Professional societies agreed that U.S. centers performing pediatric and congenital heart surgery should be formally reorganized into two tiers with volume requirements designed to maintain surgical ...

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 ...

This article appears in print in the April 2020 issue as part of the Top Doctors (Cardiology Specialties) cover story. Click here to subscribe. Thoracic and cardiac surgery includes operations ...

Michal Hubka, M.D.: lung cancer, minimally invasive thoracic surgery, robotic surgery, video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS); Virginia Mason Seattle Medical Center, General Surgery, 1100 Ninth Ave., ...

Thoracic outlet decompression (TOD) can treat thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS), where the nerves and blood vessels in your chest are compressed. The aim of TOD is to reduce pressure on the structures ...

Dr. Michael "Frank" Gleason joined the UAB Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery in September 2025 as an assistant professor. Dr. Michael "Frank" Gleason attended the UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of ...