The Impact of Donations on Neonatal Care- Prof. Afif El-Khuffash

Prof. Afif El Khuffash present the neonatal research that they are engaged in, and take a look at the impact that donations from the public are having on the standard of Neonatal care and research in the Rotunda Hospital. In 2015 there were over 1,300 admissions to the neonatal intensive care unit in the Rotunda and donations help with the care of these sick infants. Recently, the Friends of the Rotunda secured funding for a new state-of- the art echocardiography machine for the Neonatal Unit. The ‘ECHO’ machine provides physiological information in real time for our neonatologists and helps conduct novel research in the field of neonatal cardiovascular medicine. It provides a better way to care for our sick infants today and ensures we continue to make progress for tomorrow. Prof. EL-Khuffash was appointed as a consultant in the Rotunda Hospital in September of 2012. His main clinical interest is the intensive care management of preterm and term infants. He is heavily involved in education, especially teaching echocardiography to neonatal doctors during their training. Prof. EL-Khuffash’s main research interest is the cardiovascular system of premature infants, with a focus on the use of targeted neonatal echocardiography in the assessment and management of premature infants. He has over 30 peer reviewed publications in addition to commissioned book chapters. Rotunda Hospital Research Day took place on the 2nd of June to allow the consortium of clinical trials to showcase the depth and breadth of exciting research being conducted in the Rotunda Hospital today - research that improves the lives of parents and children in Dublin, in Ireland and around the world. Bio Prof. Afif El-Khuffash: https://www.rotunda.ie/AboutUs/MeetourStaff/tabid/321/LiveAccId/10911/Default.aspx?name=Maeve%20Eogan#923762-afif-el-khuffash Donate to the Rotunda Hospital at: https://www.for.ie/ For more on the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit visit: https://www.rotunda.ie/NeonatalCare/NeonatalUnit.aspx Rotunda Research Page: https://www.rotunda.ie/en-gb/administrativegeneralcare/researcheducation/research.aspx Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/RotundaHospital