Mr Marco Scarci
Mr. Marco Scarci is a Consultant Thoracic Surgeon with a particular expertise in surgery to treat lung cancer and any other condition in the chest that impact's his patient's quality of life, such as rib fractures, excessive hand sweating, and facial blushing, and treat collapsed lungs.
Bio
Mr. Marco Scarci is a highly respected consultant thoracic surgeon based in London. He is renowned for his expertise in keyhole surgery, particularly in the treatment of lung cancer and pneumothorax (collapsed lung). He also specialises in rib fractures, hyperhidrosis (excessive sweating), chest wall deformities and emphysema.
Mr. Scarci qualified as a doctor of medicine with honours in 2001 at Italy’s Università degli Studi ‘Gabriele d’Annunzio’ di Chieti, before pursuing further specialist training in cardiothoracic surgery. He then undertook a clinical fellowship at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital and a senior clinical fellowship in thoracic surgery at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. In addition, he completed an additional six-month thoracic surgery fellowship at the University of Toronto, Canada in 2011 and that same year, was appointed as a consultant thoracic surgeon at Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Following this, he went on to work at University College London Hospital, San Gerardo Hospital, Italy and Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust. With his wealth of experience and expertise in both surgical and non-surgical treatment for a wide range of conditions, Mr Scarci is regarded as one of the UK’s leading practitioners in the field of thoracic surgery, whose skill and dedication has been recognised with several awards, including an NHS Clinical Excellence award in 2013.
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Treatments
- Lobectomy
- Segmentectomy
- Pneumonectomy
- Wedge resection
- Thymoma surgery
- Mesothelioma surgery
- Pneumothorax surgery
- Empyema surgery
- Rib fixation
- First rib resection
- Keyhole lung cancer surgery
- Sympathectomy
- Diaphragmatic plication
Conditions
- Facial blushing (erythrophobia)
- Excessive sweating (hyperhidrosis)
- Pneumothorax
- Empyema
- Chest trauma
- Rib fractures
- Mesothelioma
- Thymoma
- Emphysema
- COPD
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Slipping rib syndrome
- Chest wall pain
- Chondritis
- Diaphragm issues
5 Devonshire Place,
London, W1G 6HL
- Qualified 2001
- MD (Hons), Doctor of Medicine, Honours, Università degli Studi 'Gabriele d'Annunzio' di Chieti 2001
- Diploma of Specialism, Cardiothoracic surgery, Thoracic Surgery Residency Programme, Università
degli Studi 'Gabriele d'Annunzio' di Chieti 2002 - 2007 - Clinical fellow, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital 2007 - 2008
- Senior clinical fellowship, Thoracic surgery, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust 2008-2011
- Fellowship, Thoracic surgery, University of Toronto 2011
- Change Leaders Programme, NHS England 2012 - 2013
- FRCS (Eng), Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of England
- FCCP, Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians
- FACS, Fellow, American College of Surgeons
- FEBTS, Fellow, European Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Imperial College London NHS Trust
- Honorary Senior Lecturer
National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London
- Working group member, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence present
- Co-specialty chief editor for thoracic surgery, Frontiers in Surgery 2023 - present
- Associate editor, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery present
- Associate editor, Journal of Thoracic Disease present
- Director of thoracic surgery, San Gerardo Hospital, Italy 2018 - 2021
- Former committee member, Database committee, European Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- Former lead on chest wall database, pleural malignancies and chest wall working groups, European Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- Former director, European Society of Thoracic Surgeons' annual conference
- Current honorary clinical senior lecturer at Imperial College London
- Formerly honorary senior lecturer at University College London
- Senior clinical tutor at University of Cambridge
- NHS Clinical Excellence Award, Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2013
- Staff award, Working Differently Category, Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 2013