Professor Massimo Caputo - inaugural lecture
School of Clinical Sciences
Thursday 28 November 2013 at 6 pm
Reception Room, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, BS8 1RJ
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From the cradle to adulthood: babies’ hearts under the knife
Every day, a dozen babies are born with a heart defects in the UK, making it the most common birth defect. Professor Caputo's will look back over his 15-year journey into the challenging and emotional world of congenital open-heart surgery. He will talk about his research into refining techniques to improve outcomes for these tiny patients and the exciting prospect of using new technologies to generate better solutions for the repair of complex defects.