Gary Chmielewski, MD, FACSThoracic Surgeon
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Axel Joob, MDThoracic Surgeon
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Alex R. Cedeño-Rodriguez, MD, FACSThoracic Surgeon
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Dr. Cedeño-Rodriguez is board certified in Thoracic surgery. He earned his medical degree from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine where he also completed a residency in general surgery. He completed his fellowship in Cardiothoracic surgery at Albany Medical Center, in Albany, NY and advanced training for tracheal, airway surgery, and ECMO at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. Dr. Cedeño-Rodriguez specializes in thoracic surgery with a special interest in minimally invasive and robotic thoracic surgery, esophageal surgery, tracheal surgery as well as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for lung failure. |
Samantha Consol, MS, PA-CCertified Physician Assistant (PA-C)Samantha is a key member of our Thoracic Surgery team. She provides excellent patient care by assisting with surgery in the OR, seeing patients in our clinic, and rounding on our inpatients daily.... She completed her undergraduate education at California State University Chico with a B.S. in Exercise Physiology. She then went on to earn her Masters of Science in Physician Assistant Studies at Rush University. As a PA, she is passionate about providing high quality, personalized patient care. She values spending time with her patients and making sure all of their questions are answered, so they are informed and comfortable with all aspects of their care. Read more |
Hector Martinez, MS, PA-CCertified Physician Assistant (PA-C)
Hector Martinez, MS, PA-C, received a bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Management from National-Louis University in 2009, and a master’s degree in physician assistant (PA) studies from Rush University in 2016.... He has worked in the healthcare field for nearly 15 years in a few different specialties including radiology and cardiology. Hector specializes in thoracic surgery in which the majority of cases are now being performed using the Da Vinci robotic platform. His clinical interests include thoracic oncology, lung and esophageal cancer, paraesophageal hernia repair, postoperative care, and PA student surgical training. He works closely with all the members of the thoracic surgery team to ensure excellent patient care is always delivered. His passion lies within striving for excellent patient outcomes throughout all the different phases of patient care. Read more |
Megan Jung-Zimmerman
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Sana Waheed
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