25 of the Best Thoracic Surgeons Near Me in North Charleston, SC

Dr. Marc R. Katz received his combined M.D. and MPH from Tulane University School of Medicine in 1981. He completed his internship and residency in general surgery at the Medical College of Virginia, then a fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery under Dr. Richard Lower (co-pioneer of heart transplantation with Norman Shumway). An additional fellowship in pediatric cardiac surgery was next completed at Boston Children's Hospital. He served as chief of cardiothoracic transplantation at the Medical College of Virginia, and subsequently founded the Virginia Transplant Center in Richmond, Virginia. During his career in adult cardiac surgery he performed the first combined heart - kidney transplant in the eastern U.S. the first left ventricular assist device in Virginia, and has been a pioneer in minimally invasive and robotic heart surgery. Dr. Katz currently serves as professor of surgery and chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina. Additionally he is associate director of the Heart \& Vascular Integrated Center of Clinical Excellence and is co-director of the South Carolina Heart Valve Center. Dr. Katz continues an active practice in adult cardiac surgery specializing in minimally invasive, trans-catheter and robotic approaches for valve disease, plus surgery for congestive heart failure, placement of ventricular assist devices and heart transplantation. Dr. Katz is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Stenosis, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

James Benner is a Thoracic Surgeon in North Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Benner is highly rated in 19 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Carotid Artery Disease, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Heart Bypass Surgery, and Carotid Artery Surgery.

Michael Edwards is a Thoracic Surgeon in North Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Edwards is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Cellulitis, Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Varicose Veins, and Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm.

Minoo Kavarana is a Thoracic Surgeon in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Kavarana is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Truncus Arteriosus, Aortopulmonary Window, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), Heart Transplant, and Lung Transplant.

Dr. Scott Bradley is a native of Palo Alto, California. He graduated from Harvard University in 1980, and from Harvard Medical School in 1985. He received postgraduate training in general surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, and spent two years as a research fellow in fetal and cardiovascular surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. He received cardiothoracic surgical training at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He then completed a fellowship in pediatric cardiac surgery with Dr. Edward Bove at the University of Michigan.In 1995 Dr. Bradley joined the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery as a pediatric and congenital heart surgeon. Since that time, he has worked closely with the Division of Pediatric Cardiology to produce congenital heart surgery outcomes equal to or better than those of the best centers in the world. MUSC belongs to the Children's Heart Center of South Carolina, a statewide network of pediatric cardiologists providing coordinated care for all congenital heart patients in South Carolina. MUSC is the only congenital heart center in the state of South Carolina, and now performs 350 to 400 pediatric cardiac surgical cases per year.Dr. Bradley's clinical interests include staged surgical palliation for single ventricle heart defects, including the Norwood procedure for hypoplastic left heart syndrome, neonatal and infant heart surgery, surgery of the aortic arch, tetralogy of Fallot, the Ross procedure, aortic valve and mitral valve repair, and congenital heart surgery in adults.Dr. Bradley is a member of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, the Congenital Heart Surgeons Society, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, and the American Surgical Association. He is the associate editor for Congenital Heart Surgery of Annals of Thoracic Surgery, and is on the editorial boards of The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, and Pediatric Cardiology. He serves on the congenital subsection of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. He is the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles.Dr. Bradley has been elected by his peers for inclusion in Best Doctors in America. In 2007 he was recognized by the Rotary Foundation as a Paul Harris Fellow, for his contributions to its Gift of Life Program. Dr. Bradley is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), Truncus Arteriosus, Transposition of the Great Arteries, Atrioventricular Septal Defect, and Heart Transplant.

Sanford Zeigler is a Thoracic Surgeon in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Zeigler is highly rated in 11 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Aortic Dissection, Cystic Medial Necrosis of Aorta, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement.

Scott Ross is a Thoracic Surgeon in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Ross is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Valve Stenosis, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Necrosis, Heart Valve Repair, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

J Matthew is a Thoracic Surgeon in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Matthew is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Congenital Aneurysms of the Great Vessels, Heart Tumor, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Heart Valve Repair.

Marissa Mayor, MD is a thoracic surgeon specializing in disorders of the lung, esophagus, chest wall, stomach, and mediastinum. She integrates minimally invasive and robotic approaches into her practice to provide personalized, patient-centered surgical plans. In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Mayor is dedicated to resident education and advancing quality in thoracic surgery. Dr. Mayor earned her medical degree from Boston University and completed her general surgery residency at Inova Fairfax in Virginia. She is board certified in general surgery and served for four years as a U.S. Navy general surgeon in austere and operational environments. Following her military service she completed a thoracic surgery fellowship at University of Virginia, developing expertise in benign and malignant diseases of the chest. Her top areas of expertise are Mesothelioma, Lung Adenocarcinoma, Lung Cancer, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), and Endoscopy.

