Cardiothoracic surgeons use surgery to treat diseases that affect the organs inside your chest, including your heart, esophagus, and lungs. They specialize in the following treatments and conditions: ...

Postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) are a major concern for children undergoing thoracic surgery-especially when one ...

On a bright day in May 1953, American surgeon John Gibbon performed the first ever successful open-heart operation with a heart-lung machine, which he and his wife Mary had developed. This ...

Thoracic surgeons -- who are often grouped with cardiac, or heart, specialists for cardiothoracic surgery -- operate on the heart, lungs, esophagus, and major blood vessels inside the chest, as well ...

In 2020, the department created a six-year Thoracic Surgery Integrated Residency Program, leveraging the strengths of our long-established training programs in cardiothoracic surgery and general ...

The Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery is world renowned in the evaluation and surgical treatment of cardiovascular and aortic disease. The surgical teams at Baylor College of Medicine and the Texas ...

Benjamin Wei, M.D., a professor in the UAB Department of Surgery and the program director of the UAB Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency in the UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, has been named the ...

The cardiothoracic surgery program at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine was the first to perform open heart surgery in Missouri and continues to be a leader in cardiothoracic care. Our ...