Leadership and Faculty

Program leadership

Walter E. McGregor, MD
Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program

Director, Robotic and Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery

Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Drexel University College of Medicine

Stephen Bailey, MD
Chair, Cardiovascular Institute, Allegheny Health Network

System Chair, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Allegheny Health Network
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Drexel University School of Medicine

George J. Magovern, MD
CVI Chief Academic Officer, Allegheny Health Network

Associate Program Director Emeritus, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Drexel University School of Medicine

Benny Weksler, MBA, MD, FACS, FACCP
System Director for Thoracic Surgery

Co-Director, Esophageal and Lung Institute
Edward Kent Professor of Thoracic Surgery 
Director, Division of Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery
Associate Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program

Faculty

Hiran C. Fernando, MBBS, FRCS,FACS, FRCSED
Director, Thoracic Surgery, AGH
Masaki Tsukashita, MD
Attending Cardiac Surgeon

Instructor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Drexel University School of Medicine

Joseph Houda, MD
Attending General Thoracic Surgeon
M. Scott Halbreiner, MD
Attending Cardiac Surgeon

Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Drexel University College of Medicine

Hazem El-Khatib, MD
Attending Cardiac Surgeon