Kathryn E. Engelhardt, M.D. M.S. is double board-certified in thoracic surgery and general surgery; she specializes in surgery of the lung, airway, esophagus, stomach, chest wall, and mediastinum. Whenever possible, Dr. Engelhardt performs surgery using minimally invasive robotic technology, providing optimal outcomes, quicker recoveries, and shorter hospital stays.Dr. Engelhardt graduated from Cornell University before returning to her home state of Ohio to complete medical school at the University of Cincinnati. She started her post-graduate medical training here at the Medical University of South Carolina in general surgery. After finishing general surgery training, she traveled to Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University in St Louis; a hospital consistently ranked among the best in the country by US News and World Report. There she spent two years in advanced training to specialize in cardiothoracic surgery. She now has brought her expertise back to the low country to serve the people of South Carolina and the surrounding communities.Dr. Engelhardt has earned numerous awards, including the Curtis P. Antz MUSC Surgical Society Award for Excellence, the MUSC Yarbrough Award for Excellence in Resident Research, the Southeastern Surgical Congress Gold Medal Forum, American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress Excellence in Research, and she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Society. Dr. Engelhardt is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Lung Cancer, Esophageal Perforation, and Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma.

Morgan Hill is a Thoracic Surgeon in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Hill is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Mediastinitis, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), Ventricular Septal Defects, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), and Heart Transplant.

Krishna Bhandari is a Thoracic Surgeon in Charleston, South Carolina. His top areas of expertise are Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Heart Transplant, and Stent Placement.

Jonathan Littlejohn, DNP, specializes in Cardiothoracic Surgery.

Dr. Blanding is a heart and lung surgeon at MUSC. A lifetime South Carolinian and family member of heart and lung patients, he is first and foremost committed to getting his patients back home to their families to continue their lives. Having completed a 6 year cardiothoracic surgery residency, his practice includes the full breath of heart surgery including bypasses and valve repair/replacement. He also performs minimally invasive/robotic mitral valve surgery for patients wishing for a faster recovery. He has a specific interest in heart and lung transplantation as well as advances therapies for severe heart and lung diseases.

Masafumi Shibata is a Thoracic Surgeon in Charleston, South Carolina. His top area of expertise is Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR).

Quynh Chu, MD is a cardiothoracic surgeon caring for patients at MUSC and Hollings Cancer Center. She specializes in treating diseases of the lung, esophagus, airway, mediastinum, and chest wall with a particular interest in thoracic surgical oncology and minimally invasive and robotic surgical techniques. Dr. Chu is committed to helping patients understand their diagnoses and treatment options, working with multi-disciplinary teams to achieve individualized care for each patient, and advancing cancer care through research and innovation.Dr. Chu received her undergraduate degree from Yale University and her medical degree with honors from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. She completed general surgery residency at Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, during which time she pursued a research fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. Shen then completed specialty training in cardiothoracic surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and its partner institution New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City. She has performed extensive research in tumor immunology and investigated novel methods of drug delivery to prevent cancer recurrence, authoring numerous peer-reviewed scientific publications. Her top area of expertise is Esophageal Cancer.

Loren Dupuis, PA-C, MMSc, specializes in Cardiothoracic Surgery.

Zachary Sollie is a Thoracic Surgeon in Charleston, South Carolina. His top areas of expertise are Pectus Carinatum, Cardiac Tamponade, Double Aortic Arch, Heart Transplant, and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG).

Adam Lobbestael is a Thoracic Surgeon in Charleston, South Carolina. His top areas of expertise are Heterotaxy Syndrome, Transposition of the Great Arteries, Aortic Regurgitation, and Congenital Heart Disease (CHD).

Michael Varrone is a Thoracic Surgeon in Charleston, South Carolina. His top area of expertise is Heart Bypass Surgery.

Kelly Ohlrich is a Thoracic Surgeon in Charleston, South Carolina. Her top areas of expertise are Tracheoesophageal Fistula and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM).

Carter Glenn is a Thoracic Surgeon in Charleston, South Carolina. His top area of expertise is Tricuspid Regurgitation.

Sheel Patel is a Thoracic Surgeon in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Patel has been practicing medicine for over 10 years.

Bruce Agster is a Thoracic Surgeon in Daniel Island, South Carolina.

Fred Crawford is a Thoracic Surgeon in Charleston, South Carolina.