Professor Eric Lim: Cardiothoracic surgery

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Last updated: 30 Apr 2020

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Thoracic surgery

About me

I am a Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, at the Academic Division of Thoracic Surgery of The Royal Brompton Hospital and Professor of Thoracic Surgery at Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.

I am a chest surgeon that focuses on patient understanding and participation in clinical decisions, improving surgery through research and development of new techniques, striving for pain-free operations so patients are home, confident and healthy in the shortest time.

Areas of interest

Keyhole surgery; Lung cancer; Airway and blood vessel reconstructions; Carcinoid tumours; Pneumothorax surgery; Pleural effusion surgery; Pericardial effusion surgery; Surgery for advanced lung cancer

Medical secretaries

Maria Leung
Royal Brompton Hospital Sydney Street LONDON SW3 6NP
020 7351 8591
020 7351 8560
m.leung@rbht.nhs.uk

About me

External resources

Personal web page

Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, Royal Brompton Hospital, London

Research interests

Research forms the fundamental basis for my decision making and allows the evaluation and improvement to health care. I focus on improving patient care by evaluating clinical decisions and results of surgery and translational research (taking science from bench to bedside)

The four main areas of clinical research that I undertake are systematic reviews and meta-analyses, clinical trials, diagnostic and cohort studies. My basic science research focuses on blood based biomarkers for the diagnosis of cancer and for treatment predictions with circulating tumour cells and circulating free tumour DNA.

Personal interests

My focus is patient understanding of risk and participation in clinical decision making, improving quality care, striving for pain free surgery so patients are home, confident and healthy in the shortest time.

Awards received

My research has been awarded national and international prizes including the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery best Thoracic Surgery research for 4 consecutive years (2008-2011).

(Additional) Languages spoken

Publications

Churchill’s Pocketbook of differential diagnosis (now in its third edition with translations in 3 languages)

Medicine and Surgery: an Integrated Textbook (won prizes the British Medical Association and the Royal Society of Medicine Book awards in 2008).

British Thoracic Society / Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery 2010 Radical Management of Lung Cancer Guidelines

My qualifications & training

My private practice

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Procedures completed

E5180
Diagnostic bronchoscopy +/- biopsy - (5-50)

Royal Brompton Hospital (1-5)
E5520
Open excision of lesion of lung - (1-5)

Royal Brompton Hospital (1-5)
T1030
VATS pleurodesis/pleurectomy - (1-5)
E5430
Pulmonary lobectomy (including segmental resection) - (1-5)

Royal Brompton Hospital (1-5)
XR120
CT/MRI guided biopsy(ies) - (1-5)

Royal Brompton Hospital (1-5)
E5442
VATS wedge resection of lung - (1-5)

Royal Brompton Hospital (1-5)
E6100
Open resection of invasive mediastinal tumour - (1-5)

Royal Brompton Hospital (1-5)
T0910
Open pleural biopsy as sole procedure - (1-5)
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