25 of the Best Thoracic Surgeons Near Me

Dr. Claudio Lima is a cardiac surgeon and is certified in cardiothoracic surgery by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Lima earned his medical degree from Espirito Santo Federal University in Brazil and completed residencies at Buffalo General Hospital and UPMC, followed by a fellowship in pediatric cardiovascular surgery at The Children’s Hospital Denver. He is an assistant professor of cardiothoracic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and previously served as director of cardiovascular surgery at UPMC Mercy. His clinical expertise encompasses Aortic Valve Stenosis, Arterial Embolism, Infective Endocarditis, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG). Dr. Lima is board certified in American Board Of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Lima is currently accepting new patients.

Issa Rezek is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Fairview Park, Ohio. His clinical expertise encompasses Collapsed Lung, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Esophageal Perforation, Aortic Valve Replacement, and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR). Dr. Rezek is board certified in American Board Of Thoracic Surgery, 2022. Dr. Rezek is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Hafen is board-certified and specializes in structural heart disease. His areas of expertise include open, port access and robotic approaches to valvular disease, transcatheter interventions on the mitral and tricuspid valves, and adult congenital heart disease. In addition, Dr. Hafen treats thoracic aortic disease and coronary artery disease by both conventional and hybrid robotic approaches. His clinical expertise encompasses Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Coarctation of the Aorta, Mitral Stenosis, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Heart Valve Repair. Dr. Hafen is board certified in General Surgery- American Board Of Surgery/General Surgery, Thoracic And Cardiac Surgery- American Board Of Thoracic Surgery/Thoracic And Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic And Cardiac Surgery- American Board Of Thoracic Surgery, and General Surgery- American Board Of Surgery. Dr. Hafen is currently accepting new patients.

William Mcmaster is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Columbia, South Carolina. His clinical expertise encompasses Aortic Valve Stenosis, Endocarditis, Arterial Embolism, Heart Transplant, and Heart Bypass Surgery. Dr. Mcmaster is board certified in American Board Of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Mcmaster is currently accepting new patients.

Yusuke Tsukioka is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. His clinical expertise encompasses Double Discordia, Ventricular Septal Defects, Mitral Stenosis, Congenital Coronary Artery Malformation, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Tsukioka is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Abdussalam Elsenousi is a cardiothoracic and transplant surgeon who specializes in advanced heart and lung failure and mechanical circulatory support. Dr. Elsenousi completed his Cardiovascular Surgery Fellowship at Texas Heart Institute in 2018. He joins the faculty of Baylor College of Medicine after completing his Cardiothoracic Transplantation Fellowship in March 2020. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Tumor, Lung Transplant, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Elsenousi is board certified in Texas Medical AssociationAmerican Medical AssociationAmerican Thoracic SocietyInternational Society For Heart And Lung Transplantation. Dr. Elsenousi is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Will Yarbrough is a highly skilled cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon at MUSC Health in Columbia, SC. He earned his medical degree from the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 1999.After completing a two-year NIH research fellowship and general surgery training at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, Dr. Yarbrough received his certification in cardiac and thoracic surgery from Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto, CA, in 2009.Certified by both the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, Dr. Yarbrough specializes in all aspects of adult cardiac and general thoracic surgery. His clinical expertise encompasses Arterial Embolism, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT), Atrial Tachycardia, and Heart Bypass Surgery. Dr. Yarbrough is currently accepting new patients.

Michael Howard is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Stuart, Florida. His clinical expertise encompasses Aortic Valve Stenosis, Infective Endocarditis, Cardiac Tamponade, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Aortic Valve Replacement. Dr. Howard is currently accepting new patients.

Azmath Mohammed is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Sacramento, California. His clinical expertise encompasses Mediastinitis, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Infective Endocarditis, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG). Dr. Mohammed is board certified in Thoracic And Cardiac Surgery. Dr. Mohammed is currently accepting new patients.

Amalia Jonsson is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. Her clinical expertise encompasses Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Infective Endocarditis, Aortic Dissection, Cystic Medial Necrosis of Aorta, and Heart Bypass Surgery. Dr. Jonsson is currently accepting new patients.

