Stephen Westaby

Steve Westaby is a celebrated world-famous heart surgeon who is renowned for being the first surgeon in history to fit a patient with a new type of artificial heart. During his 35 year career as a surgeon he worked at several of the UK's top hospitals and performed over 11, heart operations. He won The Midlander of the Year Award (22) and a Ray C. Fish Award for Scientific Achievement (24). In 24 Steve Westaby was featured in the BBC documentary Your Life in Their Hands which is a long-running series on the subject of surgery.