The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Experts

Thoracic and Foregut Surgery Experts

James Ackerman, MD

Evan Alicuben, MD

Omar Awais, DO

  • Thoracic surgical oncology for lung, esophageal, mediastinal, and gastroesophageal cancers
  • Surgical treatment of benign esophageal diseases
  • Multi-modal therapy for thoracic diseases

Nicholas Baker, MD

  • Minimally invasive surgery for lung, pleural, and esophageal diseases

Neil Christie, MD

  • Minimally invasive thoracic surgery
  • Anti-reflux surgery
  • Fluorescent bronchoscopy
  • Thoracic stereotactic radiosurgery

Rajeev Dhupar, MD, MBA

  • VATS lobectomy
  • Thoracic Surgical Oncology
  • Minimally invasive esophageal cancer surgery
  • Minimally invasive anti-reflux surgery
  • Stereotactic ablative radiation
  • Malignant pleural effusions and diseases of the pleura

Renee Levesque, MD

Ryan Levy, MD

  • Minimally invasive surgery for lung, pleural, and esophageal diseases
  • Thoracic surgical oncology for esophageal, gastric, and lung cancers
  • Management of GERD and other thoracic conditions

Arjun Pennathur, MD

  • Minimally invasive thoracic surgery
  • Thoracic surgical oncology

Inderpal (Netu) Sarkaria, MD, FACS

  • Minimally invasive esophageal surgery
  • Video Assisted Thoracic Surgical (VATS) lobectomy for lung cancer
  • VATS thymectomy for thymoma
  • Anti-reflux surgery

Matthew Schuchert, MD

  • Thoracic surgical oncology
  • Radiofrequency ablation

Tadeusz Witek, MD

  • Esophageal surgery
  • Robotic thoracic surgery
  • Thoracic oncology

Cardiothoracic Transplant Experts

Jenalee Coster, MD

Pablo Sanchez, MD, PhD, FACS
  • Lung transplantation
  • ECMO
  • EVLP

Masashi Furukawa, MD

  • Lung transplantation