Ninewells Hospital
The Dundee centre provides healthcare services to the Perth Royal Infirmary, Stracathro Hospital, Arbroath Infirmary and Montrose Royal Infirmary which cover Angus, the City of Dundee and Perth and Kinross.
The pleural service is supported by three Respiratory Physicians (Dr.Philip Short, Dr Helen Liddicoat and Dr Richard Stretton) and Specialist Pleural Nurse(Susan Smyth). Pleural service offers diagnostic and therapeutic pleural interventions including thoracic ultrasound, indwelling pleural catheter insertion and local anaesthetic thoracoscopy (LAT)
Lead clinician for Mesothelioma service is Dr. Philip Short and Susan Smyth is the Macmillan Mesothelioma UK Clinical Nurse Specialist.
For surgical thoracoscopy patients are referred to the thoracic surgery team in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
Lung cancer oncology team based in Ninewells Hospital provide Systemic anti-cancer treatment (SACT) and radiotherapy.