Affiliation: Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Manoj Kuduvalli qualified as a doctor in India and trained as a general surgeon and then a cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon in India prior to moving to the United Kingdom about 25 years ago. He has been working at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital for the best part of two decades practising cardiac and complex aortic surgery, with expertise in arch, DTA and thoraco-abdominal surgery. He has served in various clinical leadership positions and is currently the Medical Director of Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital. He actively contributes to leadership in the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland, and the UK Aortic Society.