Linda Hands
Emeritus Associate Professor of Surgery
- Hon Consultant Surgeon
Appointed to current post in 1992 after training in London, Oxford and Chicago. Fellow of Green Templeton College. Served on Thames Valley Strategic Health Authority and on NICE. Director of Oxford Vascular Laboratory for more than 10 years. Currently Clinical Director of Cardiothoracic and Vascular surgery at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. Director of Oxford Telemedicine Institute.
1.The Inter hospital Telemedicine Study-currently underway-looking at the effect of introducing videoconferencing between patients in Horton General Hospital Emergency Dept and specialists in Oxford.
2.The Integrated Care Platform Study looking at distant diagnosis and management of leg ulcers in the community with input from Oxford based specialists.
3.The Future Ward round-use of electronic data to facilitate patient care
4.Changes in cytokines and coagulation as blood perfuses the ischaemic limb.
Recent publications
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Between a rock and a hard place.
Journal article
Lee R. et al, (2011), BMJ Case Rep, 2011
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Population-based study of risk factors, incidence, case-fatality and long-term outcome of acute ischaemic peripheral vascular events
Conference paper
Banerjee A. et al, (2010), EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL, 31, 922 - 922
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Audit of anticoagulation after embolectomy for acute ischaemia.
Journal article
Robinson T. et al, (2009), Ann R Coll Surg Engl, 91, 470 - 472
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The difficult venous ulcer: case series of 177 ulcers referred for vascular surgical opinion following failure of conservative management.
Journal article
Neequaye SK. et al, (2009), Angiology, 60, 492 - 495
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Should We Train the Trainers? Results of a Randomized Trial
Journal article
Murphy MA. et al, (2008), Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 207, 185 - 190