When:
December 6, 2016 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
2016-12-06T13:00:00+00:00
2016-12-06T14:00:00+00:00
Where:
Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons
35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3PE
UK
35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3PE
UK
Cost:
£4
Contact:
Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant in Cape Town in 1967. However, it was the American Norman Shumway who deserves credit for establishing it as a practical treatment for patients with advanced heart failure. The British programme of transplantation was started at Papworth Hospital in 1979 and with the advent of better drugs for treating rejection; Papworth became one of the pre-eminent centres for heart and lung transplantation. Retried Heart Surgeon and Former RCS President Sir Terence English will examine the history of this life-changing procedure through to its current practice today.
Lectures last approximately 45 mins plus time for questions.
Booking is essential on 020 7869 6568 (NGT: 018001 020 7869 6568).