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Professor Donna Fitzsimons

Queens University Belfast, Belfast (United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland)

Member of:

European Society of Cardiology

Professor Donna Fitzsimons is currently Head of the School of Nursing & Midwifery & Member of Senate in Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland. She is a past ESC Board Member (2014-2020) where she led Patient Involvement activities and pioneered the establishment of the ESC Patient Form. She was previously an elected Councillor on the ESC Board 2016-2018 and was Chair of the ESC Council on Cardiovascular Nursing & Allied Professionals (2011-2013). As a member of the Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee she has lead work on involving patients in Guideline development and review, as well as enhancing nurses' role in Guideline Implementation. Currently she is working on projects with EAPCI, ACNAP and Digital Health. Professor Fitzsimons' leadership demonstrates her commitment to improving the quality of patient experience and care through education and research. Her research interests in Cardiology include prevention, patient engagement and palliative and supportive care.

Environmental impacts on heart health

Event: ESC Congress 2024

Topic: Public Health

Session type: Symposium

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Patient and caregiver needs after an acute cardiac event

Event: ESC Congress 2024

Topic: Cardiac Care Unit (CCU), Intensive, and Critical Cardiovascular Care

Session type: Symposium

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ACNAP Doctoral Student Award

Event: ACNAP Congress 2024

Topic: Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions

Session type: Award Sessions

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Cardiac rehabilitation in focus: enhancing heart health and wellness

Event: ACNAP Congress 2024

Topic: Cardiovascular Rehabilitation

Session type: Moderated Posters

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Essential contribution of nurses and allied professionals in improving global cardiovascular health

Event: ACNAP Congress 2023

Topic: Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions

Session type: Symposium

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Moderated ePoster 17

Event: ESC Preventive Cardiology 2023

Topic: Rehabilitation and Sports Cardiology

Session type: Moderated ePosters

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Nursing care - Focus on the patient

Event: ESC Congress 2022

Topic: Chronic Nursing Care

Session type: Moderated ePosters

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Face-to-face or virtual interaction with the patient: where does technology add value?

Event: ESC Congress 2022

Topic: e-Cardiology/Digital Health

Session type: Symposium

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ESC Geoffrey Rose Lecture in Population Sciences and Florence Nightingale Lecture in Nurse-Led Research

Event: ESC Congress 2021 - The Digital Experience

Topic: European Society of Cardiology

Session type: Special Session

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Female patients and female physicians. Does it make any difference?

Event: ESC Congress 2019

Topic: Cardiovascular Disease in Women

Session type: Professional Development

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