Mr Marius Berman is a cardiothoracic surgeon providing the full range of cardiac surgical procedures in adult patients. He is the Surgical Lead for Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support at Royal Papworth Hospital. He is also Associate National Clinical Lead for Organ Retrieval at NHS Blood and Transplant.
Mr. Berman is the consultant lead for patient safety in surgery and transplantation. He is also a member of the heart and lung transplant team, and has an extensive experience of the use of mechanical circulatory and respiratory support. In particular, he has used a large number of different artificial pumps to support the heart, both in the short and long terms. In 2006, Mr. Berman started a post CCT fellowship in adult heart and lung transplantation, followed by a fellowship in pulmonary endarterectomy surgery at Royal Papworth Hospital.
His research focus is on the improvement of outcomes for transplantation, and in the development of a new approach to circulatory support.
Clinical lead for Organ Retrieval
Heart and Lung Transplantation,
Mechanical Circulatory and Respiratory Support
Heart and Lung Transplantation.
Donor Organ resuscitation
MD – 2000, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Master in Cardiothoracic Surgery – 2005, Tel Aviv University, Israel
FRCS (CTh) – 2014
GMC full registration (6148696)
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Member of the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Member of the European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons
Surgical Lead for Papworth CALS course
Faculty member of the CRiSP course - Royal College of Surgeons
Faculty member of British Cardiovascular Society – Surgical skills
Book Chapters
Berman M. Hyperlipidemia and Immunosuppressive Therapy – Pitfalls of Post Transplantation Management in Cholesterol in Atherosclerosis and Coronary Heart Disease. Chapter 6, p. 103-130. NOVA Publishers
Berman M, Jenkins D. Pulmonary artery obliterative disease – pathophysiology and management. Core Topics in Cardiac Surgery, Cambridge University Press. In press
Catarino P, Berman M, Dunning J. Pulmonary Transplantation. Key Questions in Thoracic Surgery. TFM Publishing. In press
Scientific Papers
Berman M, Gopalan D, Sharples L, Screaton N, Maccan C, Sheares K, Pepke Zaba J, Dunning J, Tsui S, Jenkins D. Right ventricular reverse remodeling after pulmonary endarterectomy: magnetic resonance imaging, clinical and right heart catheterization assessment. Pulmonary Circulation, 2014; 4 (1): 36 - 44
Berman M, Hardman G, Sharples L, Pepke-Zaba J, Sheares K, Tsui S, Dunning J, Jenkins DP. Pulmonary endarterectomy: outcome in patients aged over 70 years. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 2012, 41: e154-e160.
Berman M, Goldsmith K, Jenkins D, Sudarshan C, Catarino P, Sukumaran N, Dunning J, Sharples L, Tsui S, Parmar J. Comparison of outcomes from smoking and nonsmoking donors : thirteen years experience. Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Dec;90(6):1786-92.
Berman M, Cardone D, Sharples L, Vuylsteke A, Klein A, Gerrard C, Dunning J, Tsui S, Jenkins D. Safety and efficacy of aprotinin and tranexamic acid in pulmonary endarterectomy surgery with hypothermia: review of 200 patients. Ann Thorac Surg. 2010 Nov;90(5):1432-6.
Berman M, Ali A, Ashley E, Freed D, Clarke K, Tsui S, Parameshwar J, Large S. Is stress cardiomyopathy the underlying cause of ventricular dysfunction associated with brain death? J Heart Lung Transplant, 2010 ; 29 : 957-65
Berman M, Parameshwar J, Jenkins DP, Dhital K, Lewis C, Dempster K, Lincoln P, Sudarshan C, Large S, Dunning J, Tsui S Thoratec Implantable ventricular assist device: the Papworth experience. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010 Feb;139(2):466-73.
Berman M, Pavlushkov E, Abraham, Dunning J, Tsui S, Hall R, Klein, D Jenkins Pulmonary Endarterectomy, an example of treatment of right ventricular afterload failure. MMCTS, 06: 2009
Berman M, Tsui S, Vuylsteke A, Klein A, Jenkins D Life threatening right ventricular failure in pulmonary hypertension: RVAD or ECMO? J Heart Lung Transplant. 2008 Oct;27(10):1188-9
Berman M, Tsui S, Vuylsteke A, Snell A, Colah S, Latimer R, Hall R, Arrowsmith JA, Kneeshaw J, Klein A, Jenkins DP. Successful Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support After Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy. Ann Thorac Surg 2008; 86(4): 1261-1267
Berman M, Stamler A, Georghiou G, Sharoni E, Medalion B, Sahar G, Vidne B, Kogan A Validation of the 2000 Bernstein-Parsonnet score versus EuroSCORE as a prognostic tool in cardiac surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 2006; 81(2): 537-541
Berman M, Hasdai D, Raanani E, Georghiou G, Kapustin l, Chepurko, Vidne B, Hochhauser E. Ex-vivo effect of roxithromycin on human and rat arterial vasoactivity. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 2005; 4: 232-237
Berman M, Erman A, Ben Gal T, Dvir D, Stamler A, Vered Y, Vidne B, Aravot D. Coenzyme Q 10 in End stage heart failure patients awaiting cardiac transplantation: A randomized placebo controlled study. Clinical Cardiology 2004; 27(5): 295-299
Ashkenazi T, Berman M, Fadial A, Ben Ami S, Aravot D A bridge between hearts: Mutual organ donation of Arabs and Jews in Israel. Transplantation 2004; 77(1): 151-6.
