Joel Dunning
This video demonstrates a robotic left lower lobectomy using bedside stapling to improve efficiency and assist with the rapid flow of the operative procedure. Interestingly, with the Si system, this was the routine way of...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Luca Di Marco, a cardiac surgeon in the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the Bologna University Hospital, Italy, about...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with David Waller, Chair of the EACTS Emphysema Taskforce and Director of the EACTS Fundamentals Course in Thoracic Surgery, about...
This expert consensus document addresses lung volume reduction (LVR) for emphysema, including surgical and endobronchial approaches for appropriately selected patients. It provides guidance on patient selection, techniques, risks, transplantation considerations,...
This article summarizes the surgical treatment of Pope Leo XIV, who was recently diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma. Surgeons performed a uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy. The surgery team reported...
This Beat episode, hosted by Joel Dunning, MD, covers part one of a two-part discussion on vaccines. Dr Dunning reviews three papers on the three COVID-19 vaccines currently available. For...
In this CTSNet To Go podcast episode, Joel Dunning speaks with Patrick M. McCarthy about his experience with mitral valve surgery. They discuss Dr McCarthy’s training and mentorship, his techniques...
This video presents the diagnosis and treatment of slipped rib syndrome, a syndrome that is often missed. The Hansen’s repair is a novel and very simple way to address this...
In this Giants of Cardiothoracic Surgery interview, Joel Dunning speaks with Patrick M. McCarthy, executive director of the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute at Northwestern in Chicago, Illinois. They discuss Dr McCarthy’s...
The fourth of twelve videos in a CTSNet series on Thoracic Surgical Oncology – Technical Approaches by Professor Tristan D. Yan is presented here. To see the complete list of...
This Beat episode, hosted by Joel Dunning, MD, and joined by Enoch Akowuah, MD, both of the James Cook University Hospital, UK, covers studies on mitraclip MR repair, Easy-AS, and...
In this CTSNet To Go podcast episode, Joel Dunning, Moishe Liberman, and Eric Goudie discuss the division of pulmonary arteries using an energy device.
...The second of twelve videos in a CTSNet series on Thoracic Surgical Oncology – Technical Approaches by Professor Tristan D. Yan is presented here. To see the complete list of...








