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Augustine T.M. Tang

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Augustine T.M. Tang, DM FETCS

Whinney Heys Road
Blackpool FY3 8NR
United Kingdom

44 1253 739426
44 1253 655528 (Fax)

Institutional Affiliation

  • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Victoria Hospital, Blackpool

Specialty

  • Adult Cardiac Surgery
  • General Thoracic Surgery

Background

  • University of Nottingham School of Medicine - BMedSc(Hon)
  • University of Nottingham School of Medicine - BM BS(Hon)
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  • British Heart Foundation Research Fellow
  • Doctorate of Medicine, University of Nottingham
  • Specialist Registrar, Wessex Regional Cardiac & Thoracic Centre (1998-2004)
  • Honorary Surgical Research Fellow, University of Liverpool (From 1998)
  • Intercollegiate Specialty Board: FRCS(C-Th) and European Board: FETCS (2002)
  • Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Fellow, Toronto General Hospital, Ontario, Canada (2002-3)
  • Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Victoria Hospital, Blackpool (from 2004)

Interests

  • Beating heart coronary surgery
  • Valve-sparing procedures & valve repair
  • Aortic root reconstruction
  • Non-transplant heart failure surgery
  • AF surgery
  • Skeletal Muscle Circulatory Support
  • Renal dysfunction in cardiac surgery
  • Leukodepletion in cardiac surgery
  • Deep sternal wound infection - Negative pressure therapy
  • Specialty training issues & surgical education

Last Modified: 31-Mar-2008

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