When appropriate, surgery remains the most effective treatment option for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), including for patients with COPD, said Friedberg, professor in the Department of Thoracic ...

Further database analysis is needed to create accurate risk prediction models for surgical morbidity and mortality to aid ...

Breakthrough research presented at the 2026 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting shows that additional lymph node ...

Ascending aortic hemiarch reconstruction offers the same long-term benefits to patients over age 65 with acute type A aortic ...

Hiroshi Kagawa, MD joins the Division of Cardiothoracic surgery as a faculty member in the adult cardiac section. Dr. Kagawa grew up in Tokyo, Japan and earned his medical degree from The Jikei ...

Johannes R. Kratz, MD, has been named as the inaugural chief of UCSF’s Division of Thoracic Surgery, one of the leading academic robotic thoracic surgery programs in the western U.S. He brings a track ...

A major trend in cardiac surgery is what’s called the “hybrid approach,” which can involve applying open and catheter-based ...

During the first three years of the thoracic surgery integrated residency program, residents will undergo clinical training in General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, and Cardiology as well as ...

Michal Hubka, M.D.: lung cancer, minimally invasive thoracic surgery, robotic surgery, video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS); Virginia Mason Seattle Medical Center, General Surgery, 1100 Ninth Ave., ...

Residents and fellows in thoracic surgery programs rotate at renowned hospitals all located within the Texas Medical Center. Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center is the primary private adult hospital ...