Mr Marco Scarci
Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Consultant Thoracic Surgeon at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, specialising in trauma, lung cancer and minimally invasive surgery to the lung and chest wall.
Profile
Mr Scarci has been a Consultant for over ten years and is currently a Consultant Thoracic Surgeon at Imperial College NHS Trust based in Hammersmith, London. He also works in the private sector at The Bupa Cromwell Hospital.
He runs a busy clinical practice which focuses upon the treatment of both cancerous and benign conditions of the lung and chest wall, using minimally invasive surgical techniques. He is also on the trauma rota at St Mary's Hospital treating patients with acquired chest injuries.
In addition to his clinical commitments, Mr Scarci has developed and continues to run a successful International Thoracic Oncology Symposium and was involved in the leadership of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
Mr Scarci maintains an active academic interest and has published over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He continues to research, publish, and lecture in the field of single-port surgery and chest wall conditions, having contributed to numerous chapters and published four books to date on these topics. He is a recognised authority on pectus deformity repair.
In addition to his own academic interests, Mr Scarci is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Thoracic Diseases and the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and is the Chief Editor of Frontiers in Thoracic Surgery. He is regularly asked to review articles for inclusion into the most prestigious journals of cardiothoracic surgery.
Mr Scarci has undertaken medicolegal work for over ten years and has a growing practice. He has completed Bond Salon Expert Witness training and can provide expert advice on breach of duty, causation, condition and prognosis.
He takes direct instructions from solicitors and also works through a number of specialist medicolegal agencies. Mr Scarci's current claimant to defendant ratio is 70:30. He also accepts joint instructions.
Areas of Expertise
- Trauma
- Lung cancer
- Benign pulmonary disease
- Pleural disease
- Airway disorders
- Chest wall disorders
- Congenital chest wall deformities
- Infectious and inflammatory thoracic disease
- Mediastinal disorders
- Postoperative and iatrogenic conditions