After graduating from Charles University in Prague, Barbora Parizkova undertook her higher specialist training in Anaesthesia and Intensive care. Following her experience as a senior fellow in two of the premier cardiothoracic centres in the UK – Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospital and Royal Papworth Hospital, she decided to pursue a career in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. She was appointed as a Locum consultant at Royal Papworth Hospital in August 2009 and got a substantive post in July 2011. Apart from her normal day to day work at Papworth Hospital Barbora is a vital member of the multidisciplinary team at Addenbrooke’s Hospital NHS Trust, Cambridge which provides care to high risk parturient women with cardiac disease.
Barbora also volunteered for the charitable organisation, Chain of Hope, set up by Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub. During this charity work she has anaesthetised and provided post-operative care for a range of largely paediatric patients with congenital heart disease. From her wide-ranging exposure (charitable missions to Ethiopia, Mozambique, Egypt..), she has gained a lot of experience in taking professional, clinical teams into developing countries and has played a major role in the professional development and training of local health care professionals.
Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Transoesophageal Echocardiography
Extra-corporeal membranous oxygenation
Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia & Intensive Care
Organ donation and optimization for transplantation
Lead for Donor Care Practitioners – Heart and lung transplantation
Volunteer for charitable organization Chain of Hope (Providing cardiac surgery for children in developing countries)
Transoesophageal echocardiography
Perioperative care to high risk parturient women with cardiac disease (post heart transplantation, Ebstein’s anomaly and peripartum cardiomyopathy)
Medical Degree Charles University Prague (1st Faculty) MD 2003
Part I Anaesthetic Diploma, Czech Republic 2005
Examination of Special Competence in Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE), National Board of Echocardiography, USA 2007
European Diploma of Specialization in Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation, Czech Republic 2008 Certificate of Full Registration as a Medical Practitioner with Specialist registration 2009
Certification/ Accreditation in Basic Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography 2009
Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists FRCA (2009)
Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists (ACTA)
The Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCOA)
European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists (EACTA)
Czech Association of Anaesthetists (CSARIM)
Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA)
Czech Intensive Care Society
Rebecca A.Schroeder, Barbora Parizkova, and Jonathan B. Right Ventricle, Right Atrium, Tricuspid and Pulmonic Valves, Mark in Practical Approach to Transesophageal Echocardiography, Authors: A.C. Perrino, S.T Reeves. Published by Lippincott William&Wilkins , 3rd Edition 2014
Barbora Parizkova, I. Gavin Wright, Emma J. Birks. Mechanical Support of the Heart, Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine 2012; 13 (10): 488-491
Barbora Parizkova, I. Gavin Wright. Cardiopulmonary Transplantation ; Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine 2012; 13 (10): 499-502
Barbora Parizkova, Stephen Webb. Perioperative TOE in Mitral Valve Surgery. 2010. Mini Topic Review; NHS Evidence, Mini Topic Review – online publication 2011
Barbora Parizkova, Stephen Webb. Transoesophageal Echocardiography in Mitral Valve Surgery, Posted by cambridge medicine on November 19, 2009, Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, Cardiovascular Medicine, online publication
Barbora Parizkova, I. Gavin Wright, Emma J. Birks. Mechanical Support of the Heart, Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine 2009; 10 (9): 457-60
Barbora Parizkova, I. Gavin Wright. Cardiopulmonary Transplantation ; Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine 2009; 10 (9): 461-63
A. Snell and Barbora Parizkova. Organ Damage and Cardiopulmonary Bypass; in 'Cardiopulmonary Bypass', Edited by Ghosh S, Falter F. and Cook D. Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2009
Barbora Parizkova and S.George. Regional Anaesthesia and Analgesia, Part 1: Peripheral Nerve Blockade; in ‘Perioperative Pain Management’ Edited by Felicia Cox;Blackwell Publishing 2009
Barbora Parizkova and S.George. Regional Anaesthesia and Analgesia, Part 2: Central Neural Blockade; in ‘Perioperative Pain Management’ Edited by Felicia Cox; Blackwell Publishing 2009
Barbora Parizkova, Stephen T Webb. Perioperative Transoesophageal Echocardiography; Journal of Perioperative Practice (JPP) - 2011
Barbora Parizkova & S.J.Gray. Conduct of Cardiopulmonary Bypass ; in ‘Core Topics in Cardiac Anaesthesia – Second Edition’ Edited by J.H Mackay, J.E. Arrowsmith. Cambridge University Press - 2010
Alia Noorani, Barbora Parizkova, Francis C Wells. Transaortic Approach for Repair of the Mitral Valve in Mitral Regurgitation, Journal of Heart Valve Disease 2011
