
Tales of a Children's Doctor
A podcast outlining a life spent working with children and telling the stories of some amazing children and their families.
Podcasting since 2020 • 19 episodes
Tales of a Children's Doctor
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Stimulating the brain
In this episode we meet Charlie, a young man with an extremely severe epilepsy which was not responding to optimal anti-epileptic drug therapy. His mother was an amazing lady who searched far and wide for options to help treat his epileps...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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24:16

Let's dance
Welcome to Episode 2 - let's dance. In this episode we meet Ella who presents with a condition known as Sydenham's chorea. We discuss the impact of this on her and he family and talk about the history, diagnosis, treatment and outco...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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23:30

Coming to Sheffield
This is the first episode in the second series. I start my consultant career in Sheffield. On my first ward round I meet a mother who has just lost her child with what is thought to be cerebral palsy. This leads to a diagnostic odys...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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24:26

Talking about genes
I speak with a friend and colleague of mine with whom I worked in Yorkhill. He is now a Professor of Clinical Genetics at the MRC Genetics Unit in Edinburgh and has devoted his life and career to understanding the genetic and metabolic ba...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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39:37

How do I communicate
This is a short episode which examines the outcome for Sophie who we met in Episode 12. Although her early development appeared to be on track, as she became older it became clear that she was developing difficulties with communication, not onl...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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19:31
