We are lucky enough to be joined by two of our paediatric and young adult trauma & orthopaedic surgical colleagues for this episode, Claudia Maizen and Manoj Ramachandran.
Chapter timings:
00:00:00Â intro
00:01:10Â paediatric orthopaedics at Barts Health
00:02:05Â Claudia Amazing
00:03:31Â Manoj Ramachandran
00:06:05Â the 1st time Kash met Manoj
00:07:46Â Manoj sneaks in a plug #orthofastfacts
00:08:38Â everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth
00:09:21Â global healthcare challenges in paediatric orthopaedics
00:10:57Â unique positioning of The Royal London Hospital
00:12:05Â Mark Paterson- the man and his legacy
00:15:54Â story behind the Ghana visits
00:19:41Â children are not small adults
00:20:05Â logistics of providing paediatric orthopaedic care overseas
00:24:19Â kit & saving the world one meniscus at a time
00:25:20Â challenges of providing paediatric orthopaedic care overseas
00:29:17Â raising funds for the Mark Paterson foundation
00:30:00Â getting people involved
00:32:08Â plans for future provision of wrap-around paediatric orthopaedic care
00:36:03Â application of technology
00:38:10Â Commonwealth Foundation / QMUL Scholarships
00:41:19Â screening / DDH project in Mongolia
00:42:58Â wrap-up
Episode links:
- Claudia Maizen: https://bartskidsbones.weebly.com/claudia-maizen.html
- Manoj Ramachandran: http://manoj.mystrikingly.com; https://www.viz.ai
- everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth: https://fewzion.com.au/mike-tyson-everyone-has-a-plan-until-they-get-punched-in-the-mouth/
- Lancet Commission on Global Surgery:
- Mark Paterson:
- bio https://livesonline.rcseng.ac.uk/client/en_GB/lives/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ASSET$002f0$002fSD_ASSET:376975/one?qu=%22rcs%3A+E004792%22&rt=false%7C%7C%7CIDENTIFIER%7C%7C%7CResource+Identifier
- Mark Paterson Travelling Fellowship (supported by BJJ & EFORT) https://www.efort.org/fellowships/introduction/mptf/
- Ghana: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana
- Motec Life: http://www.moteclife.co.uk/?LMCL=sQ1pU0
- Andiamo: delivers a medically effective orthosis within 2 weeks of a person’s need globally https://andiamo.io/about/
- Comnmonwealth Foundation/ QMUL Scholarships: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/scholarships/items/commonwealth-masters-scholarships-low-income-countries.html