Dr. Nelson Alphonso is a distinguished cardiothoracic surgeon specializing in pediatric cardiac surgery. He currently serves as Deputy Director of Cardiac Surgery and Co-Director of Research at the Queensland Pediatric Cardiology Service, located in the Queensland Children’s Hospital in Brisbane, Australia.

Education:

• Earned his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree in 1990 from BYL Nair Medical College, Mumbai, India.
• Completed a Master’s in General Surgery (MS) at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, between 1990 and 1993.

Specialized Training:

• Residency in General Surgery at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New York (1995–1997).
• Residency in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (1998–2003).
• Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia (2004).
• Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at UCSF Children’s Hospital, San Francisco (2005–2006).

Previous Positions:

• Director of the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Unit at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Areas of Interest and Expertise:

• Neonatal surgery.
• Valve repair.
• Extracorporeal life support.
• Chest wall deformity repair.