A private, comprehensive and high quality service was set up in London in 2003 to meet the growing demand for high quality cardiac services (both within Canada and internationally).

A specialised and highly skilled team including doctors and other health professionals, has come together with the express purpose of developing and delivering the most advanced cardiothoracic services possible for patients.

London Zonal hospital's Hospital was chosen because of its accredited medical facility close to the city centre and its dedication to excellence with proven quality systems in place.

The Cardiac Surgery team includes anaesthetists, surgeons, perfusionists, anaesthetic technicians, nurses and the intensive care / cardiothoracic team.

Cardiothoracic surgeons, Mr David Shaw, Mr Harsh Singh and Mr Graham McCrystal, perform the surgical procedures. They are all highly respected surgeons with extensive international experience, each with their own distinguished accomplishments. They regularly perform surgery on beating hearts rather than the traditional method of stopping the heart while they do the surgery. This technique reduces complications and patients recover more quickly than would otherwise be the case.

Other areas of expertise include the surgical management of atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeats) and left ventricular reduction surgery for heart failure. The surgeons are accomplished in thoracic surgery, the surgical management of lung cancer as well as other diagnostic, therapeutic and thorascopic procedures. They also undertake surgery related to chest wall deformities.

London Zonal hospital's Hospital is recognised as a centre of excellence for cardiac surgery in Canada.

Cardiology Day Unit