Keith E. Sommers, MD

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Dr. K. Eric Sommers is one of the most experienced thoracic surgeons in Florida, having performed more than 6,300 cardiothoracic surgeries – including over 4,000 for lung cancer – as well as hundreds of robotic-assisted procedures with the da Vinci® System. Dr. Sommers’ skill and expertise in minimally invasive lung and chest surgery have earned him national recognition, with his robotic lobectomy technique for lung cancer now being utilized as a teaching tool for other thoracic surgeons. Dr. Sommers’ surgical skill is matched by his extensive teaching and administrative experience. In addition to spending more than a decade on the medical staff at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, he was also, the medical Staff Executive Committee President at Moffitt, an associate professor in the Department of Surgery at USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, a founding surgical director of the Tampa General Hospital lung transplant program, and the director of the Heart Transplant Group at Tampa General Hospital. He obtained his undergraduate degree at Dartmouth College and his medical degree at Northwestern University before completing ten years of residency at the University of Pittsburgh. He has over 50 publications, presentations, and abstracts in his name.

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Fax: (813) 660-6622

Location

Harborside Medical Tower

Neighborhood

Davis Islands

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https://doctors.tgh.org/doctor/npi_1093721623/Cardiothoracic+Surgery+surgical+oncology/Keith+Eric+Sommers

Categories

Physicians & Surgeons, Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, Physicians & Surgeons

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Details

Phone: (813) 660-6950

Address: 5 Tampa General Cir Ste 860, Tampa, FL 33606

Website: https://doctors.tgh.org/doctor/npi_1093721623/Cardiothoracic+Surgery+surgical+oncology/Keith+Eric+Sommers