Services We Offer

The Cardiothoracic Surgery Program is dedicated to the treatment of all patients, from children to adults, with congenital and acquired heart defects ranging from the most straightforward to the extremely complex. With extensive clinical, diagnostic and surgical capabilities, our program is equipped and staffed to address all aspects of heart failure and transplant care, including heart, heart-lung and lung transplant services. Our nationally-ranked program, which performs over 500 procedures a year, continues to pioneer novel treatment strategies, including hybrid procedures, blood conservation, mechanical assist devices and use of minimally-invasive techniques to improve long-term quality of life.

Closed-Heart Procedures
  • Pulmonary artery (PA) banding
  • Blalock-Taussig (BT) shunt
  • Coarctation of the aorta
  • Hybrid Stage I
  • Vascular ring division
  • Pacemaker placement and revision
Open Heart Procedures
  • Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)
  • Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD)
  • Atrioventricular Septal Defect (AVSD)
  • Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
  • Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (PAPVR)
    • also known as Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection (PAPVC)
  • Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR)
    • also known as Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection (TAPVC)
  • Ross
  • Konno
  • Norwood
  • Comprehensive Stage II
  • Fontan (includes initial and revision)
  • Double Outlet Right Ventricle (DORV)
  • Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery (ALCAPA)
  • Anomalous Right Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery (ARCAPA)
  • Right ventricle – pulmonary artery (RV-PA) conduit repair and replacement
  • Arterial switch
  • Central shunt
  • Glenn shunt
  • Truncus arteriosus
  • Aortic arch augmentation
  • Atrial septectomy
  • Pulmonary valve (PV) repair
  • Pulmonary valve (PV) replacement
  • Mitral valve (MV) repair
  • Mitral valve (MV) replacement
  • Tricuspid valve (TV) repair
  • Tricuspid valve (TV) replacement
  • Aortic valve/root repair
  • Aortic valve/root replacement
  • Innominate artery re-implantation
  • Subaortic membrane resection
  • Heart transplant
  • Lung transplant
  • Heart/Lung transplant
Thoracic Procedures
  • Pectus excavatum repair
    • Modified Ravitch
    • Nuss (minimally invasive)
  • Pectus carinatum repair
    • Modified Ravitch
  • Rib resection
  • Sternal fracture repair
  • Lung resection (via Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS))
  • Lung biopsy (via Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS))
  • Lung blebectomy (via Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS))
  • Lung sympathectomy (via Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS))
  • Lung lobectomy (via thoracotomy)
  • Lateral thoracic expansion