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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Mount Auburn Hospital - Peter R. Maggs, MD
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Name
Mount Auburn Hospital - Peter R. Maggs, MD
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Mount Sinai Health System, Thoracic Department
New York, New York
Name
Mount Sinai Health System, Thoracic Department
New York, New York
North Jersey Thoracic Surgical Associates
Morristown, New Jersey
Name
North Jersey Thoracic Surgical Associates
Morristown, New Jersey
Northwest Heart and Lung Surgical Associates
Spokane, Washington
Name
Northwest Heart and Lung Surgical Associates
Spokane, Washington
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, Illinois
Name
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, Illinois
Novant Health Cardiothoracic Surgeons
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Name
Novant Health Cardiothoracic Surgeons
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Novant Health Thoracic Surgery
Charlotte, North Carolina
Name
Novant Health Thoracic Surgery
Charlotte, North Carolina
Nuvance Health Thoracic Surgery
Poughkeepsie, New York
Name
Nuvance Health Thoracic Surgery
Poughkeepsie, New York
NYU Cardiothoracic Surgery Associates
New York, New York
Name
NYU Cardiothoracic Surgery Associates
New York, 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
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
New Orleans, Louisiana
Name
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
New Orleans, Louisiana
Ogden Cardiovascular Associates
Ogden, Utah
Name
Ogden Cardiovascular Associates
Ogden, Utah
Ohio State Thoracic Surgery
Columbus, Ohio
Name
Ohio State Thoracic Surgery
Columbus, Ohio
Omaha Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Omaha, Nebraska
Name
Omaha Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Omaha, Nebraska
Orlando Health - UF Health Cancer Center
Orlando, Florida
Name
Orlando Health - UF Health Cancer Center
Orlando, Florida
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Thoracic Surgery
Peoria, Illinois
Name
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Thoracic Surgery
Peoria, Illinois
OU Health
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Name
OU Health
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
OU Health
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Peacehealth Medical Group Cardiothoracic Surgery
Bellingham, Washington
Name
Peacehealth Medical Group Cardiothoracic Surgery
Bellingham, Washington
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Name
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Penn State M. S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, Pennsylvania
Name
Penn State M. S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, Pennsylvania
Piedmont Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia
Name
Piedmont Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia
Providence Alaska Medical Center
Anchorage, Alaska
Name
Providence Alaska Medical Center
Anchorage, Alaska
Providence St. Joseph Hospital, Orange
Orange, California
Name
Providence St. Joseph Hospital, Orange
Orange, California