Ali Ayyaz Ahmed

Ali Ayyazreceived his medical degree from the University of Leicester. He trained in cardiothoracic surgery at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, UK. He received further training in heart transplantation, lung transplantation and mechanical circulatory support devices for heart failure at two of the world’s largest thoracic transplant centers, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A) and Duke University Medical Center (Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.).  In addition to cardiac and transplant surgery, he has a strong background in both clinical and basic science research. He undertook research into the feasibility of heart transplantation from donors who suffer circulatory arrest at Stanford University in California. This work has been published in important medical journals and presented at numerous international meetings.  Mr. Ali holds an appointment as an associate research scientist at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, U.S.A, where he is actively researching mechanisms of recovery in the injured heart and lung with the use of artificial circulatory support devices