- Bupa Platinum consultant
- Fee assured
- 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
- Dr Andrew W Johnson
Fee Assured
- Dr Richard Stradling
Fee Assured
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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E5180
Diagnostic bronchoscopy +/- biopsy - (1-5)
John Radcliffe Hospital (1-5)
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T0810
Resection of rib and open drainage of pleural cavity - (1-5)
John Radcliffe Hospital (1-5)
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T1100
Diagnostic thoracoscopy (+/- biopsy) - (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)
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