Sep 1, 2026 · 28 min · 8 segments
In this episode, host Roy Sheppard is joined by aortic dissection survivors Charlotte Burrows and Barbara Emmanuel, surgeon Graham Cooper and Professor Julie Sanders from King’s College London, for an…
Roy ShepherdHost
Charlotte BurrowsGuest
Julie SandersGuest
Graham CooperGuest
Barbara EmmanuelGuest
My name is Roy Shepherd and this podcast is designed to help those who are recovering from an aortic dissection as well as family members who are caring for someone who's been through that.
Instead, it's a space for open, honest discussion supported by clinical insight.
And this episode... is going to explore and investigate the perceptions and the reality of the demographic groups experiencing aortic dissection and to examine if there is or was a bias or a one-size-fits-all approach to care, research, and study.
And we have Charlotte Burrows, who's a patient, we'll be hearing from a little bit later on, although the discussion was, is she a patient or a survivor? Let's say she's a survivor as well.
We also have a clinician, Graham Cooper, who's a surgeon and an expert in aortic dissection.
Professor Julie Sanders is a professor of cardiovascular care in the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care at King's College in London.
Can you give us a bit of a context really for what is meant by demographic blind spots potentially hiding aortic dissection risks?
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My name is Roy Shepherd and this podcast is designed to help those who are recovering from an aortic dissection as well as family members who are caring for someone who's been through that.
Instead, it's a space for open, honest discussion supported by clinical insight.
And this episode... is going to explore and investigate the perceptions and the reality of the demographic groups experiencing aortic dissection and to examine if there is or was a bias or a one-size-fits-all approach to care, research, and study.
And we have Charlotte Burrows, who's a patient, we'll be hearing from a little bit later on, although the discussion was, is she a patient or a survivor? Let's say she's a survivor as well.
We also have a clinician, Graham Cooper, who's a surgeon and an expert in aortic dissection.
Professor Julie Sanders is a professor of cardiovascular care in the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care at King's College in London.
Can you give us a bit of a context really for what is meant by demographic blind spots potentially hiding aortic dissection risks?
