Hussein Elkhayat, M.D., FEBCTS
BACKGROUND
Assiut medical school (1999 – 2005)
MBBCh sept. 2005
House officer ,Assiut University Hospitals(AUH) (2006-2007)
AUH Cardiothoracic Residency (2007- 2010)
Demonestrator of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Assiut University School of Medicine (3/2010-5/2010)
Assistant Lecturer of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Assiut University School of Medicine (5/2010-6/2014)
AHA Instructor for ACLS/PALS courses (2009-2011)
clinical fellow at Dr.suat seren chest disease and thoracic surgery training and reseach hospital – Izmir -Turkey (April 2011- august 2011)
clinical fellow at Marmara university hospital , Istanbul ,turkey (February 2013 – may 2013)
ATLS instructor
CTLS instructor
consultant /lecturer of cardiothoracic surgery at Assiut university faculty of medicine (7/2014-7/2019)
Associate professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Assiut university faculty of medicine ( 7/2019- 7/2024)
Fellow of the European board of cardiothoracic surgery FEBCTS 2021
CCrISP course instructor ( 2022- present)
professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Assiut university faculty of medicine ( 7/2024- present)
thoracic surgery domain member of EACTS ( 2024- Present)
chair of chest wall and thoracic trauma task force of EACTS ( 2024-Present)
OTHER INTERESTS
general thoracic surgery
minimal invasive cardiac surgery
VATS in pulmonary and pleural diseases
RESEARCH
VATS for benign diseases
uniportal VATS
VATS for stage 3 empyema
EDUCATION & TRAINING
AFFILIATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS
CTSNET CONTRIBUTIONS
- Uniportal VATS Decortication for Late-Stage TB EmpyemaApril 24, 2026
- Trends in Thoracic Surgery LiteratureApril 23, 2026
- Uniportal VATS Drainage of Retroesophageal CystApril 23, 2026

