University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Thoracic Surgery - Independent people

Associate Program Director for the ACGME Thoracic Surgery Residency

Thoracic surgeon, Associate Professor at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Atrial Fibrillation, Coronary Revascularization, Extravascular AICD (Pacemaker) Implants, Minimally Invasive Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

Philip Linden, MD

Division Chief, Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery

Thoracic surgeon, Associate Professor of Surgery at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Esophageal Diseases, Esophagectomy, Lung Cancer, Mediastinal Masses including Thymoma and Thymic Cancer

Yasir Abu-Omar, MD, DO, PhD, MPH

Division Chief, Cardiac Surgery

Cardiac surgery physician, Clinical Professor of Surgery at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Complex Cardiac Redo Operation, Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Heart Transplantation, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Boxiang Jiang, MD

Assistant Professor, CWRU School of Medicine

Thoracic surgeon, Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Benign Esophageal Diseases, Benign Pleural Diseases, Chest Wall Deformities, Chest Wall Trauma

Christopher Towe, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery, CWRU School of Medicine; Professor of Surgery, CWRU School of Medicine; Charles A. Hubay, MD, Chair in Surgery, University Hospitals

Thoracic surgeon, Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Achalasia, Bronchoscopy, Chest Wall Deformities including Pectus and Rib Deformities, Chest Wall Trauma

Jillian Sinopoli, DO, MD

Assistant Professor, CWRU School of Medicine

Thoracic surgeon, Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Chest Wall Defects and Reconstruction, Esophageal Cancer, Esophageal Diseases, Hiatal Hernias

Joseph Sabik, MD

Vice President, Surgical Operations, University Hospitals; Surgeon-in-Chief, University Hospitals; Chair, Department of Surgery, UH Cleveland Medical Center; Sally and Bob Gries Distinguished Chair in Cardiac Surgery, University Hospitals

Thoracic surgeon, Professor of Surgery at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Kimberly Golla, MD

Resident

Leonidas Tapias, MD

Assistant Professor, CWRU School of Medicine

Thoracic surgeon, Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Chest Wall Tumors, Esophageal Cancer, Hiatal Hernias, Lung Cancer

Mark Galantowicz, MD

Co-Director of the Heart Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Congenital cardiac surgery physician, Professor of Surgery at Ohio State University Hospital

Surgical treatment and repair of newborns with congenital heart defects, adolescent and adult congenital heart disease, cardiopulmonary transplantation, Cardiac Malformations, Congenital Heart Disease

Mohamed Halim, MD

Co-Director, Aortic Center, Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals; Director, Cardiac Surgery, UH Elyria Medical Center; Assistant Professor of Surgery, CWRU School of Medicine

Cardiac surgery physician, Assistant Professor of Surgery at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Complex Cardiac Redo Operation, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG) - Off Pump, Endovascular Aortic Therapy (EAT), Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery

Pablo Vega, MD

Director, Cardiac Surgery, UH Lake West Medical Center; Director, Cardiac Surgery Network, UH Cleveland Medical Center; Director, Cardiac Surgery, UH Ahuja Medical Center; Division Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine, UH Ahuja Medical Center; Clinical Associate Professor, CWRU School of Medicine

Cardiac surgery physician, Clinical Associate Professor at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABG) - Off Pump, Coronary Revascularization, Minimally Invasive Valve Replacement, Robotic Surgery

Samuel Creden, MD

Resident

General practice physician at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

multidisciplinary thoracic surgical oncology, foregut & esophageal surgery, airway & tracheal surgery, surgical education, food photography, hiking, reading, anything on the water

Sarah Eapen, MD

Assistant Professor, CWRU School of Medicine

Thoracic surgeon, Clinical Instructor at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Aortic Surgery including Open and Percutaneous Thoracic Aortic Repair, Endocarditis, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Valve Repair

Xun Luo

Assistant Professor, CWRU School of Medicine

Surgery resident, Washington University/B-JH/SLCH Consortium

Yakov Elgudin, MD, PhD

Surgical Director, Lung Transplantation, Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals; Senior Attending Cardiac Surgeon, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals; Associate Professor of Surgery, CWRU School of Medicine; Marcella "Dolly" Haugh Chair in Valvular Surgery, UH Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute

Thoracic surgeon, Associate Professor of Surgery at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Congenital Heart Disease, Coronary Revascularization, Heart Transplantation, Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD)