Tom Routledge

Thoracic surgery consultant
Biography
Tom Routledge is consultant thoracic surgeon and honorary lecturer at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals / King's College School of Medicine. He joined Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust as a consultant in 2007. Previously, he held the post of senior fellowship in thoracic surgery at the internationally renowned Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre in New York, where he worked for one year from 2006 to 2007.
Education and training
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Registrar training scheme in cardiothoracic surgery, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge 2001-2006 (FRCS CTh)
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SHO surgical rotation training scheme- London 1998-2001 MRCS
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Merton College, University of Oxford 1994-1997 Clinical medicine course (BM BCh)
- Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 1991-1994 1st class degree in medical sciences (MA)
Research interests
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clinical innovation in minimally invasive surgery
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surgical training
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sentinel node technology in lung cancer surgery.
Awards
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Cambridge University scholarship
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MRCS gold medal 2001
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FRCS gold medal 2007
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Local clinical excellence award level 5.
Contact
Secretary: [email protected]
Area of expertise: cancer, robotic surgery; radical surgery for mesothelioma, sentinel node technology in lung cancer surgery.
Specialist interests
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minimally invasive cancer surgery, in which I work as a national consultant trainer
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rib fracture fixation for trauma
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surgical training
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robotic surgery
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radical surgery for mesothelioma.
Last updated: June 2021