Mr Sepehripour is a highly skilled and experienced Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, based at The Alexandra Hospital and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, where he performs the full spectrum of adult cardiac surgery procedures. He specialises in and has extensive experience in endoscopic minimally invasive cardiac surgery, including mitral, aortic and tricuspid valve surgery, atrial fibrillation surgery, off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery, complex aortic surgery, myxoma surgery, combined cardiac surgery and redo cardiac surgery. Mr Sepehripour has outstanding clinical results and has consistently had the best surgical outcomes in Manchester. He has trained numerous other consultant cardiac surgeons.

Mr Sepehripour read Medicine at Imperial College London, graduating with Double Honours, Distinction in Clinical Practice and multiple prizes. He undertook his specialist training in cardiac surgery in London. Subsequently he received extensive training in endoscopic minimally invasive and robotic cardiac surgery at the world-renowned centres of excellence: The Leipzig Heart Centre in Germany and Saint Luc Hospital in Belgium.

Mr Sepehripour has commenced and led the endoscopic minimally invasive valve surgery programme at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and has delivered outstanding results with endoscopic techniques.

Mr Sepehripour has a very keen interest in academic research and holds the position of Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester, within the Manchester Academic Health Science Centre. He is the Principle Investigator for three ongoing international Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, reflecting his dedication to evidence-based advancement in cardiac surgery. He has an extensive academic portfolio, with numerous peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters published.

Mr Sepehripour performs the full spectrum of adult cardiac surgery procedures, including:

• On-pump and off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery
• Total arterial revascularisation
• Mitral valve surgery
• Endoscopic minimally invasive mitral valve surgery
• Aortic valve surgery
• Aortic root and complex aortic surgery
• Arrhythmia (atrial fibrillation surgery)
• Redo cardiac surgery
• Endoscopic vein harvesting
• Endoscopic radial artery harvesting

• British and Irish Society for Minimally-Invasive Cardiac Surgery
• European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Royal College of Surgeons of England
• Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland