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John Edwards

John G. Edwards, FRCS(C/Th)

Northern General Hospital, Department of Thoracic Surgery
Herries Road
Sheffield  S5 7AU
United Kingdom
+44 114 2269279
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Role: 
Surgeon - Cardiothoracic

Background

MB ChB, University of Birmingham, 1993
PhD (Oncology), University of Leicester, 2003
FRCS(C/Th), 2006

IALSC Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee (Chair of R Status Sub-Committee)
British Mesothelioma Interest Group (Founding Member)
British Thoracic Oncology Group (Former Chair, Board of Trustees; Member, Steering Committee)
Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery
British Thoracic Society (Mesothelioma Guideline Group)
NCRI Lung and Mesothelioma Sub-Groups
Chest Wall Injury Society (Former Board of Directors; Member, Education and Programme Committees)

Other Interests

Costal cartilage: Slipping Rib Syndrome, Costal Margin Rupture, Interchondral Joint Instability
Thoracic Trauma, including Surgical Stabilisation of Rib Fractures
Oncology basic science and clinical research
Mesothelioma: surgery, clinical trials
Lung Cancer: single-port VATS, multimodality therapy trials
Sailing - foiling and lowriding International Moths
Old houses, old cars and old boats

Research

Past:  MesoVATS, MARS, ASTER, PEARL, TIPS, HSV-1716, PIT,  PulMiCC, DIAPHRAGM,

Current: PEARLS, Tracer-X, ReSoLuCENT, LungART, MARS-2, MesobanK, SMuRFS, Roy Castle Lung Cancer Cohort Studies, MIST-3, PIONEER, MesoTRAP, PIONEER

Additional Educational Information

University of Birmingham 1988-1993

Repton School 1983-1988

Practice Areas

  • Thoracic
  • VATS
  • Thoracic
  • Chest wall
  • Diaphragm
  • Lung
  • Mediastinum
  • Pleura
  • Trachea and bronchi
  • Reconstruction
  • Benign disease
  • Cancer
  • Congenital thoracic
  • Infection
  • Education
  • Professional Affairs
  • Basic science