Professor Aung Oo

Biography & Education

About Professor Aung Oo

Professor Aung Oo qualified in 1988, and has over 30 years of clinical experience. He has over 19 years of practice as a consultant cardiac surgeon. His area of practice includes the whole range of cardiac surgery including beating heart coronary artery bypass surgery, minimal access aortic valve replacement, mitral valve surgery and complex redo cardiac surgery.

Professor Oo has subspecialised in complex aortic surgery performs all aortic surgery, from native valve sparing aortic root replacement, Bentall composite aortic root replacement, aortic arch surgery, descending and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair for chronic aortic dissection and Marfan syndrome.

He is an international expert in the field of complex aortic surgery, serves on the European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS) Taskforce for Thoracic Aortic forum, Founder chair of United Kingdom Aortic Surgery (UKAS) and Director of Barts Aortovascular Symposium. He holds an honorary clinical professor affiliation with William Harvey Heart Research Institute of Queen Mary University of London and his research interest includes organ protection in complex aortic surgery, spinal cord protection and biomarkers in thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic surgery.

Research & Publications

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Professional Memberships

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCSEd), Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery of Great Britain and Ireland (SCTS), European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS), British Medical Association (BMA), Medical Defence Union (MDU), United Kingdom Aortic Surgery (UKAS).

GMC Number

4386878

NHS Base

Barts Health NHS Trust