Andrew Ritchie

Andrew Ritchie, M.D., Ph.D. Essex Cardiothoracic Centre Basildon CB3 8RE United Kingdom

Specialty

• Adult Cardiac Surgery
• General Thoracic Surgery

Background

• Glasgow University, Scotland (BSc Hons 1st class 1979)
• Glasgow University, Scotland (MBChB 1985)
• FRCS, Ed, FRCS, Ire (1987)
• Queens University, Belfast, Ireland (MD 1992)
• Queens University, Belfast, Ireland (PhD 1993)
• Medical Dir, West Anglia Cancer Network (2004 - current)
• Clinical Director, Essex Cardiothoracic Centre, UK ( - 2007)
• Member, NCRI Complimentary Therapies Clinical Studies Group
• Member, NCRI Lung Cancer Clinical Studies Group
• Scientific Advisory Board, KCI (UK)

Interests

• Development of
• Off Pump CABG & total arterial revascularization
• Development of ablation techniques for atrial fibrillation
• Thoracic oncology, especially mesothelioma
• Upper GI malignancy & esophageal resection
• Arterial and tumor biology research
• Clinical investigation, innovation & development in cardiothoracic surgery
• Music
• Family