Fabian Dörr

Dr. Dörr is a consultant for thoracic surgery at the ‘Ruhrlandklinik‘, which is affiliated to the West German Lung Centre at the Essen University Hospital. Since taking up this position in January 2023, he has been responsible for research and teaching in his department.

He completed his training in thoracic surgery at the Department for Cardiothoracic Surgery at Cologne University Hospital in February 2022. During his training, he accomplished a fellowship at the ‘Reinhard Lab’ studying new therapeutic options for SCLC and won the 2018 research award of the German Thoracic Society.

Dr. Dörr was a member of the EACTS Residents Committee from 2021 to 2024. During his term, he served as resident’s representative in the EACTS Thoracic Domain and focused on achieving synergy effects for young thoracic surgeons, especially in educational aspects.

In addition to minimally invasive oncological thoracic surgery, his clinical work focuses on the establishment of new perioperative immunotherapies for NSCLC. Furthermore, he investigates new prognostic factors for NSCLC and develops a system to predict pulmonary malignancy.