{"id":3,"date":"2021-04-08T14:31:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T13:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/vascular\/?page_id=3"},"modified":"2022-09-26T10:35:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T09:35:32","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/vascular\/","title":{"rendered":"Vascular Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Vascular Surgery, based at the Royal infirmary of Edinburgh, has functioned as a separate and distinct unit for over 30 years. It was the first unit in the UK to provide a dedicated specialist regional service delivering emergency and elective care to patients with vascular disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Services<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We deliver a tertiary referral Regional Service to the South-East of Scotland for the management of patients with Vascular disorders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The focus of the unit is the treatment and care of patients with occlusive, aneurysmal or vasospastic disease of the blood vessels outside the heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We deliver a National Service for Scotland for the management of patients with Thoraco-abdominal aortic disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We offer a full range of vascular surgical services with particular expertise in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Complex open and endovascular aortic surgery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carotid surgery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vascular Access surgery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2001 a dedicated Vascular Laboratory run by Accredited Clinical Vascular Scientist staff has provided diagnostic services for this group of patients.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In-patients are cared for on Ward 105, a thirty bedded ward, which includes four Level 1 monitored beds.&nbsp; Out-patients and preadmission patients are seen in Out Patient Department 4.&nbsp; Vascular Ultrasound imaging is provided in the Vascular Laboratory within Out Patient Department 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Team Members<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Consultant Surgeons<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mr Dan Ablett<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs Phillipa Burns<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr Orwa Falah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Miss Rachael Forsythe <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr Russell Jamieson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr Andrew Tambyraja (Clinical Director)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr Rahul Velineni<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Consultant Vascular Anaesthetists<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dr Stephen Biggart<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr Jan Koch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr Euan McGregor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr Gary Morrison<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr Alasdair Ruthven<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr Alastair Thomson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Consultant Interventional Radiologists<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dr Jim Gordon-Smith<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr Chris Hay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr Hamish Ireland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr Neil Masson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr Andrew Walker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr Graeme Weir<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Specialist Nursing Staff<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mrs Luann Randall (Nurse Specialist)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr Neil Mitchard (Nurse Practitioner)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs Lorna O&#8217;Connor (Nurse Specialist<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mr Steven Sim (Nurse Specialist)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms Elaine Murray&nbsp;(Preadmission Nurse)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Miss Laura Dudgeon (Advanced Nurse Practitioner)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ms Jade Kirk (Ward Charge Nurse, Ward 105)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vascular Laboratory<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mrs Karen Gallagher Chief Accredited Vascular Scientist<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs Janice Taylor Vascular Laboratory adminstration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Registrars<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Four&nbsp;Specialty Trainees in Vascular &amp; General Surgery, One Core Surgical Trainee and one Vascular Fellow are trained within the Vascular Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Foundation Doctors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Five Foundation Year 1 doctors contribute to the day-to-day care of inpatients and train in core skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Administrative Staff<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Administrative support is provided by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mrs Lynn Kerr<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs Sheena Munro<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mrs Lorraine Craig<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vascular Surgery, based at the Royal infirmary of Edinburgh, has functioned as a separate and distinct unit for over 30 years. 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