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 ...

A Black woman is breaking barriers for other minorities in surgical fields. Dr. Africa Wallace, director of Thoracic Surgery at Capital Health, was tapped as the president of the Eastern ...

GREENBRAE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MarinHealth is proud to announce the launch of its new Cardiothoracic Surgery Program, as part of the MarinHealth Heart and Vascular Institute, to provide advanced ...

Patients needing thoracic surgery can benefit from a shorter hospital stay, less post-operative pain, smaller incisions, a lower chance of complications, and a decreased risk of mortality with robotic ...

UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and the Cardiovascular Institute patient services were recently recognized in Newsweek’s list of the World’s Best Specialized Hospitals 2026, highlighting its ...

Robotic heart surgery is a minimally invasive approach to cardiac surgery that allows surgeons to perform complex procedures through small incisions, using a robotic system. This technology enhances ...

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 ...

Cardiothoracic surgeon Brett Melnikoff, MD, has joined The Chattanooga Heart Institute. Dr. Melnikoff earned his medical degree from Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in Roanoke. He completed ...

Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is a group of conditions that occur when you have compressed nerves or blood vessels in the thoracic outlet. The thoracic outlet is the triangular space between your ...