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Refer a patient to the Extra Corporeal Life Support department

This page includes information about how to refer a patient to the Extra Corporeal Life Support department (ECLS) at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).

How to refer to a patient

For an outpatient appointment

All ECLS patients are referred as emergency/urgent.

Inter hospital transfer

Please contact the ECLS department (ECMO team) directly on telephone number 020 8813 8652 if the transfer is an emergency (patients that need life or limb saving treatment at GOSH within a few hours), or urgent (patients that need transfer to GOSH but not in the emergency category).

How to get advice

For patients known to GOSH

For urgent enquiries please call the emergency and urgent enquiry numbers. Otherwise call the ECMO Co-ordinator on 0207 405 9200 (ext 8400 or 8483).

For patients not known to GOSH

For urgent enquiries please call the emergency and urgent enquiry numbers. Otherwise call the ECMO Co-ordinator on 0207 405 9200 (ext 8400 or 8483).

Consultants and key staff members

ECMO Service Team

  • Dr Cho Ng, Lead Consultant
  • Helen Boardman, Clinical Nurse Specialist
  • Maura O'Callaghan, Lead Nurse
  • Jacob Burton, Medical PA

The Berlin Heart Team

  • Dr Ann Karimova, Clinical Lead
  • Dr Mike Burch, Programme Lead
  • Mr Hsia Tain-Yen, Surgical Lead
  • Nigel Cross, Perfusionist
  • Maura O'Callaghan, Lead nurse ECMO / Berlin Heart
  • Helen Boardman, Clinical Nurse Specialist Mechanical Support
  • Laura Gray, Senior Staff Nurse Ladybird
  • Hannah Staines, Staff Nurse CICU