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Joshua R. Sonett, MD

Thoracic Surgery
One of America's Top Doctors - Castle Connolly Top Doctors
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Specialties
Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Transplant Surgery, morespecialties
Leadership
Chief, Thoracic Surgery Section | moreleadership

Locations and Appointments


New Patients
Treats Children

CUIMC/Milstein Hospital Building

177 Ft. Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
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Insurances Accepted


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  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • PPO - New Jersey Services
  • POS - New Jersey Services
  • HMO - New Jersey Services
  • EPO - New Jersey Services
  • POS
  • EPO
  • Great West (National)
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO
  • HMO
  • HMO - Connecticut Services
  • Passage Exchange - Connecticut Services
  • Medicare Managed Care - Connecticut Services
  • POS - Connecticut Services
  • PPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra
  • EPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • PPO
  • POS
  • ConnectiCare
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • PPO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO
  • EPO
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Leaf (Exchange)
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • HMO - New Jersey Services
  • POS - New Jersey Services
  • EPO - New Jersey Services
  • PPO - New Jersey Services
  • New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
  • MagnaCare
  • Traditional Medicare
  • Railroad
  • HMO
  • Essential Plan
  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • POS - New Jersey Services
  • PPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • Empire Plan
  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Oxford Liberty
  • Oxford Freedom
  • Oxford HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • Medicaid (Community Plan)
  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • New Jersey Services (Medicare Managed Care)
  • World Trade Center Health Plan

About Joshua R. Sonett, MD


Board Certifications

  • Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Specialties & Expertise

  • Achalasia of Esophagus
  • Barrett's Esophagus
  • Emphysema
  • Emphysema Surgery
  • Esophageal Cancer
  • Esophageal Cancer Surgery
  • Esophageal Disease
  • Esophageal Surgery
  • Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
  • GERD-Laparoscopic Technique
  • Heartburn
  • Laparoscopic Fundoplication
  • Lung Cancer
  • Lung Cancer Surgery
  • Lung Surgery
  • Lung Transplantation
  • Lung Volume Reduction Surgery (LVRS)
  • Mediastinal Tumor
  • Mesothelioma
  • Minimal Access Surgery-GERD
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery
  • Myasthenia Gravis
  • Robotic Surgery
  • Second Opinion
  • Surgical Management of Lung Cancer
  • Thoracic Lung Cases
  • Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
  • Thoracoscopic Surgical Procedure
  • Thorascopic Lung Surgery
  • Thymoma

EDUCATION

  • Internship: University of Massachusetts Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY
  • Medical School: Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  • Fellowship: University Of Massachusetts Medical Center

LEADERSHIP, TITLES & POSITIONS

  • Edward C. and Anne K. Weiskopf Professor of Surgical Oncology (in Surgery) at CUMC
  • Director, The Price Family Center for Comprehensive Chest Care, Lung and Esophageal Center
  • Chief, Thoracic Surgery Section

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital

AWARDS & HONORS

  • America's Top Doctors, 2015
  • Castle Connolly America's Top Doctors for Cancer, 2014
  • New York Magazine's Best Doctors 2001-2016
  • Barbara Neibauer Celebration of Life Award, Foundation for Thymic Cancer, 2014
  • Humanitarian Award, Chesed of New Square
  • Honoree, First Annual Emerald Ball
  • National Cancer Prevention Fund, AMC Chesapeake Chapter, 1999
  • Research Grant, International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, 1990
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, 1988
  • Alternate Brody Fellow, 1984-1988
  • Phi Lambda Upsilon National Chemistry Honor Society, 1984

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