Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

What lies below our chests is a complex system of organs and muscles that each have a crucial job to keep us breathing and our hearts beating. Cardiothoracic surgeons treat diseased or injured organs in the chest, including the esophagus, trachea, pleura, mediastinum, chest wall, diaphragm, pericardium, heart and lungs.

Kansas City magazine’s annual Top Doctors list is compiled by a trusted national health care research and information company, Castle Connolly. A physician-led team of researchers follows a rigorous screening process to select top doctors through a nomination process that is open to all licensed physicians in America. The results are then carefully screened. Doctors do not and cannot pay to be selected for the Top Doctors list.

Travis Abicht, MD
The University of Kansas Health System
4000 Cambridge St
Kansas City, Kan. 66160
(913) 588-1227

Keith B. Allen, MD
Mid America Heart & Lung Surgeons
4320 Wornall Rd, Ste 50
Kansas City, Mo. 64111
(816) 931-3312

Emmanuel Daon, MD
The University of Kansas Health System
4000 Cambridge St
Kansas City, Kan. 66160
(913) 588-9797

Clarke L. Henry, MD
Advent Health Shawnee Mission Cardiovascular Associates
Shawnee Mission, Kan. 66204
(913) 632-9418

Jeffrey B. Kramer, MD
The University of Kansas Health System
4000 Cambridge St
Kansas City, Kan. 66160
(913) 588-1227

Gregory Muehlebach, MD
The University of Kansas Health System
4000 Cambridge St
Kansas City, Kan. 66160
(913) 588-1227

Prem K. Samuel, MD
Midwest Heart & Vascular Specialists
19550 E 39th St, Ste 225
Independence, Mo. 64057
(816) 833-0381

James D. St. Louis, MD
Children’s Mercy Hospital Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
Kansas City, Mo. 64108
(816) 234-3880

George (Trip) L. Zorn, MD
The University of Kansas Health System
4000 Cambridge St
Kansas City, Kan. 66160
(913)588-1227

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