Multidisciplinary panel.
| Contributor | Appointment | Other roles and potential conflicts of interest |
|---|---|---|
| Ben Bridgewater | Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, South Manchester University Hospitals Trust | Member Northwest Regional quality improvement programme in cardiac interventions; Member of joint Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Healthcare Commission, Department of Health group defining national cardiac surgical audit |
| Tim Hooper | Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, South Manchester University Hospitals Trust | |
| Chris Munsch | Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Leeds General Infirmary | Chairman of the Specialist Advisory Committee in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal College of Surgeon of England; Member of executive committee SCTS |
| Steve Hunter | Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough | Cardiothoracic Dean for Great Britain and Ireland; Member of executive committee SCTS |
| Steve Livesey | Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Southampton General Hospital | Advisor to National Confidential Enquiry into perioperative death after coronary artery surgery; Member of executive committee SCTS |
| Bruce Keogh | Professor of Cardiac Surgeon, University College London, Director of Surgery, The Heart Hospital, London | President Elect, SCTS; Secretary General of European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons; International Director, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, USA; Commissioner and Chairman of Clinical Advisory Group, Healthcare Commission; Chair, joint Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Healthcare Comission; Department of Health group defining national cardiac surgical audit. No pecuniary conflict of interest |
| Frank Wells | Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge | |
| Ulrich von Oppell | Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff | Professor of cardiothoracic surgery, University of Cardiff |
| Navroz Masani | Consultant Cardiologist, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff | Council Member, BSE |
| Mark Patrick | Consultant Anaesthetist, South Manchester University Hospitals Trust | |
| John Kneeshaw | Consultant Anaesthetist, Papworth Hospitals, Cambridge | Past Chairman, ACTA;, Co‐Chairman of Joint UK TOE Accreditation Committee; Examiner for European TOE accreditation; Director Papworth Hospital TOE courses |
| John Chambers | Consultant Cardiologist, Guys and St Thomas' Hospital, London | President of BSE; Director of the Valve Study Group; Reader at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, London |
| Simon Ray | Consultant Cardiologist, South Manchester University Hospitals Trust | Council Member, BSE |
ACTA, Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists; BSE, British Society of Echocardiography; EACTA, European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiologists; EAE, European Association of Echocardiography; NBE, National Board of Echocardiography; SCTS, Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland; TOE, transoesophageal echocardiography.