Title

• Consultant Thoracic Surgeon

Qualifications

• FRCS(CTh) (2008)
• BM BS, Medicine, With honours - University Of Nottingham (1994-1999)
• BMed Sci, Medical Science, First Classs Honors - University Of Nottingham

Specialities

• Risk assessment in lung cancer surgery
• Pleural effusion
• Pulmonary metastasectomy
• Minimally invasive thoracic surgery

Biography

Mr. John Pilling completed his undergraduate medical training in Nottingham and entered basic surgical training in Leicester. Following time in research at the Glenfield Hospital, he completed his training in thoracic surgery in London (Royal Brompton Hospital, London Chest Hospital, St Bartholomew’s Hospital and Guy’s Hospital). He currently provides outpatient clinics at The Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading and William Harvey Hospital, Ashford, Kent. He is the departmental lead for teaching and training.

Research Interests

• Malignant pleural effusion
• Malignant Mesothelioma

Awards

• Astra Charnwood Prize for Outstanding Honours Year Project (1997)
• Nottingham Medical-Chirugical Society President’s Student Prize (2000)
• Hargadon Prize for Audit, Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists (2002)
• Finalist, Young Investigator of the Year, EACTS (2003)
• Young Investigator of the Year, American College of Chest Physicians (2003)

Memberships

• European Society for Thoracic Surgery
• Royal College of Surgeons of England
• The Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland
• British Medical Association

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