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Qualifications: MD

Medical secretary (NHS): Hannah Veats

Telephone: 01483571122

Ext: 5272

Dr Aldik graduated with Distinction from the prestigious Damascus School of Medicine in 2003. He completed his Respiratory and Internal Medicine training in the Southwest region in 2017.

Dr Aldik had a fellowship in Plymouth teaching hospitals, developing significant experience in lung cancer, interventional lung procedures and teaching. Since then, Dr Aldik has been working as a consultant in the Royal Surrey Hospital, leading on lung cancer and interventional procedures such as pleural drains, bronchoscopy and Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS). He established the rapid-access lung cancer clinic to deliver the highest standards of lung cancer care.

He treats a wide range of respiratory illnesses - including and not restricted to- lung cancer, asthma, chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD), interstitial lung diseases (lung scarring), sleep disorders, bronchiectasis and lung infections.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Aldik has been working on the frontline fighting the virus on a daily basis, contributing to national research and helping his patients overcoming this illness. After hospital discharge, he continues to see his patients in clinic, treating the longer-term complications of the disease (long COVID).

Dr Aldik is a published author in reputable journals such as BMJ, He presented in national conferences (BTS, BTOG) and international ones (WCBIP).

Dr Aldik’s specialist interest is interventional diagnostic procedures, this accompanies his work leading the lung cancer pathway and managing patients on the diagnostic part of this pathway.

Chest ultrasound, pleural aspiration/ chest drain and pleurx catheter insertions are all procedures used in the investigation and treatment of a pleural effusion (a collection of fluid around the lung).

Bronchoscopy and endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) are cameras and small ultrasound probes that are used to diagnose conditions such as lung cancer, sarcoid and lung scarring. EBUS is used to get samples from the lymph glands near the windpipes, whereas bronchoscopy is used to get samples from the windpipes themselves.