Thoracic Surgery (PDF)

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