Prof Ken Taylor's Biography

Prof Ken Taylor's Professional Career

Career

Hall fell in surgery Western Infirmary Glasgow 1971-72, sr lectr in cardiac surgery Royal Infirmary Glasgow 1980-83 (lectr 1974-79); Imperial Coll Sch of Med at Hammersmith Hosp (Royal Postgrad Med Sch until merger 1997): Br Heart Fndn prof of cardiac surgery 1983-2007 (emeritus prof of cardiac surgery 2007-), vice-chm Cardiovascular and Respiratory Div 1997-2007, memb Principals' Advsy Gp 1997-2002, clinical dir Cardiac Servs Hammersmith Hosp 2003-07, pres Friends of Hammersmith Hosp 2007-; memb: Assoc of Profs of Surgery, Specialist Advsy Ctee in Cardiothoracic Surgery (chm 1992-95), Dept of Health Working Pty on Waiting Times for Coronary Artery Disease 1994-95, Nat Serv Frameworks Reference Panel for Coronary Heart Disease Dept of Health 1998-2002; chm: Database Ctee Euro Assoc for Cardiac Surgery 1994-2002, UK Central Cardiac Audit Steering Ctee 1995-2002; pres Soc of Perfusionists GB and Ireland 1989-94 (hon memb 1997); dir Sch of Perfusion Sciences, govr Drayton Manor HS London 1989-94; tstee: Garfield Weston Tst, European Bd of Cardiovascular Perfusion; memb Editorial Bd: Annals of Thoracic Surgery 1990-2000, Jl of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia 1993-, Jl of Heart Valve Disease 1992-; Br Heart Fndn: memb Cncl 2000-10, memb Exec Ctee 2000-06, tstee 2006-10; hon memb American Acad of Cardiovascular Perfusion; memb: Surgical Res Soc 1977, Soc of Cardiothoracic Surgns of GB and Ireland 1979, British Cardiac Soc 1983, Soc of Thoracic Surgns of America 1986 (memb Database Ctee 1998-), Euro Assoc for Cardiothoracic Surgery 1988 (emeritus fell 2008-), American Assoc for Thoracic Surgery 1989 (honored guest 1998, hon memb 1998); hon alumnus Dept of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Cleveland Clinic USA; FRCS, FRCSGlas, FESC, fell European Bd of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons (FETCS)

Prof Ken Taylor's Publications

Books and Publications

Pulsatile Perfusion (1982), Handbook of Intensive Care (1984), Perfusion (ed, 1984-2007), Cardiopulmonary Bypass - Principles and Management (1986), Principles of Surgical Research (1989, 2 edn 1995), Cardiac Surgery and the Brain (1992); numerous scientific jl publications in cardiac surgery

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