I lost my brother on April 30th 2017 after major heart surgery.

Taking on this challenge for my Granda.

My 2020 challenge......

I am trying to raise some money for my friends brother who sadly passed away after major heart surgery at Harefield in 2017

James was an inspirational patient who left his mark on everyone with whom he came into contact. To raise some much needed funds for the Aortic Centre Trust, Louise and is walking the circumference of the Isle of Wight over five days with five of James' friends and family. Please help to support this challenge and raise funds to support the work of this specialist charity.

Surgeons from all over China with invited faculty from Europe & the US gathered in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China to share expertise and knowledge on the state-of-the-art of aortic surgery. Jullien Gaer addressed the 2018 CPEC conference on endovascular surgery.

My brother, Ercan, was fighting fit, a fireman who looks after himself, eating sensibly and working out regularly in the gym.

Ercan was fighting fit, a fireman, a regular gym-goer with the physique to prove it.

I was busy in my day job and tried to ignore my persistent cough. In my fifties I had never really had any health problems other than the odd cold or 'flu. My Dad died in his early fifties but in those days we never knew what caused it other than 'something related to his heart'.

In the last twenty years or so, the mapping of the human genome has enabled the identification of the genes responsible for some hereditary forms of aortic disease.

Professor Nick Cheshire was invited to address Faculti on the place of robotics in aortic surgery. You can see his talk here: https://faculti.net/stent-graft-repair/