EuroELSO Reception hosted by Professor John Fraser
On Wednesday May 4, 2022, guests from all corners of the globe came together in London for the a special event hosted by Professor John Fraser, in his capacity as President, Asia Pacific Extracorporeal Life Support Organisation.
The event acknowledged the 400 sites who have been collaborating with the Critical Care Research Group to establish the COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium.
Guests received important updates on the future of COVID Critical, an international humanitarian project aimed at equipping ICUs with data to help support and empower them during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about the project here.
Thank you to Fisher & Paykel who helped facilitate the event.
Professor Robert Bartlett, Founder, Extracorporeal Life Support Organization
Dr Jacky Suen, Critical Care Research Group (right)
Akram Zaaqoq, MedStar Washington Hospital Centre (left)
Matteo Di Nardo (left), Children’s Hospital Bambino Gesù, and Velia Antonini, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit Bufalini Hospital
(Left-right) EuroELSO Young Investigator Dr Silver Heinsar, Critical Care Research Group; Professor Giles Peek, UF Health Congenital Heart Center; and Dr Akram M Zaaqoq, Medical Director of ECMO, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Dr Keibun Liu, Critical Care Research Group (right)
Professor John Fraser (right) with Dr Heidi Dalton, Medical Director, Adult and Pediatric ECLS, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus and Inova Children's Hospital
Professor Robert Barlett and Mrs Wanda Bartlett (left and centre) with Peter Rycus
Sunset Drinks from the Penthouse of New Zealand High Commission, London
COVID Critical Co-Founder, Professor John Fraser
Laura Merson, University of Oxford
Elizabeth A. Moore, Education Director, Extracorporeal Life Support Organization
Professor John Fraser, President, Asia Pacific Extracorporeal Life Support Organisation, and Co-Founder, COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium
Dr Geraldine Keogh, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
Glenn Whitman, Johns Hopkins Division of Cardiac Surgery
Indrek Rätsep, North Estonian Regional Hospital
EuroELSO Young Investigator, Dr Silver Heinsar, Critical Care Research Group
Laura Merson, University of Oxford
Ali Ait Hssain, Hamad Medical Corporation (left) and Christian Karagiannidis, University Witten-Herdecke
Indrek Rätsep, North Estonian Regional Hospital (left) with Dr Silver Heinsar, Critical Care Research Group
Dr Keibun Lui (left) with Professor Jan Bělohlávek, President, EuroELSO
Professor Giles Peek, UF Health Congenital Heart Center
Sam Frame, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
Alain Combes, Professor, Sorbonne Université and ICU department head, La Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris
Alain Combes (left), Professor, Sorbonne Université and ICU department head, La Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, with Professor Robert Bartlett, Founder, Extracorporeal Life Support Organisation
David Sibbald, CEO and Co-Founder, Aridhia Informatics Ltd (centre)
Mariam Gabrial, INOVA Fairfax Hospital
Giacomo Grasselli, Università degli Studi di Milano Statale
Laura Merson, University of Oxford (left) with Heidi Dalton, INOVA Fairfax Hospital
Critical Care Research Group's Dr Keibun Liu (centre) with Indrek Rätsep, North Estonian Regional Hospital (right)
Ali Ait Hssain, Hamad Medical Corporation
Laura Merson, University of Oxford (left) with Professor Robert Bartlett
Alain Combes, Professor, Sorbonne Université and ICU department head, La Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris
Akram Zaaqoq, MedStar Washington Hospital Centre (left) and Bishoy Zakhary, Oregon Health and Science University Hospital