Associate Editor

Dr. Sihoe received his medical training at the University of Cambridge, where he was awarded multiple prizes as a student. After working in Scotland and England, he returned to practice Cardiothoracic Surgery in Hong Kong and China, specializing in minimally invasive Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS). He was Clinical Associate Professor of the Department of Surgery at the University of Hong Kong and Chief of Thoracic Surgery at the University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Hospital before recently moving to private practice in Hong Kong. Dr. Sihoe is an internationally recognized advocate of ‘next generation’ VATS techniques – especially uniportal and needlescopic chest surgery. He has authored or co-authored published over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, conference abstracts and book chapters in the international literature. He is an avid medical educator, and has been invited to speak and perform surgery at over 200 surgical conferences and educational events on every continent. His work in thoracic surgery and clinical research has won multiple awards – including from the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) and the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS). In 2018, Dr Sihoe was the recipient of the prestigious Medical Sciences Technical Award (2nd Class) from the Chinese Medical Association. Dr Sihoe continues to engage in the advancement of thoracic surgery practices for peers and patients through leadership roles in the major professional organizations of this specialty in Asia, Europe and North America.

video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS); uniportal; lung cancer; enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS)