For appointments, call:
- 1-888-800-9484 or 314-362-7260 for Cardiac Surgery
- 1-888-287-8741 or 314-362-7260 for Thoracic Surgery
- 314-454-6152 or 314-454-6165 for Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Washington University Cardiothoracic Surgery provides comprehensive surgical treatment of heart and lung disease. Our physicians pioneered lung volume reduction surgery for patients with emphysema; were among the first in America to perform open-heart surgery and invented the Maze procedure for atrial fibrillation.
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Alexander A. Brescia, MD, MSc
Cardiac Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Locations:
Center for Advanced Medicine Heart & Vascular Center
![Ralph James Damiano](https://physicians.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Ralph-Damiano-Jr-280x386.jpg)
Ralph James Damiano, Jr., MD
Cardiac Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Locations:
Center for Advanced Medicine Heart & Vascular Center
![Pirooz Eghtesady](https://physicians.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Pirooz-Eghtesady-280x386.jpg)
Pirooz Eghtesady, MD, PhD
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
![Puja Kachroo](https://physicians.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Puja-Kachroo-280x386.jpeg)
Puja Kachroo, MD
Cardiac Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Locations:
Center for Advanced Medicine Heart & Vascular Center
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Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Locations:
Center for Advanced Medicine Heart & Vascular Center
![Kunal Deepak Kotkar](https://physicians.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kunal-Kotkar-280x386.jpeg)
Kunal Deepak Kotkar, MBBS, MCh, MS
Cardiac Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Locations:
Center for Advanced Medicine Heart & Vascular Center
![Benjamin Kozower, MD](https://physicians.wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Kozower-Benjamin_Surg300_04-280x386.jpg)
Benjamin Kozower, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Thoracic Surgery
Locations:
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital – Siteman Cancer Center Medical Office Building 2
Center for Advanced Medicine Lung Center