Cardiothoracic Surgery
Cardiothoracic Surgery at Emory comprises the following areas — cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery, our structural heart program, and heart transplant. For more information on each, please use the links below:
• Cardiac Surgery
The Cardiac Surgery sector within the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery is one of the largest and most successful heart surgery services in the country. Performing more than 2,000 adult procedures annually for the last 25 years, Emory’s Cardiac Surgery service has long been ranked among the top five academic centers in the nation in clinical volume and is considered one of the nation's top institutions for biomedical education, research, and patient care. Emory's Cardiac Surgery Service has performed more off-pump coronary artery bypass procedures to treat coronary artery disease than any other service in the country and is also a national leader in robotically assisted, minimally invasive coronary artery bypass surgery.
• Thoracic Surgery
The Emory General Thoracic Surgery Center has developed and refined various treatments for disorders of the structures and organs of the chest, particularly the lungs and esophagus. Emphasizing and applying minimally invasive methods whenever appropriate, the center is one of only a handful of clinical programs in the country that offers minimally invasive esophagectomy, lobectomy, and sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis.
• Structural Heart
The Structural Heart Program at Emory's Heart & Vascular Center is a collaborative effort involving Emory interventional cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons working together to provide innovative heart treatment solutions and the best possible outcomes for our patients with structural heart diseases, including valve disorders such as aortic stenosis and regurgitation and structural heart defects such as atrial septal defects (ASD).
• Heart Transplant
The Emory Center for Heart Failure Therapy and Transplant in Atlanta, Georgia ranks among the nation's top heart transplant hospitals. We are a leader in heart transplantation and therapies to improve heart failure. Our comprehensive services include medical therapy, FDA-regulated investigational drugs and devices, cardiac catheterization, cardiac surgery, and in select patients, heart transplantation.
