25 of the Best Thoracic Surgeons Near Me

Todd Guynn is a General Surgeon and a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin. Dr. Guynn is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Carotid Artery Disease, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Aortic Valve Stenosis, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Heart Valve Repair. Dr. Guynn is board certified in American Board Of Surgery and American Board Of Thoracic Surgery.

Rebecca Weaver is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Dr. Weaver is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Lung Adenocarcinoma, Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma, Pleurisy, and Advanced Bronchoscopy. Dr. Weaver is board certified in American Board Of Surgery.

David West, MD, is a cardiothoracic surgeon and has certifications in thoracic surgery by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and general surgery by the American Board of Surgery. He is director of cardiac surgery at UPMC Passavant and is an assistant professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from West Virginia University and completed his residency at the University of Kentucky, followed by his fellowship at Allegheny General Hospital.Dr. West joined the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute in 2019. His clinical interests include treatment of coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, and atrial fibrillation. He is a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Dr. West lives in Latrobe with his wife and two children, is an avid golfer, and enjoys hockey and traveling. Dr. West is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Pleurisy, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. West is board certified in American Board Of Surgery and American Board Of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. West is currently accepting new patients.

David W. Yandell, MD, is a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon at Ascension St. John in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Dr. Yandell delivers minimally invasive heart care and open heart surgery to open narrow arteries, restore blood flow to the heart, repair leaky heart valves and surgically correct chronic AFib. He starts by listening to understand you and your health concerns. Dr. Yandell works with you to create a personalized care plan. As one of our cardiovascular specialists, he is part of an integrated, national network of heart care specialists, sharing best practices and offering evaluation and treatment of the most complex heart conditions. Dr. Yandell is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Aortic Valve Stenosis, Arterial Embolism, Aortic Regurgitation, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), and Heart Bypass Surgery. Dr. Yandell is board certified in The American Board Of Thoracic Surgery - Thoracic And Cardiac Surgery. Dr. Yandell is currently accepting new patients.

Adult Cardiac SurgeryValvular and Aortic DiseaseCardiovascular Disease Surgical Treatment of Heart FailureMechanical Circulatory Support Devices Heart transplantationDr. McKellar is a native of Salt Lake City and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Utah. He received his medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine. He received his surgical training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and then returned to Salt Lake City in 2012. Dr. Mckellar is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cardiogenic Shock, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Cardiac Tamponade, Lung Transplant, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Mckellar is board certified in American Board Of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Mckellar is currently accepting new patients.

Derlis Martino is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Mayfield Hts, Ohio. He has been practicing medicine for over 42 years. Dr. Martino is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Arterial Embolism, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Carotid Artery Disease, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG). Dr. Martino is board certified in American Board Of Thoracic Surgery, 2005.

Dr. Joseph J. DeRose, Jr., graduated Summa Cum Laude from Georgetown University where he earned the Chapman Medal for the most outstanding student in Biology. He completed his MD degree at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and received the Whipple award for the most outstanding student in Surgery. Dr. Derose is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Aortic Valve Stenosis, Atrial Myxoma, Heart Tumor, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG). Dr. Derose is board certified in American Board Of Thoracic Surgery.

Steven Weiss is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Weiss is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Atrial Myxoma, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Heart Valve Repair. Dr. Weiss is board certified in American Board Of Thoracic Surgery.

Ronald Emmi is a Cardiologist and a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. Dr. Emmi is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy, Lung Nodules, Atherosclerosis, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement. Dr. Emmi is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease. Dr. Emmi is currently accepting new patients.

Ralph Christy is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Concord, North Carolina. Dr. Christy is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Arterial Embolism, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Carotid Artery Surgery. Dr. Christy is board certified in American Board Of Surgery and American Board Of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Christy is currently accepting new patients.

Before attending medical school, Dr. George Dimeling enrolled in the United States Navy. He later attended the University of Virginia where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree; he earned a Master of Science degree from Georgetown University, and later completed his medical degree at Drexel University. He completed an internship and residency at Stanford University Hospital and is currently pursuing his MBA. Since 2017, Dr. Dimeling has worked as an adult cardiac surgeon in the Norfolk, Virginia, and Cleveland, Ohio, areas. He is board-certified from the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.Dr. Dimeling is a member of the Lexington Medical Society, Kentucky Medical Association, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Western Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and the Fellow of American College of Cardiology. In 2020, he also began serving as a board member for the American College of Cardiology – Ohio Chapter.“The most rewarding part of my job is seeing patients enjoy a life that they didn’t think was possible,” he said. “They typically feel immediately better after surgery, and then continue to make progress in the weeks to follow. Easing patients concerns and relieving their symptoms is amazing process to witness and to contribute. I am always available when they need me. There’s a certain bond and trust between the physician and patient; that is absolutely fundamental.”. Dr. Dimeling is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Aortic Valve Stenosis, Cardiac Tamponade, Aortic Regurgitation, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Heart Valve Repair. Dr. Dimeling is currently accepting new patients.

