Joshua R. Sonett

Dr. Sonett received his undergraduate training at Duke University, graduating suma cum laude with a B.A. in Chemistry. His medical training began at East Carolina University Medical Center, where after two years he received scholarship support for his studies, and graduated with highest honors as a member of the Alpha Omego Alpha Honorary Medical Society. Pursing a career in surgery, he trained in General Surgery at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, where his clinical course and training were accelerated by one year, allowing him to pursue research interests in Cardiothoracic Surgery. His formal training was then completed in Cardiothoracic Surgery and Thoracic Transplantation at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Additional training was as well attained in Thoracic Oncology and Surgery at the Sloan Kettering Memorial Cancer Center. Dr. Sonett was recruited and joined the faculty at Columbia University NewYork-Presbyterian University Hospital in July of 2001 as Program and Surgical Director of the New-York Presbyterian Lung Transplant Program and became Chief of General Thoracic Surgery in July of 2006. Additionally, he is a Professor of Surgery and holds the Weiskopf chair in surgical oncology and leads the Price Center for Comprehensive Chest Care. Dr. Sonett is well published in peer reviewed journals and book chapters with extended interest in minimally invasive thoracic surgery of the lung, esophagus and mediastinum. He has a particular interest in thymic disease as related to Myasthenia Gravis and malignancy.