Joel Dunning
At the 2026 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Annual Meeting, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief, Joel Dunning, a cardiothoracic surgeon at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, UK, engaged in a discussion with Dr. Diego Gonzalez Rivas,...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with CTSNet Senior Editor—Global Emily Farkas, Associate Director of Global Health in Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine,...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Aamir Amin, a cardiothoracic surgery resident at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, UK, about humanoid robots and artificial...
The video begins with an interview featuring thoracic surgeon and CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning and Dr. Leanne Ashrafian, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Guy’s Hospital in London, United Kingdom, interviewing the...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Ahmed Ghazy, Head of Minimally Invasive Surgery at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, about robotic cardiac surgery...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning explores the value of working together. He discusses the importance of working not only with others in your own specialty but...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning discusses the highlights of the 38th EACTS Annual Meeting and reviews several important presentations. He discusses the presentation from engineer Amy...
This article is part of CTSNet’s Guest Editor Series, “Mastering Aortic Root Surgery—Learning From Top Surgeons”. Dr. Lorena Montes invited top cardiac surgeons from around the world to contribute clinical...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor in Chief Joel Dunning speaks with EACTS Secretary General Patrick Myers about the highlights of the upcoming 38th EACTS Annual Meeting. They discuss...
Lead surgeon, Dr. Feras Khaliel has generously shared his video of the first-ever robotic heart transplant. This video is in full resolution and shows his right chest approach with a...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor in Chief Joel Dunning speaks with lead surgeon Feras Khaliel about the world’s first fully robotic heart transplant. They explore the steps taken...
This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Brian Houseman about VATS vs robotic lobectomy. They discuss training programs, the speed and efficiency of VATS, advanced...
CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Dawn Jaroszewski about optimizing pectus surgery. Dr. Jaroszewski addressed key issues, amounts of bars used in the procedure, and suppressing displacement of bars....


