George Ladas

George Ladas FRCS, FETCS completed his training in cardiothoracic and peripheral vascular surgery at Evangelismos Medical Centre in 1989, and was first appointed as consultant in thoracic surgery in January 1990 in Athens.

Background
Ladas joined the Royal Brompton Hospital's team in April 1994 and worked there as senior registrar in thoracic surgery until July 1997. He was appointed as thoracic surgeon to the Royal Brompton in December 1997.

He has given more than 40 lectures to National and International meetings and published 20 scientific papers on thoracic surgical topics in peer reviewed journals, and contributed to seven textbooks on thoracic surgery. He regularly reviews papers for scientific journals, including the European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Thorax and Paediatric Pulmonology.

In 2010, Mr Ladas began using the UK's first lung laser to operate on patients with secondary lung tumours, thereby reducing operating time and improving patients' recovery time and quality of life. He has been deemed a pioneer cardiothoracic surgeon because of his use of the machine in Britain and continues to use the machine to this day. The lung laser was funded by generous donations from the Portnoi family, the theatre is named after Mr Jack Portnoi, who is a patient of Mr Ladas. Mr Ladas is considered a world leader in cardiothoracic surgery and continues to operate with great success.

Specialist Expertise

 * Thoracic surgical oncology - Oncology
 * Special interest in extended resections for lung cancer
 * Pancoast tumor
 * Bronchoplastic resections
 * Tumours of the mediastinum and chest wall
 * Particular interest in pulmonary metastasectomy
 * Surgical palliation of airway obstruction, and applications of video assisted thoracoscopy

Positions Held

 * Honorary senior lecturer - Imperial College School of Medicine, London
 * Honorary consultant thoracic surgeon - Royal Marsden Hospital, London
 * Honorary consultant thoracic surgeon - Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London
 * Consultant thoracic surgeon - Cromwell Hospital, London
 * Consultant thoracic surgeon - Royal Brompton Hospital, London

Published Papers
Anterior cervical - trans sternal approach for the resection of benign tumours at the thoracic inlet" G. Ladas, P H Rhys - Evans, P Goldstraw. Ann Thorac Surg 1999 Mar;67(3) :785-9

Airway obstruction and ventilator dependency in young children with congenital cardiac defects: A role for self-expanding metal stents. Kumar P. Roy A. Penny DJ. Ladas G. Goldstraw P Intensive Care Medicine. Vol 28(2) (pp 190–195), 2002.

Mediastinal Hemangioma: Successful treatment by alpha-2a interferon and post-chemotherapy resection. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Kumar P., Judson I, Nicholson A, Ladas G. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2002.124(2):p. 404-406

Inter-observer variability in systematic nodal dissection: Comparison of European and Japanese nodal designation Watanabe S-I. Ladas G. Goldstraw P. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Vol 73(1) (pp 245–248), 2002

Extramedullary plasmacytoma presenting with myasthenia gravis and mediastinal mass. Ahmed AR. Marchbank AJ. Nicholson AG. Wotherspoon AC. Ladas GP. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Vol 70(4) (pp 1390–1392), 2000.