Heart To Heart With Anna

Send us a textWhat kind of career field can a woman passionate about art and science enter into to satisfy both of her needs to be creative? What attracted Gabriella Ricciardi to the field of cardiothoracic surgery for tiny broken hearts? Exactly how can artistic talents be of value to a surgeon of babies with broken hearts?Today’s show is 'The Art of Repairing the Heart' and our Guest is Gabriella Ricciardi. Gabriella Ricciardi is an artist and cardiothoracic surgeon from Torre Annunziata, Italy. She has just completed her internship as a Resident Fellow in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at LUMC in Leiden, the Netherlands. Gabriella uses art in her work and has recently had some of her anatomical drawings accepted for publication in the "World Journal for Paediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery." Today, she will be talking with us about the relationship between art and science, and how her drawings help her in the fascinating and complicated world of pediatric cardiac surgery.Anna Buzzsprout A