Profession Thoracic Surgeon Research Cancer Research | Name Faiz Bhora | |
Education Aga Khan University
George Washington University
UCLA Medical Center
The University of Pennsylvania Institutions Mount Sinai Roosevelt
Mount Sinai St. Luke's | ||
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Faiz Y. Bhora, MD., is an American thoracic surgeon, currently Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Mount Sinai Roosevelt and Mount Sinai St. Luke's Hospitals. He is the Director of Thoracic Surgical Oncology at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City. He is an Associate Professor of Surgery at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Bhora specializes in minimally invasive approaches to thoracic surgical diseases, especially thoracic cancer and in the use of the Da Vinci Surgical System to perform minimally invasive thoracic surgery.
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- Methods for finding and ablating lung nodules dr faiz bhora gtsc 2015
- Biography
- Research
- Personal life
- Awards
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Bhora is nationally and internationally known for his expertise in advanced bronchoscopic surgery involving the airway, including airway stenting and endoscopic excision of tumors. He has developed one of the largest Interventional Airway Programs in the region.
Biography
Bhora received his MD from the Aga Khan University in 1992. He completed a residency in General Surgery at the George Washington University Medical Center in 2000, followed by Cardiothoracic Surgery training at UCLA Medical Center in 2002. In addition, he completed a fellowship in Thoracic Oncology Surgery at The University of Pennsylvania in 2005.
Bhora is President of the New York General Thoracic Surgical Club, the premier general thoracic surgical society in the tri-state area.
Research
Bhora is the Director of Thoracic Surgery Research at Mount Sinai Roosevelt and Mount Sinai St. Luke's Hospitals. His current research efforts involve working to create a bioengineered trachea using a novel collagen scaffold as well as 3D printing technology. In addition, he is exploring the radiobiology of lung cancer combined with chemotherapy, the use of stents to palliate lung cancer and outcomes research including robotic lung lobectomy. Dr. Bhora directed the Ahmad Adaya Cardiothoracic Research Fellowship that has been responsible for the training and mentoring of several young physicians.
Personal life
Bhora is married to Naveen R. Bhora, an Attorney specializing in US Immigration Law, whom he met while training in California. They have two children together.