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Sometimes it is being in the right place at the right time that allows one to achieve wonders. 100,000 Hearts tells the story of Denton Cooley one of the pioneers of heart surgery and founder of the Texas Heart Institute. Denton was the first person to implant a total artificial heart into a patient which…
This last week has been an absolute whirlwind. I started it seeing my first ever brain surgery, finished it seeing several abdominal organs removed from a chest. And topped it all over with the launch of BVDA Talking Teeth (virtual) Tour 2021. Brain surgery Even being within a neurology specialist centre the brain though imaged…
A doctor’s inspiring encounters with mortality and miracles Brain surgery is something that has fascinated me since I read Do No Harm by Henry Marsh. I read this book over Boxing Day, it is one of those that when I picked it up I had to keep reading, turning page after page entrapped. Starting with…
I’ve seen one of the documentaries with Dr Jay previously which I found fascinating so I was really excited to get stuck into his book. It was a day well spent reading, as once I started I could not stop. Dr Jay starts with the journey of how he ended up as a paediatric neurosurgeon,…