DELIVERING EXCELLENCE, PROFESSIONALISM, QUALITY AND STANDARDIZATION
The CALS guidelines are specifically designed to resuscitate patients who suffer cardiac arrest after cardiac surgery. The protocol is endorsed by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), the European Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (EACTS), European Resuscitation Council and the International Liaison Committee On Resuscitation (ILCOR). It is taught and widely practiced in cardiac surgical units around the world.
We aim to offer the Cardiac Surgery Advanced Life Support (CALS) Courses across India. In doing so we will interact with all major cardiac centers across India with the view to establish National Centers of Excellence for CALS Training. This will bring a new level of professionalism, quality and standardisation to resuscitation training and practice across all cardiac surgical centers in India with benefits to staff members and most importantly patients.
The course we offer is aimed at all staff members including surgeons, anaesthetists, intensivists, resident doctors, ICU nurses, theater staffs and perfusionists who are involved in the perioperative care of cardiac surgical patients. The programme includes a pre-course e-learning module and a taught course consisting of lectures, simulations, scenarios and skill stations. Emergency reopening of chest is taught using a custom built 4th Generation 3D Generated Mannikin and a 5-piece procedure pack. Practical experience in airway management, pacing emergencies and support technologies is taught in interactive small group settings to optimise the learning experience. Practical simulations on management of various common peri-arrest cardiac emergencies are also covered.
Each candidate will receive a Digital CALS International Certificate with a Unique International ID upon completion of the course. The certificates are issued centrally by the CALS UK. Re certification leading to re validation ensures lifelong learning and maintains the excellence of the teaching.
Training the Trainers courses allows for a greater knowledge of the subject and also an involvement in the teaching programs in the Centers of Excellence.
Furthermore as elsewhere internationally incorporation into the academic board of CALS INDIA allows for development of research projects involved in resuscitation and post-operative management in cardiac surgery in India.
MEET OUR CALS TEAM
Dr. Vijay Jeganath
Dr Vijay Jeganath, currently, the Divisional Chair and a Consultant Anaesthetist at the University Hospital of North Midlands (UHNM) NHS Trust, earned his Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA) and Fellowship of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FFICM) in the UK, after graduating from India with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) and Diploma in Anaesthesiology (DA). To facilitate the development of his leadership skills, and to complement his management expertise, Dr Jeganath completed the MBA (Health Executive) programme through Keele University and achieved the highest accolade, Fellowship in Executive Leadership – Nye Bevan Leading Care III through the NHS Leadership Academy. He completed Higher Education Pedagogy: Teaching Certificate Course at Harvard Bok Centre for Teaching following which he was appointed as the Teaching Fellow in School of Medicine at Keele University in the UK. He recently acquired the Managerial Finance Certification from the London School of Economics and Political Science to equip himself to meet the financial challenges that face the healthcare systems.During his tenure as the Divisional Chair, the services within his division delivered the key objectives of Trust’s Vision 2025 by making UHNM the Best Major Trauma Centre in the UK for patient survival rates and one of the top five cardiac centres in the UK for best clinical outcomes after cardiac surgery.
Dr Jeganath has been involved in the education of high-performance teams, delivering lectures both nationally and internationally on a wide range of clinical and management topics. He has served as faculty in the One Lung Simulation Course, British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society and the Keele International Bariatric Symposium.
Dr Jeganath and his team have won many healthcare awards locally and nationally. He received Clinical Excellence Awards in 2009, 2011, 2014 and 2016 for his outstanding contribution to the NHS. He was rated as “Very Credible” Executive Director by the Independent Viva Panel of the NHS Leadership Academy. He was conferred the Top 50 Healthcare Leaders Award at the Smart Health Event held in Dubai in 2018.
Mr. Adrian J Levine
Mr.A.J.Levine has been a Consultant Cardiac Surgeon in the UK for 18 years at the Royal Stoke University Hospital. He trained in London and the West Midlands. His clinical profile is one of a high volume surgeon (performing over 200 cases per year) with an interest in heart failure surgery. He has one of the largest UK practice in Surgical Ventricular Restoration surgery.
Managerially he has led at a local, regional, national and international level in a number of disciplines (as below):
Clinical Lead Cardiothoracic Surgery (2015 – 2018)
Hospital Lead for National Cardiac Benchmarking Collaborative (2010 – 2017)
Hospital Representative to Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of UK and Ireland (2007 – 2018)
Hospital lead for Surgical Transformation (2007 – 2014)
Lead clinician to regional level led West Midlands UK cardiac surgical review (2005 – 2008)
West Midlands Lead to National Adult Cardiac Surgical CRG (2012 – 2016)
National Lead for Coronary Revascularisation for Adult Cardiac Surgical CRG (2013 – 2016)
STS (Society of Thoracic Surgeons) Taskforce on Resuscitation – Co-opted UK Member (2013 – present)
He has published on surgery for heart failure, ITU length of stay post operatively and most importantly on resuscitation after cardiac surgery.
Furthermore he does medicolegal work (as an expert witness/ opinion) for cardiothoracic surgery and management consultancy work for a number of commercial companies (ATOS, HunterHealthcare Ltd) for a number of hospitals across the UK (2014 – present)
Mr. Joel Dunning
Joel Dunning is a Consultant Thoracic Surgeon from the James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough in the UK. He graduated in Medicine from Oxford University in 1997 and did his PhD at Manchester University in 2002. He is Co-Editor in Chief of www.CTSNet.org the world’s largest cardiothoracic surgery website. He was the associate editor for cardiothoracic surgery for the EJCTS for 8 years and previously developed a literature review section in the ICVTS called Best Evidence Topics. He has been on the EACTS clinical guidelines committee since 2007 and has authored 5 EACTS guidelines.He is also currently Chairman of the STS workforce on resuscitation after arrest following cardiac surgery and founded a course to better prepare for arrests after cardiac surgery (www.csu-als.com) culminating in an STS guideline published this year on this subject. A key passion of his is to promote the implementation of this guideline in all cardiac surgical centres worldwide to improve the quality of care patients receive after heart surgery. In thoracic surgery, he has a particular interest in novel forms of VATS Lobectomy and Robotic thoracic surgery. He has experience with anterior and posterior approach VATS lobectomy, uniportal lobectomy, subxiphoid uniportal lobectomy, and has developed a novel version of lobectomy called microlobectomy ( www.microlobectomy.com). He is PI of the VIOLET study – a randomised study of VATS versus open lobectomy, PULMICC – an RCT for colorectal metastases, a radiolabelled nodule excision study and is a proctor for Intuitive for robotic surgery He was also recently guest editor in the annals of cardiothoracic surgery for an issue on minimally invasive mediastinal surgery. His interests include sharing videos on thoracic surgery with colleagues and travelling to meet new cardiothoracic surgeons worldwide to hear about their great new ideas !
CALS in SRU
Delighted to announce that Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai has become the first Centre of Excellence for CALS Training in India.
The MOU was signed by Dr Vijay Jeganath, Managing Director of CALS India-UK and Dr Vijayaraghavan, Vice-Chancellor of Sri Ramachandra Institute. The agreement was reached under the able guidance and concerted effort of Prof.Arumugam and Dr.Rajendiran.
CALS, one of the biggest developments in cardiac surgical practice is coming to India. History is made. Excited.
