ECMO - Extra corporeal membrane oxygenation Expert Witnesses

Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) is used when an individual's heart or lungs are not functioning normally. The machine acts as artificial lungs, allowing blood to be oxygenated outside the body before being returned to the circulation. Whilst this form of intervention has been around for many years, it has been used much more frequently since the Covid-19 pandemic.Our expert witnesses below are able to provide their medico legal expert opinion on cases surrounding the use of ECMO.
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Kandadai Rammohan

Mr Kandadai Rammohan

Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Expert witness specialisms: Acute Respiratory Distress / Cardiothoracic Surgery / COVID-19 / CPR / Diaphragm Disorders / ECMO - Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Emphysema / Fibrotic Lung Disease / Haemorrhage / Hypoglossal Nerve / Lobectomy / Lung Cancer / Mesothelioma / Pleurodesis / Pneumonectomy / Pneumothorax / Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan / Pulmonary Embolism (PE) / Respiration / Respiratory Tract Infection / Thoracic Surgery / Ventilation / Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) / Wedge Resection
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Vijay Joshi

Mr Vijay Joshi

Consultant in Thoracic Surgery
Expert witness specialisms: Acute Respiratory Distress / Chest Surgery / COVID-19 / CPR / Diaphragm Disorders / ECMO - Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Emphysema / Fibrotic Lung Disease / Hypoglossal Nerve / Lobectomy / Lung Cancer / Mesothelioma / Pleural Effusion / Pleurodesis / Pneumonectomy / Pneumothorax / Pulmonary Embolism (PE) / Respiration / Respiratory Tract Infection / Thoracic Surgery / Ventilation / Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) / Wedge Resection
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Alan Ashworth

Dr Alan Ashworth

Consultant in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine
Expert witness specialisms: Acute Kidney Injury / Acute Pain Management / Acute Respiratory Distress / Advanced Directive / Anaesthetics / Artificial Feeding / Blood Transfusion / Brain Damage / Cannulation / Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia / Catheterisation / Central Line / COVID-19 / CPR / Direct Current (DC) Cardioversion / Echocardiography / ECMO - Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation / Electrocardiography / Epidural / Intensive Care / Lasting Power Of Attorney / Regional Anaesthesia / Respiration / Sedation / Sepsis / Tracheostomy / Ventilation
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