Professor Eric Lim
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Profile Summary
Qualifications
MB ChB MD MSc FRCS (C-Th)
Special Interests
Single keyhole thoracic surgery, Airway reconstruction surgery, Advanced lung cancer surgery, Keyhole mediastinal surgery, Keyhole pneumothorax surgery, Keyhole pleural effusion surgery, Keyhole pericardial effusion surgery, Lung cancer screening
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Consultation fees
Initial Fee: £350.00
Follow Up Fee: £350.00
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Specialist Treatments
Treatments offered at King Edward VII's Hospital include, but are not limited to:
- Vats Lobectomy
- Pleurodesis
- Pleural Biopsy
- Lung Biopsy
My Practice
I am a chest surgeon who focuses on helping patients to understand and participate in clinical decisions.
I strive for pain-free operations – always improving on surgical methods through research and development of new techniques – so patients are home, confident and healthy in the shortest time.
Professional Biography
Mr Eric Lim is a Consultant Thoracic Surgeon at King Edward VII's Hospital who specialises in surgical diseases of the chest. His clinical areas of expertise are minimally invasive lung surgery, lung and other thoracic cancers, surgery for emphysema and pneumothoraces and surgery for pleural effusion. {{ label }}
Mr Lim runs a lung screening clinic that focuses on early detection of lung cancer and other respiratory diseases.
He teaches undergraduate Medicine and Surgery at Imperial College Medical School, and leads the Cancer Consortia at the Royal Brompton Hospital. His research group focuses on blood based biomarkers for minimally invasive, blood based diagnosis of cancer. He also conducts clinical trials of surgery, and is currently the principal investigator for MARS2 (a national trial of surgery for mesothelioma) and VIOLET (a national trial of keyhole surgery for lung cancer).
Mr Lim has published over 100 peer review publications, authored two books (Medicine and Surgery, Churchill’s Pocketbook of Differential Diagnosis) and been the presenter and chair at multiple conferences on thoracic surgery and blood based biomarkers worldwide.
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Memberships
I am a member of:
- Chair of the British Thoracic Society / Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery Radical Management of Lung Cancer Guidelines Committee, 2010
- Member of the European Society of Medical Oncology Guidelines on the Management of Lung Cancer Committee, 2013
- Member of the European Neuroendocrine Tumour Society Guidelines on the Management of Bronchopulmonary Carcinoid Committee, 2015
- Member of the European Expert Group on diagnostic procedures for non-small-cell lung cancer, 2016
- Member of 9th TNM International Staging Committee for lung cancer
- Councillor of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 2010-2014
- Member of the Steering Committee of the British Thoracic Oncology Group, 2010-present
- Associate Editor of Thorax, 2010-2016
- Deputy Statistics Editor for the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2015-present
- Associate Editor of the European Thoracic Oncology Platform, 2010-2012
- Chair of the UK Thoracic Surgery Research Collaborative, 2010-present
Training Positions
I provide training in single keyhole surgery techniques for thoracic surgery.
Cutting Edge Technologies
I use pioneering single incision keyhole surgery.
Publications
I have edited An Integrated Textbook of Medicine and Surgery, published by Elsevier, a pioneering textbook that links two traditionally separate specialities, and a core textbook for medical students that was awarded Highly Commended in Medicine by the British Medical Association Book awards 2008, Highly Commended in Best Edited Medical Textbook category by the Royal Society of Medicine and the Royal Society of Authors 2008, and Highly commended by an NHS Innovations Awards 2008 (books and interactive media category). I also edited Churchill’s Pocketbook of Differential Diagnosis, now in the fourth English edition and translated into Greek and Russian.
I have published over 125 peer-reviewed publications, and my research on systematic reviews and clinical trials in thoracic surgery, surgical oncology, biomarker development and validation in lung cancer has been awarded national and international prizes, including the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery best thoracic surgery research for four consecutive years (2008-2011).
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