Degrees
We congratulate Dr Eugene Wu and Dr Paul Das on successful MDs and Dr Andrew Stewart on success in his PhD. We congratulate Almira Reye, Sacha Grinter, and Marna De Cruz on passing BSE adult proficiency
PhD
Rimington H
Physical and psychosocial determinants of physical and mental well-being after valve replacement surgery (Supervisors J Weinman and D Chambers)
MD
Rajani R
Aortic physiology in aortic stenosis (Supervisors J Chambers, P Chowiencyzk)
Kametas N
Changes in the cardiovascular system in situations of stress during pregnancy (Supervisors K Nicolaides and J Chambers)
Bamfo J
Maternal LV long-axis systolic and diastolic function in normal and pathological pregnancies (Supervisors K Nicolaides and J Chambers)
Parish V
Comparison of echocardiography and MRI imaging for assessment of RV function in patients with repaired Tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary regurgitation (Supervisors C Head and R Razavi)
Internal Teaching
Echocardiography is an increasingly important part of the training of all cardiology SpRs.
There are two NHS echocardiography trainee sonographers and we welcome Dr Sal Kabir as a BHF trainee.
The department also trains physicians from ITU and when possible provides placements for medical, nursing and pharmacology students.
Dr S Bruemmer-Smith has organised a teaching course covering the BSE and EAE examination syllabus and aimed at all Critical Care doctors, Cardiac Anaesthetists, Cardiology trainees and cardiac technicians.
John Chambers is SDU lead for undergraduate training and Gerry Carr-White is College Tutor for SHOs
National and International
Christopher Blauth
- Faculty for the Royal College of Surgeons Introductory Course in Cardiac Surgery
- RSM Pan-hames Calman Teaching Day on Valve Disease.
Fik Shabbo
- jointly organised a symposium on the Cryolife-O'Brien valve.
John Chambers
- Jointly organising the 2007 London Echo Course in September
- On the faculty for echocardiography courses at Barts Hospital, The London Chest Hospital, Hammersmith Hospital and the Heart Hospital (on Stress Echocardiography).
- Teaches for the Imperial College MSc in Echocardiography, the Echocardiography in Practice' and 'Advances in Cardiology' Course at the Royal Brompton Hospital
- On the faculty of Practical Cardiology 2006 run by Dr John Davies and the BJCA annual meeting
- Organised the PanThames Calman day on valve disease and was on the faculty for the echocardiography day.
- Gave talks
- at the British Cardiac Society meeting on 'surviving payment by results'
- at the South-West annual imaging meeting on the management of aortic stenosis
- EuroEcho on what to measure in assessing prosthetic aortic valves
Helen Rimington
- On the faculty of the Barts echocardiography course and the London Echo Course.
Cathy Head
- London Echo Course,
- the West Midlands Echo Training Days,
- the British Society of Echocardiography Annual Meeting,
- the British Cardiac Society Annual Meeting,
- the British Congenital Cardiac Society Annual Meeting and EuroEcho.
- She teaches on Calman days for both adult and paediatric cardiology trainees
- Contributed to the GP update in cardiology
Gerry Carr-White
- On the faculty of the London Echo Course
- Teaches in the advances in cardiology series at the Royal Brompton Hospital and on the GP heart failure and BNP training programme in Lambeth
- Jointly, with Dr Brian Clapp, organised an update in cardiology course for GPs
Jane Hancock
- Jointly organised the London Echo Course and ran the mock examination
- Chairperson of the BSE departmental accreditation group
