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	Kevin W. Lobdell, MD Director and Professor, Regional Cardiovascular and Thoracic Quality, Education, and Research for Atrium Health Director, Thoracic Surgery Fellowship Education: MD, Wayne State University, 1986 Residencies: Surgery, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine Fellowship: Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Accolades/Certifications: American Board of Surgery American Board of Surgery - Surgical Critical Care American Board of Thoracic Surgery Previous Chair of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Research Committee Member for the Thoracic Surgery Foundation Section Editor of SESATS for the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

	John R. Frederick, MD Co-director of the Center for Aortic Disease at Atrium Health’s Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Associate Director, Thoracic Surgery Fellowship Education: MD, University of Texas, 2004 Residencies: General Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Fellowships: Surgical Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Thoracic Aortic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Accolades/Certifications: American Board of Surgery American Board of Thoracic Surgery Finalist, Vivian Thomas Young Investigator Award by the American Heart Association
	Jeffrey Hagen, MD Director of Thoracic Surgery Oncology Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute Education: MD, Creighton University School of Medicine, 1986 Residency: General Surgery, Creighton University School of Medicine Fellowships: Foregut Surgery, University of Southern California Medical Center-LAC, Thoracic Surgery, Barnes Hospital at Washington University in St. Louis Accolades/Certifications: American Board of Thoracic Surgery
	Thomas S. Maxey, MD Interim Chairman of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute Education: MD, East Virginia Medical School, 1998 Residency: General Surgery, University of South Florida Fellowships: Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine Accolades/Certifications: American Board of Surgery American Board of Thoracic Surgery Atrium Health Physician of the Quarter Named a Top Doctor by Charlotte Magazine

	Michael Roach, MD Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery Education: MD, East Tennessee State University, 2001 Residency: General Surgery, Tripler Army Medical Center Fellowships: Thoracic Surgery, University of Utah Health, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Hospital Accolades/Certifications: American Board of Surgery American Board of Thoracic Surgery

	Larry Watts, MD Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery Education: MD, Wake Forest University, 1987 Residency: General Surgery, University of Tennessee Fellowships: Cardiothoracic Surgery, The University of Alabama, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Toronto Accolades/Certifications: American Board of Surgery American Board of Thoracic Surgery

	Christopher Cicci, MD Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, Vascular Surgery Education: MD, State University of New York, 1995\ Residency: General Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center Fellowships: Thoracic Surgery, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Vascular Surgery, University of Tennessee Accolades/Certifications American Board of Thoracic Surgery American Board of Surgery American Board of Surgery, Vascular Surgery

	Robert P. Davis, MD Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery Education: MD, Michigan State University, 2013 Residencies: General Surgery, Duke University Hospital, Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Hospital Fellowship: Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Hospital

	Bradley LeNoir, MD Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery Education: MD, Ohio State University at Columbus, 2014 Residency: Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina Accolades/Certifications: American Board of Thoracic Surgery

	David R. Hobson, MD Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, General Surgery Education: MD, Wake Forest University, 2014 Residency: General Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center Fellowship: Thoracic Surgery, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Accolades/Certifications: American Board of Surgery American Board of Thoracic Surgery

	Eric Skipper, MD Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery Education: MD, Wake Forest University, 1985 Residency: General Surgery, East Carolina University Fellowship: Thoracic Surgery, Carolina Medical Center, Vascular Surgery, Carolina Medical Center Accolades/Certifications American Board of Surgery American Board of Thoracic Surgery

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