Cardiac (Heart)ProceduresAortic Arch Repair Aortic Root Repair Aortic Valve Surgery Atrial Fibrillation Surgery Coronary artery bypass grafts Heart Transplant Mitral Valve Surgery Pericardectomy Thoraco-Abdominal Repair Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implant (TAVI) GlossaryPatient JourneyOutpatient VisitPre-assessment ClinicHospital StayPost DischargeFollow-upMedicationsOutcome DataThoracic (Lungs)ProceduresBronchoscopy Chest Wall surgery Collapsed lung Empyema and Decortication Endobronchial Coils Endobronchial valves Lobectomy Lung Biopsy Lung Transplant Lung volume reduction Pectus Conditions Pleural Biopsy Pneumonectomy Sleeve Resection Thymectomy Tracheal resection Wedge Resection GlossaryPatient JourneyOutpatient VisitPre-assessment ClinicHospital StayPost DischargeFollow-upMedicationOutcome DataCongenital (Children)Congenital Heart Disease OverviewProceduresAtrial Septal Defect (ASD) Atrio Ventricular Septal Defect (AVSD) Coarctation of the Aorta Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA) Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO) Pulmonary Valve Stenosis Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA) Tricuspid Atresia Truncus Arteriosus Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) GlossaryPatient JourneyOutpatient VisitPre-assessment ClinicHospital StayFollow-upMedicationsOutcome DataSupport GroupsCardiac Support GroupsThoracic Support GroupsCongenital Support GroupsSCTS Lay RepresentativeWellbeingWound ManagementFind a HospitalFind a ConsultantDonate Home Patients Find a Consultant Mr Robert Slight Find a Consultant Mr Robert SlightLast updated: 3 Jan 2024GMC: 4296511Areas of Practice: ThoracicRegion: North EastHospitals: Freeman Hospital and Newcastle University Profile Thoracic Committees Addresses I work as a consultant thoracic surgeon at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne with specialist interests include thoracoscopic lobectomy and general thoracic surgery. Academically I am affiliated with the population health sciences institute at Newcastle University and am currently speciality group lead for surgery with the NIHR clinical research network north east & north Cumbria.Training AttendedI have trained in several institutes both nationally and internationally including Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Glasgow Royal Infirmary and the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Australia. The majority of my higher specialist training was at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne where I am currently based. Qualifications & AccreditationsMB ChB Aberdeen University, PhD University of Edinburgh, FRCS (CTh) Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, MFCI Faculty of Clinical Informatics. Thoracic Surgery This consultant has been a part of the following outcomes audits, please click on any outcomes audit to see their data: National Lung Cancer Audit - 2017 SCTS CommitteesThis consultant has not been a member of any SCTS committees. Addresses This consultant has not added any addresses to their public profile. View all Consultants