Cardiothoracic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical Center
525 East 68th Street
M-404
New York, NY 10065
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About Nasser Khaled Altorki, M.D.
Dr. Nasser Altorki is a Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and the Director of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at NewYork Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center. Following medical school in Cairo, Egypt, Dr. Altorki completed his residency in general surgery at the University of Chicago Hospital, where he subsequently completed a fellowship in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
Dr. Altorki is a internationally renowned thoracic surgeon with expertise in minimally invasive lung and esophageal surgery. His professional interests include: lung cancer immunotherapy and prevention; esophageal diseases, such as gastroesophageal reflux and the etiology of esophageal motor disorders...
Board Certifications
- Surgery
- Surgery, Thoracic
Expertise
- Achalasia
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Benign Esophageal Disease
- Benign Tumor of Mediastinum
- Da Vinci Robotic Surgery
- Esophageal Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer Surgery
- Esophageal Diverticulum
- Esophageal Surgery
- Esophagectomy, Laparoscopic
- Esophagectomy, Robot-Assisted, Laparoscopic
- Excision of Mediastinal Cyst
- Excision of Mediastinal Tumor
- Excision, Esophagus, Combined Laparoscopic and VATS Approach
- Excision, Neoplasm, Chest Wall
- Extrapleural Pneumonectomy
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
- GERD Surgery
- GERD-Laparoscopic Technique
- Hiatal Hernia
- Laparoscopic Fundoplication
- Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication
- Laparoscopic Placement of LINX Antireflux Device
- Lung Cancer
- Lung Cancer Surgery
- Lung Cancer-Diagnostic Testing
- Lung Nodules
- Lung Surgery
- Malignant Neoplasm of Anterior Mediastinum
- Malignant Neoplasm of Mediastinum
- Management of Lung Nodules
- Mediastinal Mass Resection
- Mesothelioma
- Minimal Access Surgery-GERD
- Minimally Invasive Lung Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Paraesophageal Hernia
- Pleurectomy
- Repair, Hernia, Hiatal, Laparoscopic
- Repair, Hernia, Hiatal, Paraesophageal
- Robot-Assisted Thymectomy
- Robotic Surgery
- Secondary Cancer of Lung
- Surgical Management of Lung Cancer
- Surgical Removal of Thymoma
- Thoracic Lung Cases
- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
- Thorascopic Lung Surgery
- Thymectomy With Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS)
- Thymoma
- Zenker's Diverticulum
Education
- Internship: University of Cairo, Faculty of Medicine (Egypt)
- Medical School: University of Cairo, Faculty of Medicine (Egypt)
- Residency: University of Cairo, Faculty of Medicine (Egypt)
Languages
- English
Titles & Positions
- Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon
- David B. Skinner, M.D. Professor of Thoracic Surgery
- Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
- NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital
- NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital
Education
- Medical School: University of Cairo, Faculty of Medicine (Egypt)
- Internship: University of Cairo, Faculty of Medicine (Egypt)
- Residency: University of Cairo, Faculty of Medicine (Egypt)
Titles & Positions
- Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon
- David B. Skinner, M.D. Professor of Thoracic Surgery
- Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Board Certifications
- surgery
- surgery, thoracic
Languages Spoken
- english
NYP Articles & Features
Dr. Nasser Altorki: Neoadjuvant immunotherapy and radiation boosts response in NSCLC
Advances•October 18, 2024New Study Finds That Low-Dose Radiation Boosts Effectiveness of Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy for Early-Stage Lung Cancer
Advances•February 29, 2024Seminal Study Alters How Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer is Treated Across the Globe
Advances•August 10, 2023Tumor Microenvironment of Lung Cancer: What Lies Beneath?
Advances•June 21, 2022Lung Cancer: Testing a Novel Protocol
Advances•November 11, 2021
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