Faculty

James D. Luketich, MD, FACS
Chief, Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Director, Thoracic Surgical Oncology
Director, UPMC Esophageal and Lung Surgery Institute
Director, Mark Ravitch/Leon C. Hirsch Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery

James M. Ackerman, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Evan T. Alicuben, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Omar Awais, DO
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Director, Advanced General Thoracic and Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Fellowship

Nicholas Baker, MD
Johannes Bonatti, MD
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery (UCR)
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Neil A. Christie, MD
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Danny Chu, MD, FACS
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Director of Cardiac Surgery, VAMC of Pittsburgh

Daniel Ciaburri, MD, FACC, FACS, MBA

Jenalee N. Coster, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Luciana Da Fonseca Da Silva, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Jose Da Silva, MD
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Surgical Director, Center for Valve Therapy, Heart Institute at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC

Rajeev Dhupar, MD, MBA, FACS
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Vera Svobodova Donnenberg, PhD, FCP
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Francis D. Ferdinand, MD, FACS
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chief, Cardiac Surgery, UPMC Hamot
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Masashi Furukawa, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
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David J. Kaczorowski, MD

Ergin Kocyildirim, MD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Robert L. Kormos, MD, FAHA, FRCS(C)
Professor Emeritus
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Renee L. Levesque, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Ryan Levy, MD
Chief, Thoracic Surgery, UPMC Passavant
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Claudio Lima, MD
Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Mario Castro Medina, MD

Victor O. Morell, MD
Eugene S. Wiener Professor of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Vice Chair and Director Cardiovascular Services, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chief, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Co-Director, UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute
Co-Director, Heart Institute, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Kentaro Noda, PhD

Arjun Pennathur, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Sampson Family Professor in Thoracic Surgical Oncology
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Julie Phillippi, PhD
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Pablo G. Sanchez, MD, PhD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Brack G. Hattler Professor in Cardiothoracic Transplantation
Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Chief, Division of Lung Transplant & Lung Failure
Director of Lung Transplant Research
Associate Program Director, CT Surgery Residency Program

Inderpal (Netu) Sarkaria, MD, MBA, FACS
Director of Thoracic Robotic Surgery
Co-Director, UPMC Esophageal Surgery Institute

Matthew J. Schuchert, MD, FACS
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Derek R. Serna-Gallegos, MD

Adam C. Soloff, PhD
Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Diane C. Strollo, MD, FACR, FCCP
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Ibrahim Sultan, MD, FACS, FACC

Melita Viegas, MD
Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
David M. West, MD
Christopher H. Wigfield, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery (UCR)
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Tadeusz D. Witek, MD
