The Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Loyola University Medical Center is dedicated to academic excellence, field-leading research, and exceptional care through our network of affiliated care sites. Our depth and breadth of experience allows us to perform complex operations, such as second or third heart bypasses and conditions previously deemed inoperable with success rates above the national average. Our staff works with the newest surgical techniques, equipment and devices, including minimally invasive surgery, off-pump bypass, robotically assisted and percutaneous procedures. Among the cutting edge technologies our program utilizes are Percutaneous Valves, Complex Endovascular Stent Grafting, Ventricular Assist Devices, Minimally Invasive Valves, Robot Assisted VATS resections, as well as lung and heart transplantation.