Professor Sunil Ohri

Professor Ohri was schooled in London and received his medical degree at The Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University College London.  He trained in cardiac surgery in London at the Middlesex Hospital, The Hammersmith Hospital and at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Harefield Hospital in cardiac transplantation. He undertook research at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital as a British Heart Foundation Fellow. Professor Ohri joined Southampton General Hospital as a Consultant Cardiac Surgeon in 1998. He was appointed as Honorary Senior Lecturer in 1999 by the University of Southampton and awarded a chair as Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery in 2019. Prof Ohri has performed over 6000 heart operations since 1998. He currently has one of the largest practices in the UK and performs over 300 major heart operations a year. He believes in tailoring evidence-based care to meet every patient’s individual needs. He is recognised as one of the UK’s top performing Cardiac Surgeons, both in terms of surgical outcomes and patient feedback testimonials. Professor Ohri has a wide experience in all aspects of cardiac surgery. He performs all the major adult cardiac heart operations including coronary artery bypass surgery and valve replacement and repair surgery. He has particular interests in minimally invasive aortic valve surgery, management of patients with bicuspid aortic valve disease, re-operative valve surgery, aortic root surgery, mitral valve repair, coronary artery bypass grafting with endoscopic vein harvesting and beating heart coronary artery bypass grafting.  Professor Ohri is one of the highest performing cardiac surgeons in the UK in terms of outcomes. Data has been released by the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland (SCTS) since 2010. The most recent update confirms that Professor Ohri has one of the largest practices in the UK with a particularly complex case mix. It also shows his patient’s survival outcomes are outstanding. 

Aortic valve replacement and trans catheter aortic valve implantation Aortic root surgery Coronary surgery including beating heart surgery and endoscopic vein harvestion Mitral valve repair and replacement