Vasileios Kouritas

Mr Kouritas is a Consultant in Thoracic Surgery at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, Norwich, United Kingdom. His area of expertise includes amongst others Lung cancer, pleural and mediastinal pathology, chest wall and diaphragm surgery with a special interest in Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Surgery. Mr Kouritas is leading the department’s robotic surgery program and has switched to solely robotic surgery since June 2021.

Mr Kouritas has a special interest in the emphysema work and has pioneered the establishment of the service in the Trust. He performs Endobronchial valve insertion and Lung Volume Reduction surgery.

Mr Kouritas is actively involved with clinical and basic research. His PhD thesis involved basic research on pleural physiology. He has published numerous research publications on pleural transportation and physiology, as well as their extrapolation to animal models. He has participated in the writing of a relevant chapter in Shield’s Textbook of Thoracic Surgery amongst other chapters in books. He has also numerous clinical publications on different aspects of thoracic and thoracic surgery pathology. He is serving as the research lead of the Thoracic Surgery department.

Mr Kouritas is participating in numerous leadership and quality improvement projects within his department and organization after completing a master’s degree in business administration. Some of these projects include the high – risk MDT implementation and the implementation of a nurse – led clinic in the practice of the department.

Mr Kouritas acts as co-editor in numerous journals and has recently been appointed as an EACTS Thoracic Domain member and a member of the ESTS Robotic Working Group. Mr Kouritas co-chairs the EACTS Emphysema Task Force.