Steven Macheers is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. He has been practicing medicine for over 41 years. Dr. Macheers is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Adenosine Deaminase 2 Deficiency, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Aortic Valve Replacement. Dr. Macheers is board certified in American Board Of Thoracic Surgery, 1994.

Timothy Sell is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Dearborn, Michigan. He has been practicing medicine for over 39 years. Dr. Sell is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Aortic Valve Stenosis, Arterial Embolism, Endocarditis, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), and Heart Bypass Surgery. Dr. Sell is board certified in American Board Of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Sell is currently accepting new patients.

Rohit Shahani is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Staten Island, New York. Dr. Shahani is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Aortic Valve Stenosis, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Necrosis, Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), and Aortic Valve Replacement. Dr. Shahani is board certified in American Board Of Surgery and American Board Of Thoracic Surgery.

I treat children because I find it really rewarding to help make a difference with their conditions. Heart diseases can be the most challenging, so seeing them achieve positive outcomes is quite rewarding. Kids are ill through no fault of their own, and helping them see improvements is an amazing blessing. I am passionate about delivering high-level care. Our patients and their families are coming to us in their time of need and they should expect and receive the utmost care for their most prized possession — their health. It’s our job to fulfill that expectation. In addition to providing high-level care, I believe we have an obligation to share our knowledge with successive generations and I believe teaching should be a passion of everyone in the health care field. This helps the medical field as a whole improve and all of us to provide our patients with the highest level of care. I try to make a difference by bringing humor and respect to daily interactions. We all work to be excellent in our respective fields, however it is the human component that separates the good from the great. I try to be both technically good and expressly human in all that I do. Dr. Beaty is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Mitral Atresia, Double Aortic Arch, Vascular Ring, Patent Ductus Arteriosus, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Beaty is board certified in American Board Of Surgery.

Joseph Mammarappallil is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Durham, North Carolina. He has been practicing medicine for over 17 years. Dr. Mammarappallil is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Lung Nodules, Pleural Effusion, Interstitial Lung Disease, and Pleurisy. Dr. Mammarappallil is board certified in American Board Of Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology.

"""It's not just about getting the patient through their surgery it's about getting them back to their old life."" Dr. Pey-Jen (Jenny) Yu is a cardiothoracic surgeon at the Sandra Atlas Bass Heart Hospital, one of New York's largest and most successful cardiac programs. The Heart Hospital is continually recognized by third party organizations for having the best outcomes in various cardiac procedures. Dr. Yu performs a full spectrum of procedures, including coronary artery bypass surgery, traditional valve repair and replacement, and minimally invasive transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). As one of the Heart Hospital's younger recruits, Dr. Yu benefits from the most up-to-date cardiac training, especially when it comes to TAVR. Dr. Yu is also an active and accomplished researcher. She's especially interested in using Northwell Health's robust cardiac patient database to study the effectiveness of various treatments. This leads to better, more informed patient care across the department. ""Without curiosity and research, you're just practicing the same medicine over and over again with no progress,"" she says. Dr. Yu wanted to be a physician for as long as she can remember, and her passion for science began to flourish in high school. There she did research at the National Institutes of Health, especially around the AIDS epidemic, which solidified her interested in pursuing a medical career. Once in medical school, she was immediately drawn to cardiac surgery. ""It's a difficult field because of the time commitment and rigid schedule, but I tell prospective surgeons, If you can't imagine yourself doing anything but cardiac surgery, then you should be doing that. That's exactly how I felt."" At the Heart Hospital, Dr. Yu is especially proud of the focused care and attention she and her team offer patients and their families before, during and after surgery. ""Patients really appreciate the time I spend with them throughout the entire process,"" she says. ""I treat the whole person including psychologically, socially and emotionally and try to make what they're going through easier."" When she's not with her patients, Dr. Yu mentors residents as the associate director of the residency program at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. She completed her own cardiovascular surgical training at NYU Langone Medical Center's flagship location, Tisch Hospital. She also trained at Bellevue Hospital and Manhattan VA Hospital, where she was exposed to and performed the full spectrum of cardiovascular surgery. Prior to that, she was a resident in General Surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell. Dr. Yu received her Doctor of Medicine from New York University School of Medicine.". Dr. Yu is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Aortic Valve Stenosis, Aortic Dissection, Cystic Medial Necrosis of Aorta, Heart Valve Repair, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. Yu is board certified in American Board Of Thoracic Surgery.

Nima Tishbi is a Radiologist and a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in New Hyde Park, New York. Dr. Tishbi is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Pleurisy, Pleural Effusion, Lung Nodules, and Idiopathic Dilatation of the Pulmonary Artery.

