Few people will have a Founder's story like Olivia's.  Born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome Olivia was part of the early patient cohort to progress from Norwood through to Fontan under the care of Birmingham Children's Hospital.   After experiencing first-hand the inadequacies of the existing hospital gowns she has set about redesigning patient-wear with patients in mind.  Revising everything from comfort to clinician access to carbon cycle impact, Olivia has built her company Hypoplas to provide patient-wear that works for the twenty-first century.  

Connect to Olivia Burns on Linked In: 

             linkedin.com/in/olivia-burns-hypopolas           

Website: 

       hypoplas.com     

(The website is undergoing a little reconstructive work at the moment so an alternative contact email is in operation for enquiries in the meantime:

[email protected])

SCTS Education Podcast: 

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Consultant Cardiologist and Associate Professor of Cardiology, Dr Mark Thomas, has combined his clinical expertise with his other role as an AI software developer and entrepreneur to co-found Medicaite, a tool that might just might turn you into a prescribing expert.   Aimed at upskilling professionals within the Cardiovascular space Mark takes us on a journey from idea through to development touching on some of the important considerations when implementing AI in the healthcare space.  Enjoy!

https://www.medicaite.com

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In this episode we discuss the fascinating life and achievements of Marian Ion Ionescu, inventor of the pericardial heart valve.  He was a surgeon, an innovator, an educator and so much more.  Here to give us a glimpse into his life is good friend and colleague John McKenna.  John has an extensive career in the medical device industry and was been part of the valve development journey with Marian & Christina Ionescu from the Shiley Corporation onwards.   It has been a pleasure to learn more about this pioneer in cardiac surgery whose tireless efforts in valve development continue to support patients to this day. 

Budding Cardiothoracic Surgeon??  Well listen up as the SCTS INSINC Medical student committee talk you through their experiences helping out and attending the SCTS Annual Meeting 2022.  Get the inside scoop on what happens at conferences and what's on offer for medical students at SCTS.  For more information about how to get involved follow these links.

Links: 

Twitter: @SCTSINSINC

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SCTSINSINC/

Feast your ears on conversations and interviews with speakers and attendee's of this year's SCTS conference!  A bumper episode to remind you of how good it was if you were there and peak your interest if you weren't.  Don't forget all the great online content on the SCTS Annual Meeting virtual platform, SCTS Education Youtube and CTSNet links - Enjoy!

In this episode we are joined by Consultant Cardiac Surgeon and EuroSCORE creator Mr Samer Nashef from Royal Papworth Hospital.  We talk about the EuroSCORE and navigate through its past, present and potential future iterations.   We also discuss the current Quality of life after cardiac surgery trial (QUACS) and how the measurement of outcomes as well as the metrics we use continue to evolve to better understand patient benefit from surgical intervention.

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In this episode we talk all about Human Factors with Professor Peter Brennan, a Consultant Head and Neck Surgeon with a PhD in Human Factors.  We discuss what Human Factors encompass and their application in the ever more complex environments we literally operate in!  It's a really interesting discussion and as always any feedback or comments to [email protected]

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In this episode we talk to Dr Jo Mills, Consultant Cardiologist at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, all about the techniques and decision-making involved in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

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In this episode we talk to Cardiac Surgeon Mr Enoch Akowuah and Scrub Nurse Mrs Caroline Baldwin from South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust about their experiences with the team in Kumasi, Ghana where they supported the development of a new cardiac surgery unit.  In addition we also have an interview with Mr Ram Dhannapuneni, Congenital Cardiac Surgeon from Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool about his work overseas with the charity Healing Little Hearts that specialises in delivering healthcare to children with congenital heart disease.   

Useful links: 

https://healinglittlehearts.org

https://www.facebook.com/HLHcharity

https://www.ctsnet.org/article/cardiac-surgery-missions-are-you-interested

https://www.ctsnet.org/article/daily-video-blog-medical-mission-ghana-february-23-march-1-2019

Professor Stephen Clark, Consultant Cardiac and Transplant Surgeon from the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle, takes us through the fundamentals of Cardiac Transplantation.

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