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Highlights in lung cancer: explore treatment and care for lung cancer with world experts

As the 15 th World Conference on Lung Cancer is around the corner, our sister journal Journal of Thoracic Disease is going to publish a focus issue dedicated to lung cancer which will be available for the conference. Our guest editor for this focus issue is Prof. Kwun Fong, Co-President with Prof Michael Boyer of 15 th IASLC World Conference on Lung Cancer.

Prof. Laureano Molins: work with the only objective of the benefit of the patient and the next generation of your profession

This interview features Prof. Laureano Molins, the founder and past president of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) and co-president of the 11th World Congress on Lung Cancer (IASLC) in July 2005. From the beginning of deciding to become a thoracic surgeon, Prof. Molins has dedicated his life to this profession.

My Second Career : an interview with Dr. Anthony P. C. Yim

As we age, retirement may come sooner than we think. A clinical doctor who has been spending the past few decades focusing mostly on patient care may find it uncomfortable, apprehensive or ill-prepared as he or she approaches retirement.

The lung cancer research career of Prof. Ramón Rami-Porta: passion, vision and reflection

As co-coordinator of the Bronchogenic Carcinoma Cooperative Group of the Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery and Chair of the Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee of the IASLC, Prof. Ramon Rami-Porta has been dedicated to lung cancer staging research for almost 35 years. Well-known of his contribution in fighting with lung cancer, Prof. Rami-Porta is very dynamic both in the clinical practice and academic arena.

The Journal of Visualized Surgery has been established as the Official Journal of the Asia Thoracoscopic Surgery Education Program

We proudly announce that from September 2015, Journal of Visualized Surgery ( JOVS ) has been established as the Official Journal of the Asia Thoracoscopic Surgery Education Program (ATEP) ( Figures 1,2 ). This represents an ideal partnership between two bodies that share a common goal—the progress of visualized surgical technique of the highest standards.

Prof. He Jianxing was granted AATS membership.

The 95 th AATS Annual Meeting 2015 was held on April 25-29 at the Washington State Convention Center. The AATS, short for American Association for Thoracic Surgery, was founded in 1917 and has become an international organization of over 1,300 of the world’s foremost cardiothoracic surgeons representing 41 countries. AATS Annual Meeting has always been dedicated to continuing education as the top conference in the cardiothoracic field and has attracted cardiothoracic surgeons from across the world to attend.

Prof. Shijiang Zhang: the development of hybrid surgery in China

The People’s Hospital of Jiangsu Province is the largest tertiary general hospital in the province and has been shouldering the pivotal tasks of providing medical services to province-wide patients, mentoring medical practitioners, and advancing medical research. As the hospital’s new clinic building is going to be put into use, a batch of advanced medical instruments will be introduced to provide better care and treatment to the patients.

Prof. De-Min Li: what we expect from da Vinci robotic surgery

The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery of Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command has a distinguished reputation among Chinese patients for decades. In recent years, the introduction of the “da Vinci” robot in the hospital has allowed the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery to carry out newer and more sophisticated surgeries and research projects. Under the leadership of its director Prof. De-Min Li and the tireless efforts of all the staff members, the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery has gained many academic achievements, benefiting many patients and their families.

Successful launch of JTD ’s and TLCR ’s focused issues on lung cancer: a “perfect full stop” for lung cancer research in 2013

The 15th World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC 2013) was expectedly held at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Sydney, Australia from October 27 to October 30, 2013. The theme of the 2013 meeting is ‘Next-Generation Lung Cancer Care’, under which, the conference welcomed experts from all over the world to communicate their ideas on the better lung cancer care.

Prof. Walter McNicholas: sleep apnea—a disease calling for attention

Professor Walter McNicholas,MD, FRCPI, FRCPC, FCCP is Newman Clinical Research Professor at University College Dublin (UCD), Director of the Pulmonary and Sleep Disorders Unit and Consultant Respiratory Physician at St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. He is a medical graduate of UCD [1974] and has a long established track record in high level research and leadership (Figure 1). He is a leading international authority in translational research on the mechanisms and consequences of sleeprelated breathing disorders particularly sleep apnoea, and has held competitive grants from agencies such as the Health Research Board (Ireland) on a continuous basis for close to 30 years. His research interests include the pathophysiology, treatment and outcomes of sleep apnoea syndrome, the cardiovascular and metabolic consequences of the disorder, basic cell and molecular mechanisms and consequences of intermittent hypoxia, in addition to sleep disturbances in COPD and other chronic respiratory disorders. He is also closely involved in the evaluation of novel ambulatory monitoring devices for sleep disorders. He is a past Associate Editor of the European Respiratory Journal, and has published over 170 papers in Pub-Med listed Journals (h-index in 2013 of 36), in addition to more than 30 book chapters, and has edited three textbooks on breathing disorders during sleep.