I am a cardiothoracic imaging specialist who specializes in pathology affecting the heart and lungs. I am an advocate for all patients and passionate about medical education. Her clinical expertise encompasses Pleurisy, Pleural Effusion, Lung Nodules, and Lung Cancer. Dr. Cheng is board certified in American Board Of Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology. Dr. Cheng is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Paula Ugalde Figueroa graduated from the medical school of the Federal University of Bahia in Salvador, BA, Brazil. She did her general surgical residency at Santo Antônio Hospital-Irmã Dulce, a university-affiliated hospital also in Salvador, and her thoracic surgery residency at Santa Casa da Misericórdia Hospital in Porto Alegre RS, Brazil. Additionally, she did postdoctoral research at Santa Casa da Misericórdia Hospital and the Federal University of Bahia and obtained a master’s degree in Internal Medicine in 2004. She was an assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pneumology at the Federal University of Bahia Medical School from 2001 to 2005. From 2005 to 2007, Dr. Ugalde did a clinical fellowship in thoracic surgery at Centre de Pneumologie et de Chirurgie Thoracique Hôpital Laval in Quebec, Canada. In the 2007-2008 academic year, she studied at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center under Dr. James D. Luketich, completing a Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Fellowship.In 2013, she was recruited back to Quebec and began her tenure as an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at Laval University. She was named director of the Thoracic Oncology research program of the Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec (IUCPQ) at Laval University in 2015 and was promoted to clinical professor in 2019.Dr. Ugalde established herself as a thoracic surgeon dedicated to research. She has an extensive record of publications including an impressive body of work on thoracic surgery using innovative uniportal VATS approaches for lung cancer. She has also participated in Canadian national clinical research groups. Dr. Ugalde oversaw the creation of the lung cancer database at Laval University, and under her guidance the university became the largest contributor in the world of cases to the prospective database maintained by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC). She was awarded the Clifton F. Mountain Lectureship Award for Staging from the IASLC in 2019, and due to this effort, she was appointed Chair of the Database Committee of Staging and Prognostic Factors Committee of the IASLC in 2019. In 2019, Dr. Ugalde was accepted as a member of the American Association of Thoracic Surgery (AATS) and in 2021 as member of the STS. In 2021, she was also nominated Board Director of the IASLC.She has performed peer-review for the society’s journals as well as for other journals including the European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery and given lectures at AATS symposia and worldwide. She has helped introduce minimally invasive thoracic surgery in Brazil and Latin America through courses and one-on-one mentoring, including teaching a Latin American fellow in Quebec each year who then returns to his or her home country. Additionally, Dr. Ugalde pursues this mission as co-chair of International Affairs for the Women in Thoracic Surgery society. Her clinical expertise encompasses Lung Cancer, Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Lymphofollicular Hyperplasia, Thymectomy, and Endoscopy. Dr. Figueroa is currently accepting new patients.

Mark Awolesi is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Beaumont, Texas. His clinical expertise encompasses Collapsed Lung and Heart Bypass Surgery. Dr. Awolesi is board certified in American Board Of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Awolesi is currently accepting new patients.

Andrea Carollo is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Bay Shore, New York. His clinical expertise encompasses Collapsed Lung, Lymphofollicular Hyperplasia, Pneumomediastinum, Gastrostomy, and Angioplasty. Dr. Carollo is board certified in American Board Of Thoracic Surgery-Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery and American Board Of Surgery. Dr. Carollo is currently accepting new patients.

Jeffrey Javidfar is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. His clinical expertise encompasses Emphysema, Parapneumonic Pleural Effusion, Pleural Effusion, Subcutaneous Emphysema, and Endoscopy. Dr. Javidfar is board certified in American Board Of Surgery, 2017. Dr. Javidfar is currently accepting new patients.

Andrew Peters is a Thoracic Surgeon and a Cardiologist practicing medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His clinical expertise encompasses Pulmonary Edema, Heart Failure, Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF), and Aortic Valve Stenosis. Dr. Peters is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease and Internal Medicine. Dr. Peters is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. William E. Cohn is one of the leaders of the team of experts developing a total artificial heart that will deliver blood by means of continuous flow rather than pulsation. This research has grant support from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; the John S. Dunn Research Foundation; the Alexander Family Trust; and the McIngvale family Trust.This new artificial heart is smaller, less expensive, and predicted to be more reliable than previous generations of artificial hearts. William E. Cohn currently has 170 active or pending patents for his inventions and is the founder or co-founder of five venture-backed life science startups. In addition, Dr. Cohn is a venture partner at Santé Health Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on capitalizing early-stage life science technology. His clinical expertise encompasses Infantile Pneumothorax, Aortic Regurgitation, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Cohn is board certified in General Surgery, American Board Of Surgery and Thoracic Surgery, American Board Of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Cohn is currently accepting new patients.

My approach to patient care is to treat everyone as if they were my family member. I like to learn about each patient’s values and together create the best treatment plan, whether that is open heart surgery, minimally invasive heart surgery, or transcatheter therapy. The idea of needing heart surgery can be daunting. It’s my job to guide each patient through the operation safely and get them back on their feet so they can enjoy their life with their loved ones. His clinical expertise encompasses Aortic Valve Stenosis, Mitral Stenosis, Infective Endocarditis, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Aortic Valve Replacement. Dr. Ma is board certified in American Board Of Surgery and American Board Of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Ma is currently accepting new patients.

