- Bupa Platinum consultant
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Fee assured
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Awaiting verification
 - Open Referral network
 
Specialises in
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
 - Video and telephone consultations
 
About me
Mr Maninder Kalkat qualified in 1989, and specialized in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Chandigarh in India. He completed his training in the West Midlands Cardiothoracic Surgical Training Programme. He is currently working as a Consultant in the Regional Department of Thoracic Surgery at Queen Elizabeth Hospital University Hospital in Birmingham. He has practising privileges at Priory Hospital, Birmingham.  
With his extensive experience and expertise, Mr Kalkat was responsible for introducing the minimally invasive video-assisted thoracoscopic procedure for major lung resections for lung cancer in the region. He is a member of the regional multi-disciplinary teams for the management of lung cancers and sarcomas that involve chest walls and lungs. He is one of the few surgeons providing comprehensive treatment for major airway obstruction, including resection and reconstruction. He is a faculty member of national and international teaching and training courses.
Areas of interest
General Thoracic Surgery; Minimally invasive thoracic surgery (VATS, NUSS procedure); Keyhole thoracic surgery; Management of airway (resection and reconstruction, stents, Laser, PDT); Chest wall resection and reconstruction; Surgical and endobronchial management of COPD; Lung Cancer; Chest wall cancer; Cancer mediastinum; Airway stenosis and  obstruction; dilatation and resection reconstruction of airway;
Thymectomy for myasthenia gravis
Medical secretaries
- Elizabeth Nelson
 - Medmin Services Ltd 320 Trigate House Hagley Road West Birmingham B68 0NP
 - 0121 716 9032
 - e.nelson@medmin.co.uk
 
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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                                                E5430
                                                
Pulmonary lobectomy (including segmental resection) - (1-5)
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                                                E5180
                                                
Diagnostic bronchoscopy +/- biopsy - (1-5)
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                                                T0910
                                                
Open pleural biopsy as sole procedure - (1-5)
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Diagnostic mediastinoscopy - (1-5)
Priory Hospital (The) (1-5)
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                                                T0132
                                                
Excision of chest wall tumour - with chest wall reconstruction - (1-5)
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                                                T0710
                                                
Decortication of pleura of lung - (1-5)
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VATS excision lesion of mediastinum (including thymectomy) - (1-5)
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Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) assisted wedge resection of lung - (1-5)
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                                                E5432
                                                
VATS lobectomy - (1-5)