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Thoracic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian is dedicated to the delivery of the highest quality and advanced care to patients with diseases of the lung, trachea, esophagus, chest wall and mediastinum. Read More.

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NewYork-Presbyterian & Weill Cornell Medicine – Cardiothoracic Surgery

Conditions & Treatments

Our Surgeons

Nasser K. Altorki, M.D.

Jeffrey L. Port, M.D.

Jonathan Villena-Vargas, M.D.

Sebron W. Harrison, M.D.

Benjamin E. Lee, M.D.

Oliver S. Chow, M.D.

Interventional Pulmonologists

Muhammad S. Ali, M.B.B.S.

Eugene Shostak, M.D.

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Weill Cornell Medicine Cardiothoracic Surgery 525 East 68th Street
Box 110
Suite M 404 New York, NY 10065 Directions
Phone: (212) 746-5166 Email: ctsurgery@med.cornell.edu

News

Faculty appointed to Endowed Professorship

Dr. Nasser Altorki. Photo credit: Tiffany Walling

At the recommendation of Dean Augustine M.K. Choi, a member of the Weill Cornell Medicine faculty has been named to an endowed professorship by the Board of Overseers.

Dr. Nasser Altorki has been appointed as the David B. Skinner, M.D. Professor of Thoracic Surgery, effective April 1. He is the chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery, director of the Neuberger Berman Lung Cancer Research Center and leader of the Solid Tumor Program of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center.

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