Less than 10 percent of heart and lung surgeons in the United States are women. At a recent conference, they vowed to change that.

Friends and colleagues are mourning cardiothoracic surgeon Domenico Pagano, MD, the onetime secretary-general of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), who died October 10 ...

Dr. Christopher Ellington, a thoracic surgeon at Ascension Sacred Heart, is the only doctor in the Pensacola area performing ...

Robert Allen, a long-time volunteer firefighter, experienced a life-changing heart attack and received top-notch care from ...

Within the next 15 years, the United States faces a severe shortage of cardiothoracic surgeons -- possibly resulting in diminished quality of care and delayed care for heart and lung surgery patients.

July 28, 2009 (Washington, DC) — The United States faces a severe shortage of cardiothoracic surgeons within 10 years if entry into the profession keeps declining while the patient population ages, a ...

Dr. Johnson is board certified in general surgery and fellowship-trained in thoracic surgery, bringing with him more than a decade of clinical and research experience. He specializes in robotic ...

Dr. Marc Moon, an expert and pioneer in the most advanced forms of cardiac surgery, has been named chief of the division of cardiothoracic surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, chief of the adult ...

When an unmanned supply mission launched into space today, bound for the International Space Station, it meant something extraordinary to Dr. Peter Lee, a cardiothoracic surgeon. That’s because his ...