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May Al Sahaf

Miss May Al-Sahaf

Consultant Thoracic Surgeon

MB BCh FRCS(C-Th)

Languages spoken: Arabic English

Miss May Al-Sahaf

Consultant Thoracic Surgeon

MB BCh FRCS(C-Th)

Languages spoken: Arabic English

Appointments available at:

Cromwell Hospital

Patient Age Group

Adults

Year qualified

2004

Gender

Female

Subspecialty

Thoracic

Clinical Interests

Minimally invasive (Keyhole) thoracic surgery (Video assisted and Robotic Surgery), Lung Cancer, Thymic malignancy and myasthenia gravis, Airway Interventions; Bronchoscopy, , Laser, Stenting. Pleural disease; Pneumothorax, Pleural effusion, Infection of the pleura /empyema. Mesiastinal surgery, Rib Fractures.

About Miss May Al-Sahaf

Miss May Al-Sahaf is a Consultant Thoracic Surgeon working at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and is currently the Lead for Training and Enhanced Recovery after Thoracic Surgery.

Miss Al-Sahaf received undergraduate medical education from The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery in 2004. In the UK she trained in Cardiothoracic Surgery at different specialist units throughout London such as the Royal Brompton and Harefield, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals and St Bartholomew’s Hospital. In 2018 she was awarded one of the first national training fellowships in Robotic Thoracic Surgery at Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospital.

Miss Al-Sahaf became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Cardiothoracic surgery in 2019.“Early commitment to subspecialty training has enabled me to gain a high level of experience in both open and minimal access surgery” .

NHS Base (trust)

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Professional memberships

Royal College of Surgeons of England, Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland (SCTS), International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)
A high energy, high performance, result oriented individual. If you have to have lung cancer, this is the straight talking professional you want in your corner. I cannot recommend Miss May Al-Sahaf more highly. It’s a tough journey but once I met May, I actually had a few laughs along the way and I’m all to aware lobectomy and laughs don’t belong in the same sentence. I’m a week post surgery and technically cancer free. I am sore but feel good, more importantly I’m mentally prepared for the long road of recovery ahead. I would not have believed the progress I have made in a week without living it and without May’s support and infectious positivity
Last Monday at 4:37 PM
By a verified patient
Dr Al-Sahaf is a very professional surgeon. She gives confidence to the patient.
01/04/2025
By a verified patient
Really happy with how you treated me/him. You explained really well and coming to see me on the ward after operation put my mind at rest.
28/03/2025
By a verified patient
Ms Al-Sahaf was very professional and thorough about the whole procedure.
25/02/2025
By a verified patient