- Bupa Platinum consultant
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Fee assured
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Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Mr Francesco Di Chiara is a Consultant Thoracic Surgeon at Oxford University Hospitals, where he introduced uniportal VATS surgery (single incision key-hole).
He has been involved in teaching peer consultant colleagues. He regularly performs advanced cases including sleeve lobectomies, chest wall resections and segmentectomies with this technique.
Furthermore he has worked alongside the multidisciplinary team to improve the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) pathway following thoracic surgery. He has several active collaborations acting as an educator in minimally-invasive thoracic surgery at an international level.
His background experience includes cardiothoracic transplantation and cardiac surgery.
He has an interest in chest wall, thoracic spinal and trauma surgery and is the Principal Investigator for Oxford in a national randomised control trial on the management of rib fractures funded by NIHR.
He regularly delivers anatomy teachings for students at Oxford University Medical School.
Areas of interest
Lung cancer; sarcoma; chest wall; thoracic outlet syndrome; thoracic endometriosis; rib fixation; diaphragmatic surgery
Medical secretaries
- Sharon Florey
- 07565 333447
- francescothoracicpp@gmail.com
Anaesthetists worked with
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Mr Francesco Di Chiara has worked with Dr Andrew W Johnson at the following hospitals:
- John Radcliffe Hospital (1-5)
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Mr Francesco Di Chiara has worked with Dr Richard Stradling at the following hospitals:
- Churchill Hospital (1-5)
- John Radcliffe Hospital (1-5)
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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20365
Follow-up out-patient consultation - remote - (5-50)
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E5180
Diagnostic bronchoscopy +/- biopsy - (1-5)
John Radcliffe Hospital (1-5) Churchill Hospital (1-5)
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E5442
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) assisted wedge resection of lung - (1-5)
Churchill Hospital (1-5) John Radcliffe Hospital (1-5)
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E5430
Pulmonary lobectomy (including segmental resection) - (1-5)
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E5480
Lung resection with resection of chest wall - (1-5)
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E6300
Diagnostic mediastinoscopy - (1-5)
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W2830
Removal of internal fixation from bone / joint, excluding K-wires +/- image guidance - (1-5)
John Radcliffe Hospital (1-5)
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T0132
Excision of chest wall tumour - with chest wall reconstruction - (1-5)
John Radcliffe Hospital (1-5)
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T1030
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) assisted pleurodesis / pleurectomy - (1-5)
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T1500
Repair of rupture of diaphragm - (1-5)