Thoracic Surgery

Claudiu Eduard Nistor, MD, MPH, PhD is the Head of Thoracic Surgery at Carol Davila Central Military Emergency University Hospital, Bucharest and an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania. Steven Tsui, MA, MD, FRCS(C-Th) is a Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK, where he has served as Director of Transplantation, Regional Training Program Director and Deputy Medical Director. His clinical practice encompasses adult cardiac surgery, pulmonary endarterectomy, transplantation and mechanical circulatory support. His research interests include donor optimisation and ex-vivo donor organ perfusion. Currently, he is an Examiner for the UK and European Boards of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He is also an Associate Editor of the European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Kaan Kirali, MD, MHSc, PhD is currently a Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Head of the Department of Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Assist Devices Program, and the Director of Kosuyolu YI Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. He is the pioneer of awake complete CABG with BIMA via lateral and inferior wall revascularization (the Kirali approach). He has also developed a new aortotomy incision (Kirali incision) technique for all kinds of aortic valvular or subvalvular interventions during first and re-operations, which simplifies the procedure with/without aortic valve insertion. Adrian Ciuche, MD, MPH, PhD is a Consultant Thoracic Surgery at Carol Davila Central Military Emergency University Hospital, Bucharest. His research interests cover the field of malignant pleural and pericardial effusions and minimally invasive thoracic surgery of the pleural and pericardial space. He published more than 90 articles and scientific papers, seven books and book chapters as author, editor or co-author. Giuseppe Aresu, MD, PhD is a Consultant Thoracic Surgeon at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, UK. Dr. Aresu's clinical interests include intercostal and subxiphoid uniportal VATS, enhanced recovery programs and non-intubated thoracic surgery. His research interests are in lung cancer treatment, minimally invasive thoracic surgery, quality improvement processes, and the treatment of thoracic trauma patients. Gregor J. Kocher, MD, PhD, MBA is a Consultant Thoracic Surgeon and Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at the University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland. He is a senior lecturer (Privatdozent) at the University of Bern and one of the leading experts in minimally invasive Thoracic Surgery (including robotic surgery) in Switzerland.

General Aspects of Thoracic Surgery.- Surgical approaches and investigation techniques to the mediastinal lymph nodes.- Surgical Techniques for Chest Wall Diseases.- Minimally invasive left pulmonary resections techniques.- Chest Tube.- Approaches and surgical techniques for mediastinal infectious diseases.- General Aspects in the Pathology of the Diaphragm.- Approaches and surgical techniques for retrocostoxiphoid hernias.- Anesthesia in lung transplantation.- Thoracic traumas - general aspects.- Approaches and surgical techniques for chest wall trauma.