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Topic: Minimally Invasive
Richard Stephen Lazzaro
Department of Cardiovascular and
Thoracic Surgery, Northwell Health,
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY,
USA.
Research Interests
Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication;
Videomediastinoscopy;
Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy;
Thoracoscopic Lobectomy;
Robotic Surgery; Laparoscopic
Paraesophageal Hernia Repair;
Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy;
Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy
Thoracic Surgery
Dr. Richard Lazzaro is the system director of robotic
thoracic surgery at Northwell Health, and the chief of
thoracic surgery and director of robotic thoracic surgery
at Lenox Hill Hospital. A renowned national leader,
Dr. Lazzaro has pioneered many groundbreaking
firsts, bringing more than 20 years of specialized
expertise in minimally invasive and robotic thoracic
surgery. In 2018, Dr. Lazzaro made medical history
by being the first surgeon in the world to perform
minimally invasive robotic surgery on a patient
with tracheobronchomalacia (TBM), a debilitating
condition that is treated historically through open
surgery. Today, Dr. Lazzaro leads one of the world s
largest TBM programs, helping patients breathe easy
and recover faster. His accomplishments also include
performing the first complete robotic pneumonectomy
in the NYC area, as well as one of the first pulmonary
lobectomies for intralobar pulmonary sequestration in
the U.S., a procedure that has been rarely accomplished
in adults. Throughout his many years in practice, Dr.
Lazzaro has been identified as a Top Doctor by New
York magazine and as America s Top Doctor by Castle
Connelly.