James D. Luketich

James D. Luketich, M.D., Program Director 200 Lothrop Street Suite C-800 Pittsburgh, PA  15213 United States 1 412 647-7555 1 412 647-3007 (Fax) www.thoracicsurgery.medicine.pitt.edu

Institutional Affiliation

• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Specialty

• General Thoracic Surgery

Background

• Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA (B.S. 1977)
• Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (M.S. 1982)
• Medical College of PA, Philadelphia, PA (M.D. 1986)
• The Hospital of the University of PA, General Surgery Residency (1989-1993)
• New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, NY, Cardiothoracic Fellowship (1993-1995)
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, Thoracic Surgery Fellowship (1993-1995)

Interests

• Minimally invasive surgery
• Esophageal cancer
• Esophageal reflux disease and hiatal hernia
• Achalasia
• Lung cancer
• Photodynamic therapy
• Radiofrequency ablation of lung tumors

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