
Leah Backhus, MD MPH FACS
Surgeon - Cardiothoracic
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University
BACKGROUND
Henry and Thelma Doelger Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University
Associate Professor University of Washington
UCLA Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency
AATS Traveling Fellowship Award
Peter C. Pairolero Resident Award in Thoracic Surgery
University of Southern California General Surgery Residency
Hastings Thoracic Surgical Oncology Research Fellow
University of Southern California – M.D.
Stanford University – B.A.
OTHER INTERESTS
Adult Chestwall Surgery
Pectus Excavatum
Minimally invasive thoracic surgery
Lung cancer
Mesothelioma and Heated Intrathoracic Chemotherapy
Esophageal cancer