Live Webinar – Covid 19 and Congenital Heart Disease

Date: Wednesday 8th April 2020 @ 2pm BST  streamed via Livemedia

Professor Michael Gatzoulis will be facilitating a Webinar on Covid-19 and ACHD with colleagues from the Lombardy region of Italy.  They are kindly sharing their experience with us  and the Somerville Foundation.

Interested persons to email their name, surname & address to admin@thesf.org.uk to receive the link if they would like to prepare ahead of time for the webinar.

The agenda is:

Livemedia Webinar on Covid 19 and Congenital Heart Disease under the Auspices of the Somerville Foundation

Welcome and Introduction of the Panel (1-2 mins)
Professor Michael Gatzoulis, Professor of Cardiology, Congenital Heart Disease
Royal Brompton/Harefield NHS Trust & Imperial College, London, UK

The Patient Association Perspective (5 mins)
Rob Nicoll, Trustee The Somerville Foundation, UK

Covid 19: Our Globe on the Spotlight (15 mins)
Professor Michael Gatzoulis

At the Centre of the Storm: The Lombardi Experience (10 mins)
Professor Massimo Chessa, Head ACHD Unit, Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy

What does it Mean to be a Covid-19 patient? (10 mins)
Dr Paolo Ferrero, Consultant Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiology, Bergamo, Italy

The ACHD Patient Concerns and Needs though the Pandemic (5 mins)
Ms Rachel Adam-Smith, Yorkshire, UK

Question’s & Answers (from the panel and the live audience 20-30mins)