Heartbeat: Leading professor joins AMU team for pioneering research

February 13, 2019

This year promises to bring a wealth of exciting opportunities to the acute medicine unit (AMU) as they welcome Professor Dan Lasserson to the team, whose aim is to help bring their research ambition to life.

Professor Dan Lasserson, Chair of Ambulatory Care at the University of Birmingham, has joined the AMU team as an honorary consultant in ambulatory medicine.

Speaking about his new role, he said: “I’m delighted to join the organisation and excited to work with the team.

“I will be working closely with Dr Sarb Clare to build up academic activities in acute medicine and contribute to innovations in acute care models. My particular interest is in acute ambulatory care, and in supporting more acute medical care to be undertaken in community settings, using point of care technology. This organisation is one of the leading trusts in the West Midlands for the use of point of care echo and ultrasound and so is the natural partner for acute care innovators and researchers.”

Dr Clare, Acute Medicine Consultant and Deputy Medical Director, added: “We are privileged to have Dan join our team. His knowledge and skills will help us carry out extensive research in ambulatory care, so that we can develop a new way of working, which will hopefully enable us to see patients more quickly and more importantly enable prompt diagnosis and treatments.

“Our vision is to bring ambulatory care to the community and upskill our partners, such as GPs and paramedics, so they can carry out ultrasounds and point of care diagnostics to examine and treat patients more quickly. With Professor Lasserson’s help, I truly believe that we will achieve that ambition.

“In May we will also welcome our first research fellow in acute medicine to support us in delivering our research projects.”