Mr Matthew Smith
Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Contact Details
Personal Assistant
- Julie McMahon (Monday to Wednesday)
- Janet Robinson (Thursday and Friday)
- Tel: 0151 600 1456
Responsibilities at LHCH
- Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Areas of Practice
- Minimally invasive ‘keyhole’ thoracic surgery
- Cancer Surgery
- All aspects general thoracic surgery
Special Clinical Interests
- VATS segmentectomy
- VATS lobectomy
- Robotic Thoracic Surgery
- Thymectomy / Mediastinal Surgery
- Sarcoma
- Pneumothorax Surgery
- Thoracic surgery for metastatic cancer
Research Interests
- Robotic thoracic surgery
- Risk factors risk predication in thoracic surgery
- Optimisation of the thoracic patient and enhanced recovery
- Outcomes after lung cancer resection
Current Membership of Professional Regional and National Bodies
- Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Society For Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain & Ireland
- British Association of Surgical Oncology
- European Society of Surgical Oncology
Languages Spoken
- English
Training and Education
- MB ChB 2008
- BMedSci (Hons) 2008
- MRCS 2012
- FRCS (CTh) 2021
About me
I graduated from medical school in Yorkshire and started my initial junior doctor rotations in that region. Following some time teaching at the University of Cambridge I then began my surgical training back in Yorkshire before I attained a national training number in cardiothoracic surgery in the North West. I have worked at Liverpool Heart and Chest since 2015, completing my higher surgical training program here in 2021, then going on to become a consultant shortly afterwards.
Publications
- Available via PubMed & ResearchGate