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Come and meet us at one of our events, or at one of the conferences we attend to raise awareness of the patient voice in Aortic Dissection.

Past Events

London Aorta 2024

Date: 4th October 2024

Join us at the Royal College of Physicians on Fri 4th October for a unique patient interactive session, including talks and a live Q&A with our...

Aortic Dissection Awareness Day Ireland 2024 - Dublin

Date: 23rd September 2024

We are delighted to announce the programme for the national patient charity's 3rd annual Aortic Dissection Awareness Day Ireland on Monday 23rd...

Aortic Dissection Awareness Day UK 2024 - Edinburgh

Date: 19th September 2024

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh is hosting our 9th annual Aortic Dissection Awareness Day UK, on Thursday 19th September 2024, which is...

Living Better with Marfan, Loeys-Dietz & vEDS

Date: 31st August 2024

Join us at this patient symposium in London hosted by our friends at the Marfan Trust and the Marfan Foundation, for a day of all things Marfan,...

Heads, Minds & Hearts: Psychosocial aspects of an aorto-vascular diagnosis in Marfan

Date: 22nd May 2024

Joint webinar with the Marfan Trust, at which Rosalie Magboo, ICU Matron at Barts, will present her research into the psychosocial impact of being...

104th AATS Annual Meeting - New York

Date: 25th April 2024

We're excited to be attending the American Association of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting for this first time this year, with colleagues from our...

SCTS Annual Meeting 2024 - Wales

Date: 17th March 2024

Our friends at the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery are heading to Wales for their 2024 Annual Meeting and we intend to join them.

Acute Aortic Dissection in Southern England - Oxford

Date: 1st March 2024

Join us in Oxford on 1st March as the national patient charity for Aortic Dissection formally endorses the launch of the first regional...

THINK AORTA webinar with LIVES - Lincolnshire

Date: 4th January 2024

We're partnering with life-saving Lincolnshire charity LIVES to deliver our THINK AORTA education module as a webinar for pre-hospital clinicians.

Cambridge Aorta 2023

Date: 26th November 2023

Three of our patients are speaking at this event: Dr. Christopher Stewart (above left with his surgeon Mr. Shakil Farid), Prof. Rob Sneyd, & our...

Aortic Dissection Collaborative patient research - Webinar

Date: 20th November 2023

Our patient charity is part of the Aortic Dissection Collaborative - an international group launching new activities to improve healthcare and...

MSc Clinical Perfusion Science - University of Bristol

Date: 10th November 2023

Aortic Dissection survivor Anne Cotton shares her patient story with trainee Clinical Perfusionists

Aortic Summit 2023 - Lugano, Switzerland

Date: 26th October 2023

We were delighted to help our European friends at the Aortic Association to plan the first-ever Patient Awareness session at their Aortic Summit in...

London Aorta 2023

Date: 28th September 2023

Once again this year, we were asked to put together a patient interactive session for the prestigious London Aorta event. Opening the session, the...

Aortic Dissection Awareness Day UK 2023 - Cambridge

Date: 19th September 2023

Our flagship national awareness event in the UK this year saw 120 invited patients, relatives, clinicians and researchers gather for a unique,...

Aortic Dissection Awareness Day Ireland 2023 - Dublin

Date: 19th September 2023

Our flagship national awareness event in Ireland this year saw patients, relatives and healthcare professionals gather for a unique, inspiring and...

SCTS Annual Meeting 2023 - Birmingham

Date: 19th March 2023

We were delighted to accept an invitation from the President, Mr. Narain Moorjani, to attend the SCTS 2023 Annual Meeting in Birmingham with a team...

Aortic Dissection Awareness Day UK 2022 - London

Date: 31st October 2022

Aortic Dissection Awareness Day UK 2022 was hosted by UCL at BMA House in central London. The theme was 'Engineering the Future of Aortic Surgery',...

Aortic Dissection Awareness Day UK 2021 - Bristol

Date: 16th September 2021

Aortic Dissection Awareness Day 2021 was held in Bristol, and hosted by Dr Emma Redfern, Dr Mark Callaway, Mr Cha Rajakaruna and Mr Marcus Brooks.

Aortic Dissection Awareness Day UK 2020 - COVID Virtual Event

Date: 19th September 2020

Since COVID-19 dominated the news, especially in healthcare, for much of 2020, it would be easy to forget that another lethal disease, Aortic...

Aortic Dissection Awareness Day UK 2019 - Leicester

Date: 19th September 2019

AD Awareness Day 2019 saw an exciting development: the direct participation of patients and relatives in starting a ground-breaking Aortic Dissection...

Aortic Dissection Awareness Day UK 2018 - London

Date: 19th September 2018

On 19th September 2018, the 3rd annual AD Awareness Day UK was held in the Great Hall at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, near St. Paul’s in the City of...

SCTS Annual Meeting 2018 - Glasgow

Date: 18th March 2018

The Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery (SCTS) Annual Meeting on 18th March 2018 was an important milestone in the history of our patient charity...

Aortic Dissection Awareness Day UK 2017 - Liverpool

Date: 19th September 2017

On 19th September 2017 around 70 patients, relatives and healthcare professionals were welcomed to Liverpool by Jane Tomkinson, Chief Executive of...

Aortic Dissection Awareness Day UK 2016 - London

Date: 19th September 2016

19th September 2016 marked a special beginning – the first-ever AD Awareness Day UK as part of the global AD Awareness Day initiative instigated by...