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Inderpal (netu) S. Sarkaria

Inderpal (netu) S. Sarkaria MD, FACS

Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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Inderpal S. Sarkaria, M.D., F.A.C.S., is a thoracic surgeon who specializes in malignant and benign diseases of the chest including the lungs, pleura, esophagus and mediastinum. His expertise includes the diagnosis, treatment, and surgical management of both simple and complex lung and airway cancers, pulmonary metastases, pulmonary neuroendocrine tumors (carcinoids), thymoma, thymic carcinoma, thoracic germ cell tumors, malignant mesothelioma, esophageal cancer, Barrett’s esophagus, gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD), achalasia, and paraesophageal hernias.

Dr. Sarkaria has extensive expertise and experience in minimally invasive and Video Assisted Thoracic Surgical (VATS) approaches including esophagectomy for esophageal cancer, VATS lobectomy for lung cancer, VATS thymectomy, laparoscopic anti-refux surgery for GERD, laparoscopic surgery for achalasia, laparoscopic repair of giant paraesophageal hernias (GPEH), and robotic-assisted approaches to these conditions.
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