Robot Assisted Thoracic Surgery (RATS), and so on as there are already multiple scientific manuscripts comparing these techniques published over the last decade (1,2).This article is a review of the state of thoracic surgery and its evolution in the UAE. In order to offer the full picture of its rapidly evolving healthcare system and of the thoracic surgery innovations inception in the UAE, this article weaves in an anthropological perspective that sheds light on the recent history of this federation of emirates. It helps understand how this young nation has equipped itself