Dr. Wickii Vigneswaran is an internationally known expert in the surgical management of diseases of the lung, pleura and mediastinum. He is a pioneer in the field of thoracic surgery including minimally invasive thoracic surgery. A significant number of his procedures are performed using robot-assisted or video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) techniques. He is well respected for his expertise in thoracic organ transplantation. Dr. Vigneswaran treats patients with lung cancer, mesothelioma and tumors of the mediastinum. He also performs surgery for advanced lung diseases, including lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema and lung transplantation for various end-stage lung diseases. Dr. Vigneswaran is listed as a top doctor by Chicago magazine, Marquis Who's Who, America's Top Surgeons and the physician rating service Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.

Dr. Vigneswaran holds leadership positions in several medical organizations, including the American College of Chest Physicians the American Medical Association and the International College of Surgeons. He has also been named a fellow of surgical and medical societies in four countries, including the American College of Surgeons, the American College of Chest Physicians, the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Canada, the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Scotland, and the Royal Society of Medicine, London.

His current research interests include: lung transplantation; lung cancer and malignant pleural mesothelioma; minimally invasive surgery, including robotic surgery techniques and treatment outcomes; ischemia reperfusion lung injury; lung preservation for transplantation. He participates in National Cancer Institute-directed thoracic oncology treatment protocols and other multi-center studies in the field of lung cancer, mesothelioma and lung transplantation. A strong advocate for multidisciplinary team-based approaches to disease management, he works in collaboration with physicians in pulmonary medicine, medical and radiation oncology, radiology, pathology and other specialties.

Dr. Vigneswaran has authored more than 100 original articles and book chapters, and edited an internationally authored book on lung transplantation. He has written many important articles that assess the outcome of surgical procedures for mesothelioma, lung cancer and lung transplantation.

He is regularly asked to speak at national and international conferences. Dr. Vigneswaran is on the editorial review boards of several prestigious medical journals including Chest, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, International Surgery, Clinical Investigation, Journal of Surgical Research, American Review of Respiratory Diseases, American Journal of Transplantation and the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.

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Pioneer in minimally invasive thoracic surgery and lung transplantation. Treat broad range of diseases but expert in treating lung cancer, esophageal cancer, treatment of pleural mesothelioma, tracheal tumors and end-stage lung disease, including lung transplantation and lung volume reduction surgery.

Video assisted thoracic surgery

Robotic lung resection and mediastinal mass resection

Lung cancer resection

Esophagectomy

Surgical treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma

resection of chest wall tumors

Lung transplantation

Lung volume reduction surgery

Surgery for hyperhidrosis

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