Gianni Angelini MD, MCh, FRCS, FETCS

Angelini is regarded a world leader in three major areas of translation research: development, evaluation, and establishment into clinical practice of off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) surgery; systemic inflammatory response (SIR) to cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and cardioprotective strategies for myocardial preservation during heart surgery; and saphenous vein bypass graft failure.

Over the last ten years, Professor Angelini has been at the forefront of the cardiac surgery community worldwide. The evidence he has provided from basic science, RCTs and observational studies using one of the first (1996) high-quality cardiac surgery databases in the UK has led to significant changes in adult and pediatric cardiac surgery practice.