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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Billings Clinic Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery
Billings, Montana
Name
Billings Clinic Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery
Billings, Montana
Borgess Cardiothoracic Surgery
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Name
Borgess Cardiothoracic Surgery
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Bronson Cardiothoracic, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Specialists
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Name
Bronson Cardiothoracic, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Specialists
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Buffalo General Medical Center - Yaron Perry
Buffalo, New York
Name
Buffalo General Medical Center - Yaron Perry
Buffalo, New York
Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Grand Traverse
Traverse City, Michigan
Name
Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Grand Traverse
Traverse City, Michigan
Carilion Clinic Cardiovascular Surgery
Roanoke, Virginia
Name
Carilion Clinic Cardiovascular Surgery
Roanoke, Virginia
CCIRH Cardiovascular Surgeons
Vero Beach, Florida
Name
CCIRH Cardiovascular Surgeons
Vero Beach, Florida
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Division of Thoracic Surgery
Los Angeles, California
Name
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Division of Thoracic Surgery
Los Angeles, California
Center for Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
Port Huron, Michigan
Name
Center for Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
Port Huron, Michigan
CHI Memorial Thoracic Oncology Associates
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Name
CHI Memorial Thoracic Oncology Associates
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Christian Northeast Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri
Name
Christian Northeast Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri
Christiana Care Associates
Newark, Delaware
Name
Christiana Care Associates
Newark, Delaware
CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances - Tyler
Tyler, Texas
Name
CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances - Tyler
Tyler, Texas
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, Florida
Name
Cleveland Clinic Florida
Weston, Florida
Cleveland Clinic Martin Health Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery
Stuart, Florida
Name
Cleveland Clinic Martin Health Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery
Stuart, Florida
Cleveland Clinic Thoracic Surgery Group
Cleveland, Ohio
Name
Cleveland Clinic Thoracic Surgery Group
Cleveland, Ohio
Coastal Thoracic Surgical Associates
Wilmington, North Carolina
Name
Coastal Thoracic Surgical Associates
Wilmington, North Carolina
Columbia Thoracic Associates
New York, New York
Name
Columbia Thoracic Associates
New York, New York
Cone Health - Triad Cardiac & Thoracic Surgeons
Greensboro, North Carolina
Name
Cone Health - Triad Cardiac & Thoracic Surgeons
Greensboro, North Carolina
Corewell Health Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Name
Corewell Health Fred and Lena Meijer Heart Center
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Duke University Hospital
Durham, North Carolina
Name
Duke University Hospital
Durham, North Carolina
Emory Healthcare
Atlanta, Georgia
Name
Emory Healthcare
Atlanta, Georgia
Emory Healthcare
Atlanta, Georgia
Emory Healthcare
Atlanta, Georgia
Englewood Health Thoracic Surgeons
Englewood, New Jersey
Name
Englewood Health Thoracic Surgeons
Englewood, New Jersey