Miss May Al-Sahaf
Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
MB BCh FRCS(C-Th)
Languages spoken: Arabic English
Miss May Al-Sahaf
Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
MB BCh FRCS(C-Th)
Languages spoken: Arabic English
Appointments available at:
Cromwell HospitalPatient Age Group
AdultsYear qualified
2004Specialties
Cardiothoracic surgery, ThoracicGender
FemaleClinical Interests
Minimally invasive (Keyhole) thoracic surgery (Video assisted and Robotic Surgery), Lung Cancer, Thymic malignancy and myasthenia gravis, Airway Interventions; Bronchoscopy,
, Laser, Stenting. Pleural disease; Pneumothorax, Pleural effusion, Infection of the pleura /empyema. Mesiastinal surgery, Rib Fractures.
Biography
Miss May Al-Sahaf is a Consultant Thoracic Surgeon working at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and is currently the Lead for Training and Enhanced Recovery after Thoracic Surgery.
Miss Al-Sahaf received undergraduate medical education from The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery in 2004. In the UK she trained in Cardiothoracic Surgery at different specialist units throughout London such as the Royal Brompton and Harefield, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals and St Bartholomew’s Hospital. In 2018 she was awarded one of the first national training fellowships in Robotic Thoracic Surgery at Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospital.
Miss Al-Sahaf became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Cardiothoracic surgery in 2019.“Early commitment to subspecialty training has enabled me to gain a high level of experience in both open and minimal access surgery” .
Miss Al-Sahaf received undergraduate medical education from The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery in 2004. In the UK she trained in Cardiothoracic Surgery at different specialist units throughout London such as the Royal Brompton and Harefield, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals and St Bartholomew’s Hospital. In 2018 she was awarded one of the first national training fellowships in Robotic Thoracic Surgery at Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospital.
Miss Al-Sahaf became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Cardiothoracic surgery in 2019.“Early commitment to subspecialty training has enabled me to gain a high level of experience in both open and minimal access surgery” .
NHS Base (trust)
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Professional memberships
Royal College of Surgeons of England, Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland (SCTS), International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)
