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
Specialist expertise
Thoracic surgical oncology. Special interest in extended resections for lung cancer, Pancoast tumours, 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.
Research interests
Extended resections for lung cancer, staging of lung cancer.
Pulmonary metastasectomy. Post-thoracotomy analgesia.
Endoscopic management of airway obstruction, stents.
Background
Mr Ladas 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.
He came to Royal Brompton Hospital in April 1994 and worked here 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, 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 is a member of the Faculty of the HST Introductory Course in Cardiothoracic Surgery, at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He is a member of the Faculty of the European School of Cardiothoracic Surgery in Bergamo, Italy.
He also holds the following posts:
Lead thoracic surgeon, Royal Brompton Hospital Lung Cancer Multidisciplinary Team
Research team leader, Department of Thoracic Surgery, RBH
Clinical risk and audit representative for thoracic surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital
Member, Medical Research Council Lung Cancer Group
Published papers
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Contacts
Secretary: Mrs Karen Barrett
Tel: 020 7351 8567
Fax: 020 7351 8555
Email: k.barrett@rbht.nhs.uk
