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Having trained in Oxford University I undertook my basic
surgical training in the South of England. I completed my adult
cardiac surgical training at the Oxford Heart Centre and Papworth
Hospital in 1995 then went to San Francisco to undertake a
specialised congenital period of training, initially for one year.
After this year I was invited to stay on for a year of research,
but during this time a permanent position became available for an
Assistant Professor and I was appointed to this permanent position
in 1997. In 1999 I came back to UK to take up a post in Bristol
where I am now the senior surgeon.
My key clinical interests are in neonatal cardiac surgery,
management of patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, adult
congenital cardiac surgery, and difficult pacing problems. I
undertook a period of research during which I received the degree
of DM researching into prospects for fetal cardiac surgery. My
research interests now are the physiology of single ventricle
circulations, brain injury associated with cardiac surgery, and the
use of new and novel technology in the management of patients with
congenital cardiac disease. I have received numerous grants to
support this work including substantial grants from the NIH (USA)
studying applications of laser tissue welding techniques.
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