Mr Alex Brunelli

Dr. Alessandro Brunelli is a Consultant Thoracic Surgeon and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the Department of Thoracic Surgery, St. James's University Hospital, in Leeds, UK. He moved to UK in 2014 after spending 15 years in Italy as staff thoracic surgeon in Ancona, leading the Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Unit from 2010 to 2014. Dr. Brunelli was the 30th President of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) and former Secretary General of the Society for 9 years. He is member of the ESTS Board of Directors since 2008. He also serves the role of International Director in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Board (2022-2025). He has been the Director of the ESTS Database from 2008 to 2012 and is a member of the Educational Committee and Faculty of the ESTS School of Thoracic Surgery">ESTS School of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Brunelli is leading the European Institutional Accreditation program. He is a member of the Thoracic Oncology and Thoracic Surgery HERMES task forces organized by the European Respiratory Society to standardize education in thoracic oncology across Europe. He is the Author of more than 330 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed impact factored scientific journals with a personal impact factor of 1500, a Scopus H-index of 50 and more than 10,000 citations. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Dr. Brunelli is the co-Chair of the European Respiratory Society/European Society of Thoracic Surgeons joint task force appointed to develop guidelines for the selection of patients for lung cancer radical treatment and is the lead author of the Physiologic Chapter of the third edition of the American College of Chest Physicians guidelines for diagnosis and management of Lung Cancer. His main professional and scientific interests focus on thoracic oncology surgery, minimally invasive thoracic surgery, sublobar resections, quality of care, risk stratification and modeling, patient reported outcomes and empathy in healthcare.

"Evidence-based care tailored to each patient — taking the time to explain options and shared decisions."

1. 2005–2011
   MD · Medicine and Surgery

   Universidad de Sevilla (GB)

2. 2011–2015
   Residency · Cardiothoracic Surgery

   Universidad Complutense de Madrid (GB)

3. 2015–2016
   Fellowship · Subspecialty training

   Cleveland Clinic, US

1. 2015-09–2016-08
   Junior consultant

   Universidad de Sevilla Teaching Hospital — Cardiothoracic Surgery

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h-index: 20 · i10: 14

Selected publications

1. Outcomes of Cardiothoracic Surgery in adults — a multi-centre cohort

   Mr Alex Brunelli, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2025

   DOI: 10.3063/euroclin.2025.0 · cited by 90

2. European registry analysis of Cardiothoracic Surgery outcomes

   Mr Alex Brunelli, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2024

   DOI: 10.3131/euroclin.2024.1 · cited by 24

3. Outcomes of Cardiothoracic Surgery in adults — a multi-centre cohort

   Mr Alex Brunelli, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2023

   DOI: 10.6204/euroclin.2023.2 · cited by 150

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