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Raja Flores
Raja M. Flores, M.D.
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Background
Chairman, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (2014 - present)
Professor and Chief of Thoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine (2010 - 2014)
Associate Attending Surgeon - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (2000 - 2010)
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery - Cornell University Medical College (2000 - 2010)
Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency - Brigham and Women's Hospital.Harvard Medical School
Thoracic Oncology Research Fellowship - Brigham and Women's.Harvard Medical School/Dana-Farber/CALGB
Harvard School of Public Health - Program on Clinical Effectiveness
General Surgery Residency - Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
Medical School - Albert Einstein College of Medicine
College- New York University
M.S. in Biostatistics (clinical research methods) - Columbia University
Other Interests
VATS Lobectomy
Locally Advanced "Unresectable" Cancer
Carinal Surgery
Esophageal Cancer Surgery
Thoracoscopy
Lung Cancer Screening
Pleurectomy / Decortication for Mesothelioma
Extrapleural Pneumonectomy for Mesothelioma
Asbestos
Tracheal Stenosis
VATS Thymectomy (Myasthenia Gravis)
Content Published on CTSNet
Practice Areas
- Thoracic