# Marjan Jahangiri

Marjan Jahangiri FRCS, FRCS (CTh) is Professor of Cardiac Surgery at St. George's Hospital, University of London. She was the first woman to be appointed professor of cardiac surgery in the United Kingdom and Europe.

## Early life

Professor Jahangiri was the first woman to be appointed Professor of Cardiac Surgery in the United Kingdom and Europe, receiving her MBBS from UCL in 1988.

## Career

Marjan Jahangiri graduated in medicine from University College Hospital, London and then completed her general surgical training at University College London and affiliated hospitals. She trained at the London Chest, St Bartholomew's and the Royal Brompton Hospitals in London. She was awarded a research fellowship at the William Harvey Laboratories at St. Bartholomew's Hospital and Medical School.
She then subspecialized in paediatric and adult congenital surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital and Children's Hospital in Boston, Harvard University. She was appointed Consultant Cardiac Surgeon and Senior Lecturer in 2001 at St. George's Hospital, University of London and then appointed Professor of Cardiac Surgery at University of London in 2007.
She has been the author of more than 250 peer-reviewed publications, and has supervised more than 25 research fellows in their PhDs and Master degrees.
In 2018 she was suspended by her employers pending an "investigation into very serious issues raised". Jahangari took her employers to the high court where the suspension order was lifted. The hospital in time issued a joint statement with Jahangiri which contained an apology. A new person was brought in to lead the department.
Professor Jahangiri has been in charge of the London Training Programme for Cardiothoracic Surgery and in 2019 was appointed Chair of the Specialty Advisory Committee of the Surgical Royal Colleges. She has received several awards for surgical training, as well as the BMJ Clinical Leadership Team Award in 2018.

## Research and selected publications

* Edlin J, Youssefi P, Figueroa CA, Morgan R, Nowell J, Jahangiri M. "Haemodynamic assessment of bicuspid aortic valve aortopathy: a systematic review of the current literature" European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2019;55: 610–617.
* Acharya M, Youssefi P, Soppa G, Valencia O, Nowell J, Kanagasaby R, Edsell M, Morgan R, Tome M, Jahangiri M. "Corrigendum to: Analysis of aortic area/height ratio in patients with thoracic aortic aneurysm and Type A dissection" European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2018;1;794.
* Diab M, Bilkhu R, Soppa G, Edsell M, Fletcher N, Heinerg J, Roysw C, Jahangiri M. "The influence of prolonged intensive care stay on quality of life, recovery and clinical outcomes following cardiac surgery: A prospective cohort study" Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2018;156:1906–1915.
* Bilkhu R, Youssefi P, Soppa G, Theodoropoulos P, Phillips S, Liban b, Child A, Tome M, Nowell J, Sharma R, Edsell M, Jahangiri M. "Fate of Aortic Arch Following Surgery on Aortic Root and Ascending Aorta in Bicuspid Aortic Valve" Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2018; 106: 771–776
* "Dilatation of the remaining aorta after aortic valve or aortic root replacement in patients with bicuspid aortic valve: a 5-year follow-up" Abdulkareem N., Soppa G., Jones S., Valencia O., Smelt J., Jahangiri M. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013;96: 43–9.
* "Left ventricular remodeling after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: one-year follow-up study" Zakkar M., Alassar A., Lopez-Perez M., Roy D., Brecker S., Sharma R., Jahangiri M. Innovations, 2015;44-7.
* "Incidence and mechanisms of cerebral ischemia after transcatheter aortic valve implantation compared with surgical aortic valve replacement" Alassar A., Soppa G., Edsell M., Rich P., Roy D., Chis Ster I., Joyce R., Valencia O., Barrick T., Howe F., Moat N., Morris R., Markus H.S., Jahangiri M. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2015;99: 802–8.
* "Perioperative management and outcomes of aortic surgery during pregnancy" Yates M.T., Soppa G., Smelt J., Fletcher N., van Besouw J.P., Thilaganathan B., Jahangiri M.J. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2015;149: 607–10.
* "Aortic root surgery: Does high surgical volume and a consistent perioperative approach improve outcome?" Bilkhu R., Youssefi P., Soppa G., Sharma R., Child A., Edsell M., van Besouw J.P., Jahangiri M. Semin Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2016;28: 302–309.
* "Functional assessment of thoracic aortic aneurysm – the future of risk prediction" Youssefi P., Sharma R., Figueroa C.A., Jahangiri M. British Medical Bulletin, 2016.
* "Patients-specific computational dynamics-assessment of aortic hemodynamics in a spectrum of aortic valve pathologies" Youssefi P., Gomez A., He T., Anderson L., Bunce N., Sharma R., Figueroa C.A., Jahangiri M.J. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2017;153: 8–20.

## Awards and honours

She was elected as a member of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery. In 2018 she was awarded the BMJ Clinical Leadership Team.