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 resection for primary lung cancer and esophagectomy for esophageal cancer. STS Public Reporting is limited to participants in the US and Canada.

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
Staten Island University Hospital - Thoracic Surgeons
Staten Island, New York
Name
Staten Island University Hospital - Thoracic Surgeons
Staten Island, New York
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
New Orleans, Louisiana
Name
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
New Orleans, Louisiana
The University of Miami Hospital and Clinics
Miami, Florida
Name
The University of Miami Hospital and Clinics
Miami, Florida
Cleveland Clinic Thoracic Surgery Group
Cleveland, Ohio
Name
Cleveland Clinic Thoracic Surgery Group
Cleveland, Ohio
University of Alabama Health System
Birmingham, Alabama
Name
University of Alabama Health System
Birmingham, Alabama
Ohio State Thoracic Surgery
Columbus, Ohio
Name
Ohio State Thoracic Surgery
Columbus, Ohio
Lenox Hill Hospital Surgical Associates
New York, New York
Name
Lenox Hill Hospital Surgical Associates
New York, New York
Excela Health Thoracic Surgery
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Name
Excela Health Thoracic Surgery
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
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
Mount Sinai Health System, Thoracic Department
New York, New York
Name
Mount Sinai Health System, Thoracic Department
New York, New York
HCA Florida Thoracic Surgery
Trinity, Florida
Name
HCA Florida Thoracic Surgery
Trinity, Florida
Baptist Medical Center - Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida
Name
Baptist Medical Center - Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida
Midwest Thoracic
Royal Oak, Michigan
Name
Midwest Thoracic
Royal Oak, Michigan
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee
Name
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee
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
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Sarasota, Florida
Name
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Sarasota, Florida
Orlando Health - UF Health Cancer Center
Orlando, Florida
Name
Orlando Health - UF Health Cancer Center
Orlando, Florida
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
North Jersey Thoracic Surgical Associates
Morristown, New Jersey
Name
North Jersey Thoracic Surgical Associates
Morristown, New Jersey
University of Kentucky Thoracic Surgeons
Lexington, Kentucky
Name
University of Kentucky Thoracic Surgeons
Lexington, Kentucky
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, Illinois
Name
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, Illinois