Author(s):
Joseph Gallagher,
Kenneth McDonald,
Mark Ledwidge,et al
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3 years ago
Patients with heart disease in Africa commonly present with heart failure both for admission to hospital1 and in the outpatient setting.2 Recent data suggests that, in line with high income countries, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction is also becoming more common.3 Data from the 12 clinical studies performed before 2005 in eight sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries have shown that up…
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Job title: MBChB, FCS(SA), MMED, Cert Vascular Surgery
Personal History
Dr Laura Anne Redman is a qualified General Surgeon and Vascular Surgeon based in Cape Town, South Africa.
Outside of work, she enjoys playing the piano, sketching, doing sculptures, running and swimming.7
Academic History
In 2014, Dr Redman graduated from the University of KwaZulu-Natal with a Masters of Medicine (MMED), which was focused on the thoracic…
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Recently, his participating in the executive education course “Managing Health Care Delivery” at Harvard Business School, Boston, USA, helped him to co-initiate and start the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Academy to spread awareness for, and setup training programs in, vascular disease and aortic pathology in several less developed countries in Africa.
In 2007 he was appointed as Professor and…
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Job title: Interventional Cardiologist
Dr Peter Illes graduated in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1980, and trained in internal medicine at the University of Capetown from 1990 to 1993. He then undertook training in Cardiology at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne as the Senior Registrar to Professor RWFC Campbell, the president of the British Heart Foundation.
Dr Illes attained the FRACP in Australia in 1998 and is currently in…
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Prof Simon Stewart,FESC, FAHA, FHFA,is a National Health & Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC) Senior Principal Research Fellow based at Torrens University Australia.
A cardiovascular nurse scientist and health services researcher, Prof Stewart is internationally recognised for his efforts to understand and respond to an evolving epidemic of chronic heart disease across the globe…
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Dr. Dike Ojji, a distinguished medical professional, completed his foundational medical education at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria's premier university. His pursuit of excellence continued with postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, and the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.A highly esteemed fellow, Dr. Ojji…
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