Richard Stephen Lazzaro MD

Dr. Lazzaro graduated from the six year biomedical education program at the Union University, graduating from the Albany Medical College in 1988. Dr. Lazzaro completed his general surgical residency at the North Shore University Hospital/Cornell University in 1994, including a surgical research fellowship in heart transplantation. Dr. Lazzaro then went on to study cardiac surgery under the direction of renowned surgeon, Dr. Joseph Cunningham, at the State University of New York. Following this, Dr. Lazzaro attended the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for an advanced minimally invasive fellowship in thoracic surgery, under the direction of Dr. James Luketich. Dr. Lazzaro returned to his home, New York City, where he had been in practice from 1998 through June 2012, performing minimally invasive robotic surgery for the benefit of his patients, his community, attaining the position of division chief, general thoracic surgery at the NYMH, a member of New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System, affiliated with Weill Cornell Medical College.