James D. Luketich MD, FACS

James D. Luketich, MD, is the Henry T. Bahnson Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, chief of the Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, director of the Thoracic Surgical Oncology Program at UPMC and co-director of the Lung Cancer Center at UPMC.

Prior to joining UPMC in 1995, Dr. Luketich was a senior instructor in surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He has additionally held academic positions at Cornell University Medical College and the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Luketich received his medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1986 and completed his general surgery residency in 1992 at the Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was the chief resident of surgery from 1992-1993. He completed his cardiothoracic and thoracic training at New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.