The USC Cardiothoracic Surgery team has been a leader in cardiovascular disease treatment for more than a decade. Under the leadership of Vaughn A. Starnes, M.D., USC surgeons perform open-heart surgeries for valve repair and replacements and coronary artery bypasses.

Our surgeons, along with their dedicated clinical, research and administrative staff, perform many advanced cardiothoracic surgical procedures, including:

• Adult cardiac surgery
• Minimally invasive cardiac surgery
• Endoscopic vein harvest
• Adult thoracic surgery
• Video assisted thoracic surgery
• Pediatric cardiac & thoracic surgery
• Heart and lung transplantation

USC surgeons also offer comprehensive advanced therapy for many diseases of the chest including:

• Coronary artery disease
• Minimally invasive heart surgery
• Beating heart surgery
• Valvular diseases of the heart
• Aortic valve replacement
• Mitral valve replacement
• Mitral valve repair
• Diseases of the thoracic aorta
• Aortic aneurysms
• Aortic dissections
• Ross procedure
• Stentless valvular procedures
• Aortic homograft procedures
• End-stage cardiac disease
• Heart transplantation
• Lung cancer
• Emphysema
• Tumors of the chest wall and mediastinum
• End-stage pulmonary disease
• Lung transplantation

In addition, USC surgeons offer a comprehensive spectrum of care for pediatric cardiac and thoracic disease including:

• Congenital heart disease
• Pediatric thoracic diseases
• End stage cardiac disease
• Heart transplantation
• End stage pulmonary disease
• Lung transplantation
  

Keck School of Medicine Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

USC Cardiothoracic Surgery Website