Mr Shyam Kolvekar

Qualifications

MBBS, MS, MCH, FRCPS, FRCS, FRCSTH

GMC number: 3636297

Specialties

Cardiothoracic Surgery

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Mr Shyamsunder Kolvekar is a renowned consultant cardiothoracic surgeon, specialising in coronary arterial bypass grafting, valve repair and aortic valve replacement alongside chest wall deformities and lung cancer. Being based in central London, he practices at Nuffield Health at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital among other private practices and continues his practice at his NHS bases at Barts Heart Centre at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital and The Royal Free London Hospital.  
Mr Kolvekar is internationally-recognised specifically for the adult NUSS procedure that treats pectus excavatum (where a breastbone is sunken into the chest) and prides himself in innovative new techniques for this treatment to allow better pain control and reduced risk from surgery.  

Apart from the NUSS procedure, Mr Kolvekar’s special interests also include open beating-heart surgery, cardiac arrhythmias and minimally-invasive cardiac surgery. He has also been immersed in ischaemic pre-conditioning of the heart and has thoracic practice in pneumothorax and pleural effusion. 
 
Mr Kolvekar is a senior lecturer at University College London, where he lectures and teaches the NUSS procedure and connate minimally invasive surgery to surgeons from across the world. He also has research published in various international peer-reviewed journals and books. Furthermore, he was also the medical advisor for the BBC hit series Holby City, making sure all the terms and scenarios are correct. He has also recently been awarded with doctor of the year 2025. 

Languages spoken

Hindi, Urdu, English

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Research

Book © 2016 Spinger
Chest Wall Deformities and Corrective Procedures Editors: Kolvekar, Shyam, Pilegaard, Hans (Eds.)
• Corrigendum: Phylogenetic ctDNA analysis depicts early-stage lung cancer evolution
Nature. 2017 Dec 20. doi: 10.1038/nature25161. [Epub ahead of print]
• Allele-Specific HLA Loss and Immune Escape in Lung Cancer Evolution
McGranahan N, Rosenthal R, Hiley CT, Rowan AJ, Watkins TBK, Wilson GA, Birkbak NJ, Veeriah S, Van Loo P, Herrero J, Swanton C; TRACERx Consortium.
Cell. 2017 Nov 30;171(6):1259-1271.e11. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.10.001. Epub 2017 Oct 26.
• Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin prior to cardiac surgery predicts acute kidney injury and mortality
Bulluck H, Maiti R, Chakraborty B, Candilio L, Clayton T, Evans R, Jenkins DP, Kolvekar S, Kunst G, Laing C, Nicholas J, Pepper J, Yellon DM, Hausenloy DJ.
Heart. 2017 Aug 9. pii: heartjnl-2017-311760. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2017-311760. [Epub ahead of print]
• Percutaneous Intervention of a Rare Complication Post Cardiac Surgery
Harky A, Khosravi A, Elam L, Colledge J, Kolvekar S.
Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Jul;104(1):e87. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.02.024. No abstract available.

Memberships

  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, London (FRCPS)
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, UK (FRCS)
  • Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, UK (FRCSTh)
  • Trustee for Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (SCTS)
  • Society of Thoracic Surgeons (of America) (STS)
  • European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (EACTS)
  • European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (EACTS)
  • Medical Protection Society (MPS)
  • Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (SCTS)
  • Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons of India (IACTS)