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Mr. Geoff Tsang joins national patient charity as Medical Advisor
Mr. Geoff Tsang joins national patient charity for Aortic Dissection as Medical Advisor (Cardiac Surgery) Aortic Dissection Awareness UK & Ireland has announced the appointment of Mr. Geoff Tsang, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Southampton General Hospital, to be the national patient...
Royal Papworth to host AD Awareness Day UK 2023
Royal Papworth to host Aortic Dissection Awareness Day UK 2023 Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded the honour of hosting Aortic Dissection Awareness Day UK on Tuesday 19 September 2023 by the national patient charity Aortic Dissection Awareness UK and Ireland. The annual...
Leaflet Launch: Planning Pregnancy with Aortic Disease
Aortic Dissection Awareness UK & Ireland has launched an important new resource for mothers and those contemplating pregnancy, ‘Planning Pregnancy with Aortic Disease.' Created by Vice Chair of Aortic Dissection Awareness, Haleema Sadia and Dr. Stephanie Curtis, a consultant cardiologist from...
Launch of Aortic Dissection: The Patient Guide
NEW BOOK LAUNCH - AORTIC DISSECTION: THE PATIENT GUIDE Aortic Dissection Awareness UK & Ireland has launched, at the SCTS 2022 annual meeting in Belfast, a major new resource for patients, ‘Aortic Dissection: The Patient Guide’. Since our inception in 2016, we have campaigned to raise...
Association Becomes the National Patient Charity for Aortic Dissection
On 13th April 2022, the UK Charity Commissioners granted Aortic Dissection Awareness UK & Ireland registered charity status, making us the national patient charity for Aortic Dissection. Our Chair, Gareth Owens, announced this important milestone in the growth of our patient-led organisation...
Patient Leaders Welcome Publication of Life-Saving National Guidance after 5-Year ‘THINK AORTA’ Campaign
Two survivors of a life-threatening cardiac condition have welcomed the publication of new national guidance to improve the diagnosis of Aortic Dissection, after a 5-year campaign which attracted the support of the Secretary of State for Health and the Presidents of two of the medical profession’s...
National patient association partners in TRAVERSING study of Aortic emergencies pathway
TRAVERSING: TRansfer of thoracic Aortic Vascular Emergencies to Regional Specialist INstitutes Group Aortic Dissection Awareness UK & Ireland and the THINK AORTA campaign are partnered with experts in the TRAVERSING research group to undertake a national study of the acute aortic syndrome...
THINK AORTA US featured on top US Chat Show
The latest person to champion our global THINK AORTA campaign is none other than US TV chat show host Donna Drake, who invited Carin Andersen and Ben Youdelman from THINK AORTA US into her studio for a live interview all about the Aorta. You can watch Donna's interview with Ben & Carin here....
Aortic dissection survivor appointed as Head of Research by national patient association
National patient association Aortic Dissection Awareness UK & Ireland is delighted to announce that we recently appointed Dr. Gordon McManus as Head of Research. Gordon is a patient who survived a Type A Aortic Dissection and emergency surgery at the Royal Brompton Hospital in 2017. He has a...
Bristol NHS Trust host national aortic dissection conference
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) and North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) had the honour today, Thursday 16th September, of jointly hosting the 6th annual Aortic Dissection Awareness Day, to be held at the M-Shed in Bristol . Aortic dissection is a life-threatening...
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Aortic Dissection Awareness Day UK is our flagship national event which happens every 19th September - see our Events page.
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