Leadership
James D. Luketich, MD, FACS
Henry T. Bahnson Professor and Chair, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chief, Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery
Director, Thoracic Surgical Oncology
Co-Director, Lung Cancer Center
- Surgical treatment of thoracic diseases
- Minimally invasive esophageal surgery
- Multi-disciplinary management of esophageal and gastroesophageal cancers
Thoracic and Foregut Surgery Experts
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
- Antireflux surgery
- Fluorescent bronchoscopy
- Thoracic stereotactic radiosurgery
Lawrence Crist, DO, MBA
- Minimally invasive surgery for lung and esophageal diseases
Rajeev Dhupar, MD, MBA
- Minimally invasive surgery for lung, pleural, and esophageal diseases
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
James Luketich, MD
- Surgical treatment of thoracic diseases
- Minimally invasive esophageal surgery
- Multi-disciplinary management of esophageal and gastroesophageal cancers
Olugbenga T. Okusanya, MD
- Minimally invasive thoracic surgery for lung, pleural, and esophageal diseases
Arjun Pennathur, MD
- Minimally invasive thoracic surgery
- Thoracic surgical oncology
Neha Reddy, MD
- Minimally invasive surgery for lung, pleural, and esophageal diseases
Inderpal (Netu) Sarkaria, MD, FACS
- Minimally invasive esophageal surgery
- Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgical (VATS) lobectomy for lung cancer
- VATS thymectomy for thymoma
- Antireflux surgery
Matthew Schuchert, MD
- Thoracic surgical oncology
- Radiofrequency ablation
- CyberKnife surgery
Manisha Shende, MD
- Thoracic surgical oncology
- Minimally invasive surgery for chest wall deformations
Manuel Villa Sanchez, MD
- Minimally invasive surgery for lung, pleural, and esophageal diseases
Jie Zhang, MD, PhD
Cardiothoracic Transplant Experts
Robert Kormos, MD
- Heart transplantation
- Adult cardiac surgery
- Ventricular assist devices
Pedro Reck dos Santos, MD, MSc
- Lung transplantation
- ECMO
Pablo Sanchez, MD, PhD, FACS
- Lung transplantation
- ECMO
- EVLP
Christopher Sciortino, MD, PhD
- Heart transplantation
- Adult cardiac surgery for advanced heart failure including coronary artery bypass, ventricular assist devices
- ECMO