Mr Aman Coonar
Consultant Surgeon
Contact Details
Switchboard 01480 830541
Fax 01480 831315
Secretary
Katherine Reilly
Tel 01480 364887
Email katherine.reilly@papworth.nhs.uk
Specialties
Thoracic surgery
Specialist Clinical Interests
• minimally invasive surgery (video-assisted, endoscopic and others)
• lung cancer surgery (including advanced cases and patients with poor lung function)
• mesothelioma surgery
• chest wall surgery
• airway surgery
• lung volume reduction surgery
• surgery for thoracic sarcoma
• resection of metastatic cancer to the chest
Research Interests
As above.
Local principle investigator for the PULMICC Trial - a randomised control trial of resection of bowel cancer metastases versus observation.
Professional Profile
Mr Coonar qualified as a doctor in London. His general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery training was at Guy's, St Thomas's, King's, Royal Brompton and the London Chest Hospitals.
In 2005-2007, Mr Coonar worked at the Toronto General Hospital in Canada and took fellowships in general thoracic surgery and lung transplant surgery.
Mr Coonar has been a consultant at Papworth since 2007 and his practice is in pure thoracic surgery. He works closely with a large team including other surgeons, specialist nurses, radiologists and physicians.
He handles benign diseases and cancer. His main clinical interests are:
• minimally invasive surgery (video-assisted, endoscopic and others)
• lung cancer surgery (including advanced cases and patients with poor lung function)
• mesothelioma surgery
• chest wall surgery
• airway surgery
• lung volume reduction surgery
• surgery for thoracic sarcoma
• resection of metastatic cancer to the chest
Mr Coonar has published several research papers and book chapters, some of which have received awards.
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