Meet the team

Dr Veldtman| is experienced in the complete spectrum of caring for adults with congenital heart disease. He also has a wide experience with high risk obstetric practice in women with cardiac disease and is part of a combined cardiac-obstetric clinic. 

Dr Veldtman's secretary tel: 023 8079 6055.

Dr Salmon| has 25 years experience in the diagnosis and management of congenital cardiac disorders including interventional procedures in all age groups. With his colleagues he developed the national program for management of failing fontan circulation.

Dr Salmon's secretary tel: 023 8079 6724. 

Dr Carroll is experienced in all aspects of adult cardiology, specialising in caring for those with congenital heart disease. She has a special interest in echocardiography, advanced heart failure management and heart disease in pregnancy.

Dr Carroll's secretary tel: 023 8079 5942

Dr MacDonald| is experienced in all aspects of adult cardiology, specialising in adult congenital heart disease. He has a special interest in percutaneous structural intervention in congenital heart disease and in the possible underlying disease modulating genetic mechanisms.

Dr MacDonald's secretary tel no: 023 8079 5942

Top row from left to right: Dr Quadeer Warraich, specialist registrar in obstetrics and Mr David Howe|, consultant obstetrician.

Bottom row from left to right: Dr Raji Parasuraman, senior SPR in obstetrics and Dr Poppy McMackie, obstetric anaesthetist.

Lynda, Helena and Mel are adult congenital heart nurse specialists who provide a liaison service. Their role is to offer information, support and advice to patients and their families in hospital or at home.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding your heart condition, surgery or treatment please contact them. If they are unable to answer your call immediately please leave your name and number for them to contact you as soon as possible.

HELPLINE: 023 8079 4739 or 023 8077 7222 then bleep 1481

Email ACHD.liaisonteam@uhs.nhs.uk| 

Mel leads the nursing service for patients with pulmonary hypertension in association with pre-existing heart conditions. Her role involves providing support, guidance, information and contact for patients, families and carers. The aim is to help condition understanding, enhance communication and facilitate care and treatment options for patients.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding your condition, care or treatment please contact Mel. If she is unable to answer your call immediately please leave your name and number for her to contact you as soon as possible.

HELPLINE: 07717 714724 or 023 8077 7222 then bleep 1479

ACHD helpline 023 8079 4739

Email ACHD.liaisonteam@uhs.nhs.uk|

Left to right: Natasha Watts, Sabrina Dunford, Michelle Collins and Alex Sillett.

There are regular outpatients clinics| clinics for diagnosis and follow-up of adult congenital heart conditions. After being booked in at reception you will be directed through to the waiting area, where a member of nursing staff will come to get you for a variety of tests before your consultation. You may also meet one of the clinical nurse specialists who provide expert support.  

My role is to assess and co-ordinate the adult patients on the surgical waiting list. I work very closely with the consultant surgeons in planning your date and admission for surgery.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me:

023 8079 8686

023 8077 7222 bleep 2166

email: matthew.anthony@uhs.nhs.uk| 

Katie originally worked as a trained Children's nurse. Katie manages the cardiac catheter waiting list for all children and adults with congenital heart conditions.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact her on 023 8079 5382.

Linda Drummond, consultant echocardiographer, and Di Gardiner, echocardiography specialist, manage the cardiac echo department at Southampton General Hospital (part of non-invasive cardiology|) and regularly run transoesophageal (down the thoat) and transthoracic (chest) echocardiology scans at clinics for adult congenital heart patients.  

Tom is involved in the day to day running of all forms of exercise tolerance testing for adult congenital heart patients within non-invasive cardiology.| 

Our physiotherapy service aims to support patients and advise them with exercises maximising deep breathing, chest clearance and coughing,  muscle strengthening and rehabilitation programmes. We assist with encouraging and improving walking and functional exercises that will enable discharge as soon as possible. 

Sue Bartlett (right) is a cardiographer for the non-invasive cardiology department.

Her job involves taking a patient’s ECG tracing, performing 24-hour ECG recordings and ambulatory blood-pressure monitoring. Her work covers cardiac outpatients, inpatients and also the Princess Anne Hospital.

Carol Tyers is a senior healthcare assistant for the non-invasive cardiology department.

Carol’s job primarily involves caring for patients, helping them on and off patient couches and nursing them during and after procedures such as a TOE (transesophageal echocardiogram). Carol also escorts patients to and from the wards to the non-invasive cardiology department. Another important aspect of her work is administration and generally assisting the team with the smooth running of the department. Carol’s work is very patient orientated. 

Occupational therapists work with patients to promote safety and to help you return to your usual everyday living, or assist you with changes that may be needed following an illness, disability or recent operation. These could be changes in the way you do things or to the environment.

Occupational therapists can offer advice, education and enhance your recovery through the rehabilitation process. 

Paul and Fiona are cardiac rhythm management nurse specialists who provide a liaison service. Their role is to offer information, support and advice to patients and their families in hospital or at home.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding cardiac management under the care of the electrophysiology team please contact them. If they are unable to answer your call immediately please leave your name and number for them to contact you as soon as possible.

HELPLINE: 023 8079 8436

Or 023 8077 7222 then bleep 1448

Email paul.thirlwell@uhs.nhs.uk| or fiona.cooke@uhs.nhs.uk|

Simon is a medical records co-ordinator covering paediatric and adult congenital cardiac services, as well as non-invasive cardiology. Simon has many responsibilities including raising the medical records for patients coming into hospital either electively or as an emergency, both children and adults. Because of the nature of his job distributing medical records to wards, outpatients, consultants' secretaries and non-invasive cardiology clinics, Simon walks many miles of the hospital’s corridors each working day. Simon also cares for incoming post to the department.