Mr Andrew Thorpe FRCS (LON), FRCS (EDIN), FECTS
Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Honorary Senior Lecturer Leeds University
Clinical Director of Thoracic Services

Contact Details
Tel : +113 3925879
Fax : +113 3924836
Email : thorpyat@aol.com
Secretary : Mrs. Linda Lovington

Personal Summary
Mr. Andrew Thorpe qualified from Leeds University in 1972. in 1984 he was appointed as Consultant cardiothoracic surgeon in Sheffield Hospital. His work did not only had a clinical impact in the services but led to the development of a successful esophageal laboratory.

In 1998 he was appointed a consultant Thoracic Surgeon in Leeds General Infirmary. He has recently taken upon the additional post of clinical Director of Thoracic Services.

Mr. Thorpe has published extensively in International Journals and has been the co-author in surgical textbooks. He is also a peer reviewer in international Journals and enjoys regular teaching and lecturing. His MD thesis involves studying the autonomic denervation in oesophageal motility disorders

Professional Interests
Lung and oesophageal oncology, Benign disease of the oesophagus, Pectus deformity ( Ravitch or Nuss repair ), Lung volume reduction surgery, Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery.

Other Interests
Teaching, lecturing, art, mountaineering.

Languages
English

Examples of Publications

1. Oesophageal tests and evaluation of Non cardiac chest pain. Dis of the Esophagus 8.129-133(1995)

2. The role of Photdynamic Therapy in inoperable lung cancer. Eur Journal Cardio Thoracic Surgery 2000, 95-100

3. Post Thoracotomy Chylothorax European J. Cardio Thoracic Surg. 1997, 567-570.