NHS Foundation Trust INNOVATION AT KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL
2014 King’s appointed the world’s first Professor of Metabolic Surgery. Professor Francesco Rubino is an internationally renowned leader in bariatric and metabolic surgery. 2014 The liver team at King’s performed 228 transplants in one year, a record in the history of the hospital. 2013 King’s undertook the world’s first ‘warm liver’ transplant using an organ that was ‘kept alive’ at body temperature. 2012 The team at King’s, led by eye surgeon Mr Tim Jackson, successfully carried out retinal implant (microchip) surgery for patients with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye condition. 2011 The world’s first injection of donor liver cells was undertaken at King’s. 2009 King’s Health Partners was formed bringing together a world-leading university (King’s College London) and three successful hospitals including King’s College Hospital. 2008 King’s haematology department celebrated 1,000 bone marrow transplants. 2006 King’s consultants repaired the acute rupture of the inner wall of the heart using a device instead of conventional surgery. 2000 A King’s consultant made the Guinness World Records for successfully transplanting a liver into the youngest child ever, at five days old. 1998 King’s started a successful
programme of split liver transplantation. 1996 The first bone marrow transplant was carried out by Professor Ghulam Mufti and his team. King’s is now one of the leading institutions in the world on mini-transplants for myeloid leukaemias. 1995 Professor Nigel Leigh established the UK’s first specialist Motor Neurone Disease Care & Research Centre. 1990 King’s appointed the first Professor of Paediatric Hepatology in the UK. Professor Alex Mowat established the liver transplantation programme in children.
Twenty years ago, there was no service for patients
with leukaemia at King’s. The hospital began by conducting autologous transplants (where a patient is treated with their own cells) and now runs the UK’s largest programme of complex transplants, including non-related adult and parent-to-child bone marrow transplants and cord blood cell transplants. The hospital has a large unit with experts in every disease type which is internationally recognised. The outlook for leukaemia patients aged over 50 is often very poor, as traditional chemotherapy treatments are not well tolerated by older people. King’s introduced the concept of non-related bone marrow transplants for patients over 50, using minimal chemotherapy to suppress the patient’s immunity and replace it with a new immune system which then kills the leukaemia cells. This technique is now widely used, especially for myeloid leukaemia, where King’s is an international centre of excellence.
King’s Cardiac Unit Over the last year King’s has expanded its keyhole aortic valve replacement programme for patients with narrowing of the aortic valve. The procedure is the preferred choice for many elderly patients and replaces the need for open heart surgery. It involves cardiac surgeons and cardiologists
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1988 Sir James Whyte Black, Professor of Analytical Pharmacology, won the Nobel Prize for Medicine. 1970 The world’s first specialist liver intensive care ward was opened at King’s. 1966 Miss World 1966, Reita Faria, was the only Miss World who qualified as a doctor during her reign. She went on to continue her studies at King’s College Hospital. 1966 Professor Roger Williams, along with Professor Roy Calne, performed the first liver transplants in the UK. 1923 The Dental School was established at King’s College Hospital. 1877 The pioneer of aseptic surgery, Joseph Lister, performed the world’s first major elective surgery under strict antiseptic conditions. 1860 Florence Nightingale founded the world’s first professional school of nursing. 1840 Sir William Fergusson was appointed Professor of Surgery and introduced practice of conservative amputation. In 1867 he was appointed as sergeant-surgeon to HM The Queen. 1840 Professor of Medicine, George Budd, was appointed. His name is perpetuated in the Budd-Chiari syndrome, a disease of progressive liver failure caused by obstruction to the hepatic vein. 1840 King’s College Hospital was established.
implanting an artificial heart valve through the apex of the patient’s heart via a small incision in the chest wall or groin. In 2009 King’s achieved a UK first in this field by
implanting a new artificial heart valve into a patient to replace an old artificial valve fitted during open heart surgery. The procedure has the potential to help hundreds of people with artificial heart valves deemed too high risk for repeat open heart surgery. King’s is also a centre of excellence for primary angioplasty, an innovative procedure helping to save the lives of people suffering heart attacks. Primary angioplasty for myocardial infarction (known as PAMI) uses a ‘stent’ (small metal tube) to open up blocked arteries that have narrowed or become blocked by a blood clot. This is done using a keyhole procedure via an artery up to the heart.
Further information More information about the services available at King’s Private can be found at
www.kingsprivate.com. If you would like to discuss the services offered at King’s or book an appointment with a doctor, please contact the Patient Liaison Manager on +44(0)20 3299 3192, or email
kch-tr.PrivateEnquiries@
nhs.net.
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