Edgar Massabni is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Iron Mountain, Michigan. Dr. Massabni is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Angina, Peripheral Artery Disease, Arterial Insufficiency, Heart Attack, and Cardiac Ablation.

Steven Mattleman is a Cardiologist and a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. Dr. Mattleman is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Atherosclerosis, Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Coronary Heart Disease. Dr. Mattleman is board certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology. Dr. Mattleman is currently accepting new patients.

Jessica Donington is a General Surgeon and a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Crown Point, Indiana. Dr. Donington is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Lung Cancer, Lung Nodules, Endoscopy, and Thymectomy. Dr. Donington is board certified in Thoracic And Cardiac Surgery and Practicing Since1994.

Christopher Salerno is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Salerno is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Infective Endocarditis, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Heart Transplant, and Heart Bypass Surgery. Dr. Salerno is board certified in Thoracic Surgery and Practicing Since1992.

Emmanuel Daon is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Kansas City, Kansas. He has been practicing medicine for over 33 years. Dr. Daon is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Cystic Medial Necrosis of Aorta, Aortic Dissection, Patent Foramen Ovale Repair, and Heart Bypass Surgery. Dr. Daon is board certified in American Board Of Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Surgery - 2002. Dr. Daon is currently accepting new patients.

B. Payne Stanifer, MD, MPH has been with the Department of Surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center since 2017. He completed his fellowship as the chief fellow in thoracic surgery at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL where he trained under Dr. Malcolm DeCamp and Dr. Patrick McCarthy in thoracic and cardiac surgery. His clinical interests encompass all areas of thoracic surgery including lung and esophageal cancer, thymic tumors, tracheal resection and reconstruction, and surgery for tracheomalacia (tracheoplasty), chest wall, diaphragm, benign esophageal disease, surgery for emphysema, and lung transplant. He has skills in both minimally invasive and complex open surgery of the chest and the abdomen. Dr. Stanifer has a special interest in complex VATS pulmonary surgery including lobectomy and segmentectomy. He prefers minimally invasive techniques such as laparoscopy and VATS for the esophagus whenever possible but performs all forms of esophagectomies based on the patient’s needs. Dr. Stanifer has authored numerous presentations, abstracts, and publications on topics in thoracic surgery such as lung cancer, tracheal surgery, spontaneous pneumothorax, and interstitial lung disease. His research at Columbia has focused on oncology with particular interests in clinical trials, outcomes, and the epidemiology and mechanisms of lung cancer in non-smokers, especially women. He is one of the founders and directors of the Women’s Lung Center within the Price Family Center for Comprehensive Chest Care. This multidisciplinary center focuses on unique issues facing women including lung cancer in non-smokers and metastatic cancers. Dr. Stanifer completed his general surgery residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Medical School in New Hampshire. He is Board-certified in general surgery. While at Dartmouth, he obtained a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard with a focus on management and health policy. During his time at Harvard he was a Carson Family Scholar.He graduated medical school from the James H. Quillen College of Medicine at East Tennessee State University where he was a Quillen Medical Scholar. While a student at Quillen, he completed a research fellowship at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. He is a graduate of the College of William and Mary where he focused on molecular and evolutionary biology. His research won a Howard Hughes Student Research grant. He has extensive volunteer experience in underserved areas and was an intern for the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved in Washington, D.C. He can be reached at (212) 305-3408. Dr. Stanifer is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Lymphofollicular Hyperplasia, Fibrosing Mediastinitis, Lung Cancer, Endoscopy, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Stanifer is board certified in Surgery. Dr. Stanifer is currently accepting new patients.

Matthew Johnston, MD, is a fellowship-trained thoracic surgeon with Orlando Health Cancer Institute's Rod Taylor Thoracic Care Center. Dr. Johnston cares for patients with lymphoma, lung cancer and a variety of chest conditions using minimally invasive surgical and robotic-assisted options. He also specializes in endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy (ETS) surgery to treat hyperhidrosis, or excessive sweating.Dr. Johnston's TrainingAfter graduating magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of South Florida Honors College in Tampa, Dr. Johnston earned his medical degree from Florida State University College of Medicine in Tallahassee. He went on to complete a general surgery residency with Orlando Health and cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he served as an instructor in thoracic surgery.About Dr. JohnstonDr. Johnston is certified in laparoscopic surgery by the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons and a member of the American College of Surgeons and Golden Key International Honor Society.He is an inaugural member of the Collaborative Quality Advisory Council at Orlando Health and also has published his work in the American Surgeon Journal and presented studies at annual medical conferences.Following in the footsteps of his grandfather and father, Dr. Johnston is proud to be a third-generation thoracic surgeon. Dr. Johnston is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Tracheobronchomalacia, Hiatal Hernia, Lung Cancer, and Endoscopy.