Rana Sayeed

Rana Sayeed is a Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at the Oxford Heart Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. He read Medical Sciences at Caius College, Cambridge, before completing his clinical medical training at Oriel College, Oxford. He completed his specialist training in cardiothoracic surgery at Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, and the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, before undertaking a Fellowship in General Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation at the University of Toronto. At Oxford, he has served as the Clinical Lead for Cardiac Surgery and is the current Head of Programme for Complex Mitral Valve Surgery, with specialist expertise in mitral and tricuspid valve surgery. He completed his basic science research training as a Medical Research Council Clinical Training Fellow at the University of Cambridge, where he studied changes in gene expression in heart failure for his PhD. He has been Honorary Secretary of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain & Ireland (SCTS) and has held several regional and national roles within the specialty as the founding Thames Valley Training Programme Director, a member of the Specialty Advisory Committee, and Chair of the Intercollegiate Specialty (examination) Board. He is the current SCTS Representative on the RCS England Council.