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.

Specialties

Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
 

Specialist Clinical Interests

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)

Research Interests

Transoesophageal echocardiography
Perioperative care to high risk parturient women with cardiac disease (post heart transplantation, Ebstein’s anomaly and peripartum cardiomyopathy)

Education and Training

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)

Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies and university posts

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

Recent and Important Publications

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