Dr. Belal Bin Asaf

Brief Profile:

Dr. Belal Bin Asaf is a thoracic surgeon specializing in the treatment of surgical thoracic diseases involving the lungs, mediastinum, trachea, esophagus and diaphragm. He is nationally recognized as an expert and leader in the field of minimally invasive thoracic surgery such as video-assisted surgery (VATS/keyhole surgery) and robotic thoracic surgery. He has a specialty and special interest in minimally invasive surgery (VATS) for lung cancer and is one of the most experienced surgeons in the country performing robotic thymectomy for myasthenia gravis and thymoma. He is also one of the few surgeons in the country who performs mesothelioma surgery. He is a frequent guest and has given dozens of lectures at various national and international conferences on VATS and robotic thoracic surgery.

Work Experience:

• Won The Best Overall Video Presentation Award at The 26th European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) Conference at Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2018
• Invited Faculty for VATS Lobectomy at The Asian Thoracoscopic Education Program (ATEP) course at Perth, Australia in January 2017.
• Invited Faculty at the ATEP outreach program in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in December, 2019
• Won 2nd prize in the competition for best video on Robotic Surgery at KS Robotic Surgery Video Awards, Robotic Surgery Council Meeting, Vattikutti Foundation at New Delhi, India in 2016

Education:

• Medical Degree from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, A.M.U, Aligarh
• Master’s in Surgery (M.S. General Surgery) from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, A.M.U, Aligarh,
• Clinical Registrar, General Thoracic Surgery Unit at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (A.I.I.M.S.) New Delhi.
• Fellowship in Thoracic Surgery at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
• Training In Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy At ESTS School Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy And Anastomosis Course, Copenhagen Denmark
• Trained In Use of Lasers For Thoracic Surgery For Metastasectomy At 11Th Annual Expert Meeting On Laser Applications In Thoracic Surgery at Freiburg, Germany
• Trained as a Console Surgeon for DaVinci Surgical System at Ethicon Institute of Surgical Education at Chennai and is an Intuitive Surgical Certified Robotic Thoracic Surgeon
• Observing Fellowship at Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai China and Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

MEMBERSHIPS & CERTIFICATIONS

• Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS, USA)
• The European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS)
• Association of Surgeons of India (ASI)
• Society of Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeon of India (SELSI)
• The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) and many more.