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John Edwards
John G. Edwards, FRCS(C/Th)
Background
MB ChB, University of Birmingham, 1993
PhD (Oncology), University of Leicester, 2003
FRCS(C/Th), 2006
IALSC Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee (Chair of R Status Sub-Committee)
British Mesothelioma Interest Group (Founding Member)
British Thoracic Oncology Group (Former Chair, Board of Trustees; Member, Steering Committee)
Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery
British Thoracic Society (Mesothelioma Guideline Group)
NCRI Lung and Mesothelioma Sub-Groups
Chest Wall Injury Society (Former Board of Directors; Member, Education and Programme Committees)
Other Interests
Costal cartilage: Slipping Rib Syndrome, Costal Margin Rupture, Interchondral Joint Instability
Thoracic Trauma, including Surgical Stabilisation of Rib Fractures
Oncology basic science and clinical research
Mesothelioma: surgery, clinical trials
Lung Cancer: single-port VATS, multimodality therapy trials
Sailing - foiling and lowriding International Moths
Old houses, old cars and old boats
Research
Past: MesoVATS, MARS, ASTER, PEARL, TIPS, HSV-1716, PIT, PulMiCC, DIAPHRAGM,
Current: PEARLS, Tracer-X, ReSoLuCENT, LungART, MARS-2, MesobanK, SMuRFS, Roy Castle Lung Cancer Cohort Studies, MIST-3, PIONEER, MesoTRAP, PIONEER
Additional Educational Information
University of Birmingham 1988-1993
Repton School 1983-1988
Printer-friendlyPractice Areas
- Thoracic
- VATS
- Thoracic
- Chest wall
- Diaphragm
- Lung
- Mediastinum
- Pleura
- Trachea and bronchi
- Reconstruction
- Benign disease
- Cancer
- Congenital thoracic
- Infection
- Education
- Professional Affairs
- Basic science