Dr Lucas Sanders
Overview
Dr Lucas Sanders (he/him)
The Heart Lung Surgeon
FRACS (AUS), FCS (SA), MSRC (NLD), Arts Examen (NLD)
Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeon (Perth WA)
Dr Lucas (Luc) Sanders is a Specialist CardioThoracic Surgeon with consulting rooms at Mount Medical Centre. He operates at Mount Hospital and Hollywood Private Hospital.
Dr Sanders performs most aspects of cardiac and thoracic surgery. His expertise includes:
- Cardiac – Heart Surgery: valvular heart disease (Aortic, Mitral, Tricuspid valve), ascending aorta surgery, coronary artery bypass surgery, beating heart surgery for single-double vessel grafting, minimally invasive atrial fibrillation surgery (HyCASA / Convergent ablation procedure), VAT left atrial appendage occlusion (AtriClip™).
- Thoracic – Lung / Chest Surgery: video-assisted thoracic (VAT) - keyhole surgery: lung resections (lobectomy, wedge resection), lung saving / lung sparing surgery (segmentectomy), treatment of mediastinal & pleural conditions (thymectomy, pleurodesis, pleural biopsy).
As a leader in minimally invasive thoracic surgery in Australia, Dr Sanders has performed a significant number of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomies, making him one of the most experienced in Perth.
- Dr Sanders commenced private practice in 2014. Originally from the Netherlands, he trained in South Africa and has practiced CardioThoracic Surgery since 1997. He moved to Australia in 2001 and worked at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital as a consultant for many years.
- Dr Sanders gained significant insight in minimal invasive surgery at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York and the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He keeps himself up-to-date by regular visits to international medical centers.
He is dedicated to reducing trauma that patients may experience when undergoing surgery. He maintains minimal wait times for both clinical appointments and surgeries, offering a weekly clinic at Mount Medical Centre. He seeks to be available and informative to both medical practitioners and patients.
- Cardiac
- Thoracic
- Research
- Dr Sanders is Fellow and member of the
- - Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- - College of Surgeons of South Africa
- - Medical Specialist Registration Committee of The Netherlands
- Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons FRACS (AUS)
- Fellow of the College of Surgeons of South Africa FCS SA (SA)
- Medisch Specialisten Registratie Commissie The Netherlands MSRC (NLD)
- Arts Examen University of Utrecht (NLD)