Robert Cerfolio

Robert Cerfolio, M.D. University of Alabama At Birmingham, Department of Cardiothoracic Sugery 703 19th Street, S ZRB 739 Birmingham, AL  35294-0016 United States 1 205 934-5938 1 205 975-2815 (Fax)

Specialty

• General Thoracic Surgery

Background

• University of Rochester (B.A. 1984)
• University of Rochester (M.D. 1988)
• Hartford Hosp/St. Francis General Surgery (1988 -1990)
• Cornell-New York Hospital, Sloan Kettering, Urol (1990-1991)
• Mayo Clinic, General Surgery, PGY 4+5 (1991-1993)
• Mayo Clinic, Cardiothoracic fellowship (1993-1996)
• University of Alabama at Birmingham, attending (1996- )
• JH Estes Family Endowed Chair for Lung Cancer Research (2010)

Interests

• Lung cancer surgery
• Tracheal surgery
• Robotic thymectomy
• Robotic pulmonary resection
• Esophagael surgery
• Chest wall resection and reconstruction
• Mediastinal masses
• VATS - hyperhidrosis sympathotomy
• Minimizing morbidity and mortality
• Ivor Lewis