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Refer a patient to the Cardiothoracic Transplant department
This page contains information on how to refer a patient to the Cardiothoracic Transplant Team at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).
For an outpatient appointment
Referrals should be made in writing to:
Cardiothoracic Transplant Team
Level 6 Main Nurses Home, Room E6032
Great Ormond Street Hospital
Great Ormond Street
London
WC1N 3JH
A referred patient will be invited in for an initial assessment to assess the most appropriate treatment pathway.
Inter hospital transfer
Please contact the Cardiothoracic Transplant department directly on telephone number0207 405 9200 bleep 0548 if the transfer is an emergency (patients that need life or limb saving treatment at GOSH within a few hours), or urgent (patients that need transfer to GOSH but not in the emergency category).
How to get advice
For patients known to GOSH
For emergency or urgent patients please contact the on-call cardiologist or registrar as above. For other patients please contact the Cardiothoracic Transplant Office on 020 7813 8563.
For patients not known to GOSH
For emergency or urgent patients please contact the on-call cardiologist or registrar as above. For other patients please contact the Cardiothoracic Transplant Office on 020 7813 8563.
Consultants and key staff members
- Dr Michael Burch, Director of Transplantation and Lead Cardiologist
Michael.Burch@gosh.nhs.uk - Dr Matthew Fenton, Consultant Cardiologist Heart Failure and Heart Transplant
Matthew.Fenton@gosh.nhs.uk - Dr Rachel Andrews, Consultant Cardiologist Heart Failure and Heart Transplant
Rachel.Andrews@gosh.nhs.uk - Dr Jacob Simmonds, Fellow
Jacob.Simmonds@gosh.nhs.uk - Dr Helen Spencer, Consultant in Lung Transplant and Respiratory Medicine
Helen.Spencer@gosh.nhs.uk
Cardiothoracic Transplant Office 020 7813 8563