
Raja M. Flores, M.D.
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)
RESEARCH
EDUCATION & TRAINING
AFFILIATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS
- The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- American Association for Thoracic Surgery
- European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- General Thoracic Surgical Club
- International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery
- CTSNet
- Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society
- European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
CTSNET CONTRIBUTIONS
- The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 69: VATS LobectomyAugust 23, 2024
- The Modified Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy TechniqueApril 23, 2026
- The Role of Decortication in MesotheliomaApril 23, 2026
- Extrapleural Pneumonectomy for MesotheliomaApril 23, 2026
- VATS Lobectomy for Early Stage Lung CancerApril 24, 2026
- VATS Mediastinal Nodal DissectionApril 24, 2026
