Ray Chihara
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Surgeons - Thoracic
The Texas Heart Institute Center for Cardiovascular Care Surgeons
Houston, TX
The Texas Heart Institute Center for Cardiovascular Care Surgeons
Houston, TX
Farzaneh Banki , MD
Houston, TX
Philip Rascoe , MD
Houston, TX
Houston Methodist Department of Surgery
6550 Fannin Street
Suite 1501
Houston, TX 77030
About
Ray Chihara
Dr. Ray Chihara grew up in the mid-west and received his bachelor™s degree in computer science from the University of Michigan and medical degree from Indiana University. He stayed in Indiana University to complete general surgery training and earned a doctorate in Cellular and Integrative Physiology studying pig to human xenotransplantation. He then went on to train in cardiothoracic surgery at Emory University in Atlanta where he received formal training in VATS and robotic assisted thoracic surgery and completed the American Association for Thoracic Surgery Foundation Robotics Fellowship.Dr. Chihara has joined the division of Thoracic Surgery at Houston Methodist Hospital out of training and his interests are minimally invasive surgery for benign and malignant diseases of the thoracic cavity, which include lung, esophageal, mediastinal, diaphragm and chest wall pathologies. He is also interested in respiratory failure, lung volume reduction surgery and lung transplantation.
Primary Specialty
Thoracic Surgeon
Gender
Male
Services
Ray Chihara provides thoracic surgery in Houston, TX. A Thoracic Surgeon is trained to perform surgery on the chest, diaphragm, lungs, esophagus, chest wall and heart valves. A Thoracic Surgeon also treats artery disease and cancer.
Please call Houston Methodist Department of Surgery at (713) 441-5141 to schedule an appointment in Houston, TX or to get more information.
Please call Houston Methodist Department of Surgery at (713) 441-5141 to schedule an appointment in Houston, TX or to get more information.
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