Ms Ralitsa Baranowski

Thoracic Surgeon Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast - Surgical Perspective on lung cancer Screening

Consultant Thoracic and Robotic Surgeon, Royal Victoria hospital, Belfast, Robotic Thoracic Lead, BHSCT, SCTS Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery Co-chair.

Her clinical interests include minimally invasive (VATS and robotic-assisted) operations, VATS/RATS segmentectomy, lung volume reduction surgery, innovations in surgery, navigation bronchoscopy, thoracic ultrasound and hybrid-theatre image-guided surgery.

Prior starting her surgical training, she was fascinated by humanitarian medical work and joined Doctors without borders (MSF). She spent 11 months at Darfur border in Chad, Africa as a field MD and additional 5 months setting up an emergency room at the Afghani border in Pakistan.