Thoracic Surgery
Offering chest, esophageal and lung surgery techniques, including minimally-invasive and robotic thoracic surgery
Our Services
WakeMed Heart & Vascular Physicians - Thoracic Surgery offers chest, esophageal and lung surgery techniques, including minimally-invasive and robotic thoracic surgery.
Our Specialties
- Chest Wall Diseases and Tumors
- Chest Wall and First-rib Resections
- Esophageal Diseases
- Hyperhidrosis
- Lung Cancer and Nodules
- Mediastinal Masses
- Pleural Diseases
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We are welcoming new patients and we accept most insurance plans.
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Our Locations
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Heart & Vascular - Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery - Raleigh Campus
WakeMed Heart Center
3000 New Bern Avenue, Suite 1100
Raleigh, NC 27610
Phone: 919-231-6333
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
Heart & Vascular - Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery - Cary
210 Ashville Avenue
Suite 210
Cary, NC 27518
Phone: 919-235-6570
Our Providers
Our Advanced Practice Providers
Thoracic Conditions We Treat
Chest Wall Diseases and Tumors
- Chest wall resection
- Pectus excavatum and carinatum repair with Nuss and Ravitch procedures
- Thoracic outlet obstruction
Esophageal Diseases (Robotic and Thoracoscopic (VATS) options for all)
- Diverticulectomy
- Esophagectomy
- Fundoplication
- Heller myotomy
- Paraesophageal hernia repair
Hyperhidrosis
- Sympathectomy
Lung Cancer and Nodules (Robotic and Thoracoscopic (VATS) options for all)
- Lobectomy, segmentectomy, and wedge resection
- Metastasectomy
- PleurX catheter placement
- Pleurodesis
Mediastinal Masses (Robotic and Thoracoscopic (VATS) options for all)
- Thymectomy
- Mediastinoscopy, Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)
- Biopsy
- Cyst removal
Pleural Diseases (Robotic and Thoracoscopic (VATS) options for all)
- Decortication
- Pleurodesis
- Diaphragm plication
- Diaphragm hernia repair
- Biopsy