• Daniel and Karen Lee Chair in Thoracic Surgery
• Head, Section of General Thoracic Surgery
• Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Fellowship - University of California San Francisco Medical Center

CV Research
San Francisco, CA USA
1984

Residency - University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine

General Surgery
Toronto Canada
1983

Internship - Saint Michael's Hospital

Surgical Internship
Toronto, Ontario Canada
1979

Medical School - University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine

Toronto Canada
1978

Undergraduate - University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1974

• Surgery
• Thoracic Surgery

• Society of Thoracic Surgeons
• American College of Surgeons
• American Association for Thoracic Surgery
• American College of Chest Physicians
• European Society of Thoracic Surgeons

• Abdominal Surgery
• Bronchial Biopsy
• Bronchoscopy
• Bronchus Surgery
• Chest Surgery
• Claggetts Window
• Complex Abdominal Hernia Repair
• Diaphragm Surgery
• Diverticulectomy
• Endoscopy
• Epigastric Hernia Repair
• Esophageal Surgery
• Esophagectomy
• Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
• Esophagus Endoscopy
• First Rib Resection
• GERD Surgery
• Heller Myotomy
• Hernia Open Repair Surgery
• Laparoscopic Antireflux Surgery
• Laparoscopic Hernia Surgery
• Laparoscopy of Pelvis
• Laryngoscopy
• Lobectomy, VATS Lobectomy
• Lung Lesion Surgery
• Lung Surgery
• Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
• Mediastinal surgery
• Mediastinum Surgery
• Nodulectomy
• Parathyroid Surgery
• Pectus Carinatum Repair / Reconstruction
• Pericardial Window
• Pericardiectomy
• Pericardium Surgery
• Pleurectomy
• Pneumonectomy
• Stomach Surgery
• Thoracoscopic Surgery
• Thymus Gland Surgery
• Thyroidectomy
• Tracheal Resection
• Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)
• Voice And Larynx Surgery
• Wedge Resection

• Abdominal Abscess
• Abdominal Hernia
• Achalasia
• Barrett's Esophagus
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
• Collapsed Lung
• Collis Nissen/Nissen
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Diaphragm Hernia
• Diverticulosis
• Emphysema
• Epiphrenic Diverticulum
• Esophageal Cancer
• Esophageal Perforation
• Esophageal Stricture
• Esophagitis
• Esophagus Disease
• Gastroesophageal Reflux (GERD)
• Hiatal Hernia
• Hodgkin's Disease
• Interstitial Lung Disease
• Intestinal Ischemic Syndrome
• Lung Abscess
• Lung Cancer
• Mediastinal Tumor
• Mesothelioma
• Myasthenia Gravis
• Pectus Excavatum
• Pericardial Effusion
• Pericarditis
• Pleural Effusion
• Pneumothorax
• Pulmonary Embolism
• Pulmonary Fibrosis
• Pulmonary Hypertension
• Ribcage Injuries
• Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
• Thymoma
• Thyroid Lesion
• Tracheal Stenosis
• Umbilical Hernias
• Ventral Hernia
• Windpipe Injury
• Zenker's Diverticulum

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