Professional Practice
Training and Experience
Undergraduate Training and Education
Liverpool Medical School - scholarship prize winner
Core Surgical Training in North West -Gold Award Winner
Cardiothoracic Registrar in East Midlands
Observership at University of Toronto, Canada
Thoracic Surgical Fellow at Mayo Clinic, USA (2 years)
Minimally Invasive Surgery fellow at James Cook University Hospital (6 months)
I have attained licensing privileges by completing all required medical exams for the U.K., Canada and USA
LL.B (Hons) Nottingham Law School, class of 2023
Winner of Thomson Reuters Law Prize for the highest academic grade 2022
Appointed to the Medical Practioners Tribunal in 2023
Currently a full-time Consultant in Manchester. Winner of a Silver Award for teaching and a Clinical Excellence Award.
Clinical Practice
Lung Cancer - diagnosis, staging, surgical treatment
Thoracic Surgical Oncology
Minimally Invasive (VATS) surgery
Thymic Surgery
Airway interventions
Diaphragm Surgery
Mediastinal Tumours
Pleural Surgery
Chest wall surgery and reconstruction
Emphysema - Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
Chest Trauma - rib and sternal fractures, lung contusion, traumatic haemothorax / pneumothorax, plating
Chronic chest wall pain
More information on my practice, including surgical videos can be found on my Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Network page (CTSnet) here
Professional Memberships
General Medical Council
Medical Protection Society (with medico-legal cover)
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Canadian Medical Council
Manchester and District Medicolegal Society
Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association
European Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Ontario Bar Association
Academic
I have been an invited lecturer on thoracic surgical topics such as lung cancer, minimally invasive surgery and lung volume reduction surgery.
I lecture on medico-legal topics such as negligence and consent to surgeons in training and medical students with Manchester Medical School. I have received a silver award from the medical school in 2023 based on feedback from my students.
I present research at both national and international forums.
My full list of publications can be seen here on my research gate profile