Richard J. Battafarano, MD Deals in Baltimore, MD 21224

Richard Battafarano, M.D., Ph.D., joins the Johns Hopkins Department of Surgery as director of the Division of General Thoracic Surgery and the first regional director of general thoracic surgery. He comes to Johns Hopkins from University of Maryland Medical System, where he was chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Battafarano specializes in the treatment of benign and malignant diseases and lesions of the chest, including minimally invasive operations such as video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for lung and esophageal cancers. He also has a special interest in treating Barrett's esophagus, emphysema, mesothelioma and paraesophageal hernias. The focus of Dr....