1: Heart surgery in dogs vs. humans: LIVE from the Cambridge Festival

06/03/24 • 84 min

Welcome to Season 2 of The Animal Heartbeat! It's great to be back. Join our hosts, Kieran and Jose, as they facilitate a panel discussion featuring world-renowned experts from the canine and human cardiology world. This fascinating special episode covers a range of topics centred around mitral and aortic surgery in dogs and humans, and compares the human and canine perspectives. This live event was made possible by the kind support of Ceva Animal Health.
Our panel:
Dr Ravi De Silva: Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Royal Papworth Hospital; Training Programme Director for Cardiothoracic Surgery, East of England Deanery
Dr Anne Kurosawa: ACVIM Veterinary Cardiology Diplomate; Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery Team, Dick White Referrals
Dr Rohin Francis: Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Essex Cardiothoracic Centre; UCL Clinical Research Fellow; Science Communicator (Youtube @medlifecrisis)
Dr Claudio Bussadori: ECVIM Veterinary Cardiology Diplomate; Clinic Director, Clinica Veterinaria Gran Sasso, Milan; human cardiologist and researcher at San Donato Hospital, Milan
Note - although the sound from St John's College, Cambridge, allows us to soak up the ambience of The Old Divinity School Lecture Theatre (1877), listening with earbuds may help to make the most of the audio experience.

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2: Veterinary Clinical Research, with Prof Adrian Boswood

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What do you understand by clinical research? What makes a good research study, and what limitations are common in veterinary publications? How should clinical research work impact what we do as clinicians? In this episode, hosts Kieran and Jose interview Professor Adrian Boswood, Vice Principal at the Royal Veterinary College and active clinician-researcher in cardiology. Adrian has spearheaded a number of game-changing clinical works over the last three decades, and has trained and inspired generations of undergraduate and post-graduate vets in the UK. He has lectured all over the world, and is known for his engaging and relatable explanations of complex topics.
In this episode, we discuss aspects pertinent to all subspecialties in veterinary medicine, not just cardiology research, and we consider how things could be refined to get the most out of future clinical research.