General Thoracic Surgery Public Reporting

The STS General Thoracic Surgery Database (GTSD) contains information on surgical procedures submitted by participants—most often a hospital cardiothoracic surgery department or cardiothoracic surgery group at one or more hospitals; in some instances, a participant may be an individual surgeon.

STS publicly reports participant results for lobectomy for lung cancer and esophagectomy. STS Public Reporting is limited to participants in the US and Canada.

Lobectomy for lung cancer outcomes for GTSD participants are better than national averages. Thus, for the purposes of public reporting, STS believes it is appropriate to present a comparison of GTSD and national outcomes to demonstrate the high performance of GTSD participants.  

STS selected the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) as a comparator database to best represent national outcomes. Maintained by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the NIS is the largest all-payer inpatient database available in the United States and represents a 20% stratified sample of all hospital discharges from nonfederal facilities. The NIS database includes approximately 8 million inpatient hospital discharge abstracts collected annually for patients of all ages and all sources of insurance. Each discharge record includes a weight that represents the relative proportion of the total US hospital patient population accounted for by that record. This dataset is broadly representative of individuals in the US population who were hospitalized during a given year and is the most generalizable data to represent national lung cancer resection outcomes. 

NOTE: Results are based on a participant’s unique group of patients (known as case mix) and the number of surgical procedures in each category. Results and star ratings published are specific to the participant listed and are not intended for direct comparison to other participants.

STS Public Reporting is voluntary, meaning that all participants listed on this website have allowed STS to publish their ratings. You can search for results by surgical procedure, group name, and/or location.

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Duke University Hospital
Durham, North Carolina
Name
Duke University Hospital
Durham, North Carolina
AHN Cardiovascular Institute - Thoracic Surgery
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Name
AHN Cardiovascular Institute - Thoracic Surgery
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
AHN Cardiovascular Institute - Thoracic Surgery
Wexford, Pennsylvania
AHN Cardiovascular Institute - Thoracic Surgery
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
AHN Cardiovascular Institute - Thoracic Surgery
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
New Orleans, Louisiana
Name
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
New Orleans, Louisiana
Ohio State Thoracic Surgery
Columbus, Ohio
Name
Ohio State Thoracic Surgery
Columbus, Ohio
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Oakland, California
Name
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Oakland, California
University of Alabama Health System
Birmingham, Alabama
Name
University of Alabama Health System
Birmingham, Alabama
Bronson Cardiothoracic, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Specialists
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Name
Bronson Cardiothoracic, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Specialists
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Asheville Heart
Asheville, North Carolina
Name
Asheville Heart
Asheville, North Carolina
Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Name
Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Long Island Jewish Medical Center - Thoracic Surgery
New Hyde Park, New York
Name
Long Island Jewish Medical Center - Thoracic Surgery
New Hyde Park, New York
NYU Langone Long Island Cardiothoracic Surgery Associates - Garden City
Mineola, New York
Name
NYU Langone Long Island Cardiothoracic Surgery Associates - Garden City
Mineola, New York
NYU Langone Long Island Cardiothoracic Surgery Associates - Garden City
Mineola, New York
NYU Cardiothoracic Surgery Associates
New York, New York
Name
NYU Cardiothoracic Surgery Associates
New York, New York
Lenox Hill Hospital Surgical Associates
New York, New York
Name
Lenox Hill Hospital Surgical Associates
New York, New York
HUMG Thoracic Surgery
Hackensack, New Jersey
Name
HUMG Thoracic Surgery
Hackensack, New Jersey
Cleveland Clinic Martin Health Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery
Stuart, Florida
Name
Cleveland Clinic Martin Health Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery
Stuart, Florida
Orlando Health - UF Health Cancer Center
Orlando, Florida
Name
Orlando Health - UF Health Cancer Center
Orlando, Florida
CHI Memorial Thoracic Oncology Associates
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Name
CHI Memorial Thoracic Oncology Associates
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Name
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
North Jersey Thoracic Surgical Associates
Morristown, New Jersey
Name
North Jersey Thoracic Surgical Associates
Morristown, New Jersey
UMass Memorial Medical Center
Worcester, Massachusetts
Name
UMass Memorial Medical Center
Worcester, Massachusetts
Allina Health Cancer Institute - ANW
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Name
Allina Health Cancer Institute - ANW
Minneapolis, Minnesota