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Tracey Weigel
Tracey L. Weigel, M.D.
Macy's Pavilion, Office #140
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Westchester Medical Center
New York Medical College
Chief, Thoracic Surgery
2016-present
Maine Medical Center, Director of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Director of Thoracic Oncology Center (2012-2016)
University of Wisconsin, Professor and Chief, Section of Thoracic Surgery (2001-2012)
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Assistant Member (1999-2001)
Cornell University, Assistant Professor, 1999-2001
University of Pittsburgh, Assistant Professor, Director of Early Lung Cancer Program and LIFE Bronchoscopy (1997-1999)
Other Interests
Robotic Surgery- esophagectomy,lobectomy thymectomy, foregut (heller myotomies; nissen, toupet and dor funcoplications; paraesophageal and hiatal hernias)
Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)
Laparoscopic-VATS esophagectomy
VATS lobectomies
Thoracic Oncology
Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
High Risk (low FEV1, frail and geriatric) patients
Research
thoracic outcomes
lung surgery in high risk (COPD, low FEV1 and geriatric) patients
Additional Educational Information
University of Virginia 1978-1982
University of Rochester School of Medicine, 1982-1986
Brown University, General Surgery Residency 1986-1993
Roger Williams Cancer Center, Research Fellow, Tumor B-cell Immunology, 1990-1991
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Surgical Oncology Fellowship, 1993-1995
University of Wisconsin, Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency, 1995-1997
Printer-friendlyPractice Areas
- Thoracic
- Extracorporeal circulation
- Pericardium
- Thoracic
- Chest wall
- Diaphragm
- Lung
- Esophagus
- Mediastinum
- Pleura
- Trachea and bronchi
- Cancer
- Critical Care