Donna Kimmaliardjuk is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Her clinical expertise encompasses Aortic Valve Stenosis, Endocardial Fibroelastosis, Fibrosing Mediastinitis, and Infective Endocarditis. Dr. Kimmaliardjuk is board certified in Royal College Of Physicians And Surgeons Of Canada, 2020. Dr. Kimmaliardjuk is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Steimer serves as a surgeon in the Division of Thoracic Surgery and holds a clinical instructor position at Harvard Medical School. She practices at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Southcoast Hospital.  Graduating with a medical degree from the University of Kentucky, she completed her general surgery training at Baylor University Medical Center. Furthering her expertise, she underwent cardiothoracic surgical residency and an additional fellowship in foregut and general thoracic surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Her passion for oncology ignited during her time at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, where she delved into researching genes associated with cell death pathways. Her research interest is focused on patient frailty and optimizing care for elderly patients with lung cancer and other thoracic malignancies. Dr. Steimer is dedicated to providing compassionate and personalized care to her patients. She performs surgeries with minimally invasive techniques (through small incisions) to decrease pain and improve patient recovery from surgery. Her clinical expertise encompasses Lung Cancer, Pleuropulmonary Blastoma, Lung Nodules, and Mesothelioma. Dr. Steimer is board certified in Surgery, General and Thoracic And Cardiac Surgery. Dr. Steimer is currently accepting new patients.

Yuting Chiang is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His clinical expertise encompasses Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), Bicuspid Aortic Valve, Tricuspid Regurgitation, Heart Transplant, and Embolectomy. Dr. Chiang is board certified in American Board Of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Chiang is currently accepting new patients.

Roger Zhu is a Thoracic Surgeon practicing medicine in Staten Island, New York. He has been practicing medicine for over 10 years. His clinical expertise encompasses End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Lung Cancer, and Achalasia. Dr. Zhu is board certified in American Board Of Thoracic Surgery and American Board Of Surgery. Dr. Zhu is currently accepting new patients.

As a thoracic surgeon, I care for patients with a wide range of general thoracic problems with a focus on minimally invasive techniques. I believe that patient education is highly important. Empowering patients with a comprehensive understanding of their disease process and treatment options allows us to make informed, joint decisions about the best approach for each individual patient. I prioritize clear, open communication to ensure both patients and their families are fully engaged in the care process. Compassion and active listening are at the heart of my practice, as I strive to create a supportive environment where patients feel heard and respected. Her clinical expertise encompasses Atrial Myxoma, Hiatal Hernia, Colorectal Cancer, Thymectomy, and Gastrectomy. Dr. Mackay is currently accepting new patients.

Timo Z. Nazari-Shafti, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, specializes in all aspects of adult cardiac surgery, with a particular focus on coronary artery bypass surgery, including off-pump coronary artery surgery. He has a strong interest in advancing new technologies for minimally invasive bypass grafting, such as minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass and totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass.Originally from Lübeck, Germany, Dr. Nazari-Shafti earned his medical degree from the Otto-von-Guericke-University in Magdeburg, Germany. He completed two postdoctoral fellowships in the U.S., one at Tulane University and the other at Houston Methodist Research Institute. He then completed an integrated residency at the German Heart Center Berlin, one of Europe’s leading cardiac surgery hospitals. During his residency, he set up his own research group at Charité University and the Berlin/Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, where he served as a junior faculty member and a steering committee member. He also qualified for the prestigious Berlin Institute of Health Junior Clinician and Clinician Scientist Program and secured a European Government Grant to support collaborative projects between academic researchers and industry partners across Europe.Dr. Nazari-Shafti’s research focuses on enhancing various aspects of coronary artery bypass grafting. His work spans endothelial biology at the bench, preclinical large-animal studies, and clinical trials. This broad scope reflects his commitment to translating basic scientific discoveries into clinical innovations. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Tumor, Mitral Valve Prolapse, Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Heart Bypass Surgery, and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG). Dr. Nazari-Shafti is board certified in European Association For Cardiothoracic SurgeonsInternational Society For Coronary Artery SurgeryGerman Society For Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. Nazari-Shafti is currently accepting new patients.

Justin G. Miller, MD, is an independent heart surgeon at Ascension Illinois in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Miller 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. Miller works with you to create a personalized care plan. His clinical expertise encompasses Congenital Aneurysms of the Great Vessels and Aortic Valve Stenosis. Dr. Miller is board certified in The American Board Of Surgery - General Surgery and American Board Of Surgery. Dr. Miller is currently accepting new patients.