Dr Lucas Sanders

Dr Lucas (Luc) Sanders is a Specialist CardioThoracic Surgeon with consulting rooms at Mount Medical Centre. 

Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeon

Dr Sanders performs most aspects of cardiac and thoracic surgery. His expertise includes:

• Cardiac – Heart Surgery: valvular heart disease (Aortic, Mitral, Tricuspid valve), ascending aorta surgery, coronary artery bypass surgery, beating heart surgery for single-double vessel grafting, minimally invasive atrial fibrillation surgery (HyCASA / Convergent ablation procedure), VAT left atrial appendage occlusion (AtriClip™).

• Thoracic – Lung / Chest Surgery: video-assisted thoracic (VAT) - keyhole surgery: lung resections (lobectomy, wedge resection), lung saving / lung sparing surgery (segmentectomy), treatment of mediastinal & pleural conditions (thymectomy, pleurodesis). 

As a leader in minimally invasive thoracic surgery in Australia, Dr Sanders has performed a significant number of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomies, making him one of the most experienced in Perth.  

Dr Sanders commenced private practice in 2014 and has operated a full private practice since 2023. Originally from the Netherlands, he trained in South Africa and has practiced CardioThoracic Surgery since 1997.  He moved to Australia in 2001 and worked at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital as a consultant for many years. 

Dr Sanders gained significant insight in minimal invasive surgery at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York and the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He keeps himself up-to-date by regular visits to international medical centres.

He is dedicated to reducing trauma that patients may experience when undergoing surgery. He maintains minimal wait times for both clinical appointments and surgeries, offering a weekly clinic at Mount Medical Centre.  He seeks to be available and informative to both medical practitioners and patients.