Dr Christopher Smith is a graduate of the UQ Medical School and has FRACS fellowships in General and Cardiothoracic Surgery. He has been in practice as an adult cardiac surgeon in Brisbane for 25 years, and has an interest in the management of aortic valve and aortic disease. As well as his cardiac surgical practice, he is an accredited TAVI operator and has been involved with TAVI at Greenslopes Private Hospital since the commencement of the program