Christine Fahim
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About
Christine Fahim is a leading researcher in the field of minimally invasive thoracic surgery, with a primary focus on robotic-assisted techniques for lung cancer treatment. Her work has been instrumental in evaluating and advancing the adoption of robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS) in Canada, where she published the first Canadian series of robotic pulmonary resections. Fahim’s major contributions include comprehensive systematic reviews and comparative studies that demonstrate the benefits of RATS over traditional video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), such as improved oncological outcomes through near-infrared mapping with indocyanine green, which increases margin length in segmentectomy. Her research has garnered significant attention, with her most-cited paper, a systematic review on robotic-assisted thoracic surgery for lung resection, accumulating 53 citations. Notably, Fahim is the principal investigator of the RAVAL trial, an international, multi-centered, randomized controlled trial comparing robotic-assisted versus video-assisted lobectomy for early-stage lung cancer, which has already achieved 24 citations since its protocol publication in 2022. Her work continues to shape surgical practices and improve patient outcomes in thoracic oncology.
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