At Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals Specialist Care, our consultants regularly host educational seminars and events to share their specialist knowledge on a wide range of cardiothoracic subjects.
GPs and healthcare professionals can catch up on our recent educational talks and learn about new advances at a time that suits you. You can browse our latest podcasts and videos on this page.
If you would like to be the first to be invited to future educational seminars and events, or see the recordings, please sign up to receive email updates.
Webinars
Cardiovascular and respiratory complications of COVID-19
Speaker: Dr Alexander Lyon, consultant cardiologist, Dr Matthew Hind, consultant respiratory physician, and Dr Peter George, Consultant respiratory physician
Focusing on what GPs need to know about the management of long term respiratory and cardiovascular complications of COVID 19.
December 2020
Stable chest pain assessment role of cardiac CT as per NICE guidance
Speakers: Dr Tarun Mittal, consultant cardiothoracic radiologist
Focusing on the best use of cardiac CT and other imaging in patients presenting with stable chest pain as per NICE guidance.
December 2020
Congenital heart disease in a nutshell - and how to crack it!
Speakers: Dr Beverley Tsai-Goodman, consultant paediatric and fetal cardiologist
Focusing on antenatal screening for congenital heart disease and it's presentation at different times of a baby or child’s life.
December 2020
Everything you always wanted to know about arrhythmias and more!
Speakers: Dr Shouvik Haldar, Consultant Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist at Harefield Hospital, Chair of Education British Cardiovascular Society and Dr Diviash Thakrar, GPwSI in Cardiology, Hillingdon CCG Cardiac Lead.
Focusing on everything you wanted to know about arrhythmias from pacemakers to rhythm disturbances.
November 2020
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy - the contemporary understanding
Speaker: Dr Antonis Pantazis, consultant cardiologist
Focusing on the diagnosis of diseases of the cardiac arteries, cardiac valves, myocardium and pericardium.
November 2020
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; diagnosis, genetics and management
Speaker: Dr Antonis Pantazis, consultant cardiologist
Focus on Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, with complex clinical manifestation and variable disease course.
October 2020
Cardiomyopathy: Left ventricular hypertrophy; Essential Hypertension
Speaker: Dr Antonis Pantazis, consultant cardiologist
Focusing on secondary left ventricular hypertrophy and one of its common causes, the essential hypertension.
October 2020
Heart failure update for primary care
Speaker: Dr Rakesh Sharma, Consultant cardiologist, clinical lead for heart failure
Focusing on understanding the pathophysiology of heart failure and implementing the latest NICE guidance.
October 2020
Speaker: Dr William Man, Consultant chest physician
Focusing on the differential diagnosis and management of chronic cough in adults with a Q&A following his talk.
September 2020
Redefining the management of mitral regurgitation: Transcatheter therapies
Speaker: Dr Ali Vazir, Consultant in cardiology and critical care
Focusing on common conditions such as heart failure and the associated risks of mitral regurgitation..
September 2020
Cardiology Arrhythmias - Topics GP's need to consider when managing patients
Speaker: Dr Wajid Hussain, Consultant cardiologist
Focusing on key topics in arrhythmias to help you navigate through the common presentations of palpitations and AF.
September 2020
Sarcoidosis and Interstitial Lung Disease in the primary care setting
Speaker: Dr Vasilis Kouranos, Consultant Respiratory Physician
Focusing on how to manage interstitial lung disease and sarcoidosis patients in a primary care setting.
August 2020
Women and Heart Disease - Biology or Bias?
Speaker: Dr Abtehale Al-Hussaini, Consultant respiratory physician
Focusing on women and heart disease, discussing the biology and bias in the management of women and heart disease.
August 2020
Treating exacerbating COPD in primary care & what to consider post pandemic
Speaker: Dr Jaymin Morjaria, Consultant in respiratory medicine
Focusing on the latest guidlines and consider the key differences between GOLD and NICE guidelines.
July 2020
Investigating arrhythmias from heart monitors to wearables
Speaker: Dr Shouvik Haldar, Consultant cardiologist and electrophysiologist
Focusing on how to investigate arrhythmias and the technology used to do so.
July 2020
The Sleepy Patient: What to do and has COVID changed things?
Speaker: Professor Michael Polkey, Consultant respiratory physician.
Focusing on how to assess a sleep patient, and taking a look at how COVID has changed things.
July 2020
Patient Talk: Cardiac Sarcoidosis in the Covid-19 era
Speakers: Dr John Baksi, consultant cardiologist, Dr Rajdeep Khattar, consultant cardiologist, Dr Vasileios Kouranos, consultant respiratory physician, Dr Rakesh Sharma, clinical lead for heart failure, Dr Kshama Wechalekar, consultant in nuclear medicine, Professor Athol Wells, head of the interstitial lung disease unit.
Focusing on the challenges and implications of COVID-19 for people living with cardiac sarcoidosis
You can watch a recording of the session here.
July 2020
Sickle Cell Disease & the Cardio-pulmonary System: What do I need to know?
Speaker: Dr Emmanuel Ako, Consultant cardiologist
Focusing on Sickle cell disease, a common inherited blood disorder, the disease’s pathophysiology with its common complications. How to best manage these patients in primary care, when to refer and what special advice to give for the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 2020
Covid-19 potential implications for primary care
Speaker: Dr Sundeep Kaul, Consultant in intensive care and respiratory medicine
Focusing on patient management in Primary Care and exploring what practices will need to look for during diagnostics and how to best support patients. Discussion of the increase in certain respiratory conditions and the implications of Covid-19.
June 2020
Sleep in Pandemic and Endemic COVID-19: Diagnosis and Management Strategies
Speaker: Dr Alanna Hare, Consultant physician in respiratory and sleep medicine
Focusing on patients presenting in Primary Care with anxiety and insomnia around the COVID-19 pandemic and discussions around direct sleep-related effects of the virus.
June 2020
April 2018
Dr Alanna Hare - Assessment of sleep disorders in primary care
April 2018
Dr Wajid Hussain - ECG interpretation in primary care
June 2018
Dr David Gareth Jones - Atrial fibrillation
June 2018
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