiothoracic Surgery) at Hammersmith Hospital, UK; University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff; Assistant Consultant, King Fahad Medical City, Saudi Arabia; Junior Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi.
4. Research Contributions – M.Ch. Thesis on Right Ventricular and Renal Function in Mitral Valve Disease; M.S. Thesis on Blunt Abdominal Injuries.
5. Editorial Board Member – more than 15 international journals (e.g., World Journal of Medicine and Medical Science, Journal of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Therapy, American Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery).
6. Reviewer – international journals including Indian Journal of Surgery, Molecular and Clinical Oncology, European Heart Journal – Case Reports, International Society of Heart and Lung Transplant.
7. Organizing Committee Member – international cardiology conferences in Austria (2018), Singapore (2019), Spain (2019, Madrid & Barcelona).
8. Honors & Awards – Outstanding Scientist Award (2021), Best Researcher Award (2020), Rashtriya Gaurav Award (2010), Tahzeeb Ratan Award (2009), several excellence recognitions.

1. Adult onset Still’s Disease as cause of severe mitral regurgitation – Case Report
2. Serum procalcitonin as a rapid marker in sepsis
3. Arterial switch for TGA with large VSD and Taussig Bing anomaly – outcomes from a tertiary center
4. Post-cardiac surgery ventricular electrical storm – successful management
5. Clinical trials in cardiac surgery influencing practice
6. Large unruptured aneurysm of right sinus of Valsalva with bicuspid aortic valve – rare case
7. Superior sternal cleft repair with exposed pericardial membrane – neonatal case
8. Traumatic diaphragmatic rupture – tertiary hospital experience
9. Complete transection of right bronchus in blunt chest trauma – rare finding
10. Decortication in management of parapneumonic empyema thoracis in children
11. Primitive neuroectodermal tumor – rare case
12. AV fistula creation for hemodialysis – long-term outcomes
13. Post-traumatic bronchial mucus plug leading to pneumonectomy – case report
14. Cardiac myxoma – surgical experience of 38 patients (9 years, SSKM Hospital, Kolkata)
15. Warren shunt in modern cardiac surgery – tertiary hospital experience
16. Recurrent tracheoesophageal fistula due to foreign body ingestion – adult case
17. Free-floating left atrial ball thrombus post mitral commissurotomy – case report
18. Idiopathic pseudo-aneurysm of intrathoracic left subclavian artery – rare case
19. Carotid body tumour – 8 years’ experience at IPGMER, Kolkata
20. Giant cell tumour of sternum and rib – rare case series
21. Post-infarction LV aneurysm with VSD – clinical experience
22. Palmar lipomatosis – unusual presentation