The aim of the Education Committee (EC) is to coordinate ESOT’s efforts to advance multidisciplinary education for transplant professionals at all career levels and to contribute to their professional development.
The Basic Science Committee promotes scientific issues and transplantation research within ESOT. An active basic science community and an efficient translation of innovation into the clinic are crucial for the future of transplantation medicine.
The European Transplant Allied Healthcare Professionals (ETAHP) reaches out to allied healthcare professionals throughout Europe in order to ensure the best care possible for all transplant patients, with the aim to optimize patient outcomes.
The Young Professionals in Transplantation (YPT) is the Network for Junior Transplant professionals of ESOT, representing all young transplant clinicians and scientists who are beginning a career in transplantation and organ donation.
The mission of ECTORS is to provide a forum for discussing and stimulating novel developments in the fields of cellular therapies in organ transplantation, organ regeneration and generation of new organs from stem cells and biomaterials.
ECTTA is the forum for experience exchange on treatment of patients with end-stage heart and lung failure. Our aim is to improve outcomes for the patients.
EDTCO aims to support health care professionals to provide clinically effective programmes on organ and tissue donation, procurement and transplantation.
EKITA is the Organ Expert Section of ESOT on kidney transplantation in Europe, providing a forum for kidney transplantation professionals to exchange scientific information and views aimed at providing the best service to European patients .
The European Liver and Intestine Transplant Association (ELITA), previously known as the European Liver Transplant Association (ELTA), is a section of ESOT. Its membership represents the expertise on liver and intestinal transplantation in Europe.
ELPAT is a European platform that brings continuity and progress in European research and dialogue on "Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects of organ Transplantation". ELPAT currently consists of over 160 experts from more than 25 European countries.
EPITA is established to provide a forum for those working in the field of pancreas and islet of Langerhans transplantation or any other alternative form of beta cell replacement in Europe, to exchange scientific information and views related primarily to providing the best service for patients in Europe requiring pancreas or islet transplantation.
VCA has opened a new era in the field of transplantation, reconstructive and restorative surgery. This Section brings together 10 representatives of major European teams at the forefront in this field.
I am a Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne and Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiopulmonary Transplantation in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Northumbria. My formal qualifications include BMedSci(Hons), BM, BS, DM, FFST, RCPathME, MCCT, FACS, FRCP, FRCS(C-Th).
After qualifying in 1989, I was appointed as a Consultant in December 2000 after training in London, Cambridge, Newcastle, and Toronto in cardiac, thoracic, and cardiopulmonary transplant surgery. I currently practice widely in all forms of adult cardiac and thoracic surgery including cardiopulmonary transplantation and was the Trust Clinical Director for Quality and Patient Safety between 2016 and 2019.
I am the Director of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation at Freeman Hospital and an expert for the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman. I am a Medical Examiner for the Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust and am the Chairman of the European Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery.
In the past, I have been an Assessing Examiner for Intercollegiate Basic Surgical Examinations at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and a College Assessor. I have also acted as a Specialist Performance Assessor for the General Medical Council, a Specialty Advisor in Cardiac Surgery for NICE, and a member of the Specialist Advisory Committee in Cardiothoracic Surgery. I have recently concluded my term as a Trustee on the Executive of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland (SCTS). I am a member of the SCTS Transplantation Working Group and an Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery.
