Joel Dunning
At the 2026 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Annual Meeting, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Joel Dunning, a cardiothoracic surgeon at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, UK, engaged in a discussion with Dr. Husam Balkhy,...
This video shows the successful removal of a 10 cm anterior mediastinal mass. Initially, a sternotomy was considered due to the significant size of the mass. However, a camera was...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Taj Mohammed Fiyaz Chowdhry, a consultant thoracic surgeon at Burjeel Specialty Hospital, Sharjah, UAE, about uniportal robotics in the...
This video demonstrates the implantation of bilateral phrenic nerve pacing leads using a robotic subxiphoid approach without lung isolation. This approach was utilized because the patient presented with central hypoventilation...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Jacques Kpodonu, a cardiac surgeon at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, and Assistant Professor of Surgery...
In this episode of CTSNet’s flagship podcast, editor in chief Joel Dunning runs through the latest, most popular content on ctsnet.org—the largest online community of CT surgeons and source of...
CTSNet is excited to announce the winner of the 2023 Innovation Video Competition, Prof. Ahmad Ali Amirghofran. His submission, “Tricuspid Valve Replacement with the Right Atrial Appendage Valve: The First...
In this episode of CTSNet’s flagship podcast, editor in chief Joel Dunning runs through the latest, most popular content on ctsnet.org—the largest online community of CT surgeons and source of...
In this episode of CTSNet’s flagship podcast, editor in chief Joel Dunning runs through the latest, most popular content on ctsnet.org—the largest online community of CT surgeons and source of...
At the 2023 EACTS Annual Meeting, CTSNet Editor in Chief Joel Dunning and CTSNet senior editors set out to interview the most knowledgeable CT surgeons from around the world. Stay...
In this episode of CTSNet’s flagship podcast, editor in chief Joel Dunning interviews Dr. Michael Mack. Dr. Mack, of Baylor Healthcare System, is the first author of the PARTNER 3...
In this video, the author demonstrates a robotic left atrial myxoma resection. The author uses the same approach for all valve operations including AVRs and MV repairs, and an identical...
In this episode of CTSNet’s flagship podcast, editor in chief Joel Dunning runs through the latest, most popular content on ctsnet.org—the largest online community of CT surgeons and source of...



