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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University of Vermont Cardiothoracic Surgery
Burlington, Vermont
Name
University of Vermont Cardiothoracic Surgery
Burlington, Vermont
WVU Heart & Vascular Institute
Morgantown, West Virginia
Name
WVU Heart & Vascular Institute
Morgantown, West Virginia
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Thoracic Surgery
Peoria, Illinois
Name
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Thoracic Surgery
Peoria, Illinois
Valley Health Cardiothoracic Surgeons
Winchester, Virginia
Name
Valley Health Cardiothoracic Surgeons
Winchester, Virginia
St. Joseph's / Candler Medical Group - Cardiothoracic
Savannah, Georgia
Name
St. Joseph's / Candler Medical Group - Cardiothoracic
Savannah, Georgia
CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances - Tyler
Tyler, Texas
Name
CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances - Tyler
Tyler, Texas
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Name
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio
Albany Medical Center - Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Albany, New York
Name
Albany Medical Center - Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Albany, New York
Allina Health Cancer Institute - United
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Name
Allina Health Cancer Institute - United
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Meridian Thoracic Esophageal Surgery
Manahawkin, New Jersey
Name
Meridian Thoracic Esophageal Surgery
Manahawkin, New Jersey
Meridian Thoracic Esophageal Surgery
Brick, New Jersey
Emory Healthcare
Atlanta, Georgia
Name
Emory Healthcare
Atlanta, Georgia
Emory Healthcare
Atlanta, Georgia
Cleveland Clinic Thoracic Surgery Group
Cleveland, Ohio
Name
Cleveland Clinic Thoracic Surgery Group
Cleveland, Ohio
University of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Name
University of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Mount Auburn Hospital - Peter R. Maggs, MD
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Name
Mount Auburn Hospital - Peter R. Maggs, MD
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Columbia Thoracic Associates
New York, New York
Name
Columbia Thoracic Associates
New York, New York
Virtua Surgical Group - Marlton
Marlton, New Jersey
Name
Virtua Surgical Group - Marlton
Marlton, New Jersey
MGH Thoracic Surgery Division
Salem, Massachusetts
Name
MGH Thoracic Surgery Division
Salem, Massachusetts
Corewell Health Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Name
Corewell Health Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Novant Health Thoracic Surgery
Charlotte, North Carolina
Name
Novant Health Thoracic Surgery
Charlotte, North Carolina
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
Name
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
University of Kentucky Thoracic Surgeons
Lexington, Kentucky
Name
University of Kentucky Thoracic Surgeons
Lexington, Kentucky
Allina Health Cancer Institute - Mercy
Coon Rapids, Minnesota
Name
Allina Health Cancer Institute - Mercy
Coon Rapids, Minnesota
Novant Health Cardiothoracic Surgeons
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Name
Novant Health Cardiothoracic Surgeons
Winston-Salem, North Carolina