Biographical summary
Mathew Thomas, M.B.B.S., M.D., is a surgeon in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Associate Professor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. He is also the Director of Thoracic Surgery and Chair of Robotic Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Florida. He joined Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida in 2012 immediately after completing his cardiothoracic residency in Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He is a recipient of the O.T. Clagett Award in 2012 for Outstanding Resident in Thoracic Surgery in 2012.
Dr. Thomas is primarily interested in advancing minimally invasive surgeries of the chest, trachea and esophagus through innovative approaches including robotic surgery, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and single incision thoracic surgery. He is also an expert in the management of complex chest wall diseases, both malignant and benign conditions such as pectus excavatum. He has directed the Chest Wall Resection and Reconstruction course at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons University — a very popular course among thoracic surgeons — for many years.
Dr. Thomas is an experienced lung transplant surgeon, having performed the first lobar (partial) lung transplant and the first lung transplant for COVID-19 related lung failure in Mayo Clinic. He has many research publications and has presented on his experience in numerous national and international conferences. He is also an avid educator and finds great joy in mentoring.
Conditions treated
Procedures performed
- Chest surgery
- Chest wall resection
- Decortication
- Diaphragm pacing
- Diaphragm plication
- Esophageal diverticulectomy
- Esophagectomy
- Extrapleural pneumonectomy
- Fundoplication
- Hyperhidrosis surgery
- Lung transplant
- Pectus excavatum surgery
- Robotic surgery
- Tracheal resection
- Tracheobronchoplasty
- VATS
Interests
- Minimally invasive and robotic thoracic surgery
- Thoracic oncology
- Surgical correction of congenital chest wall deformities
- Benign and malignant esophageal diseases
- Hyperhidrosis
- Improving outcomes after surgery
- Lung transplant
- Using Immersive Technologies for Surgery
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2012
ResidentThoracic Surgery, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
- 2012
Chief ResidentDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery
- 2012
Resident - Cardiothoracic SurgeryMayo Clinic Graduate Education
- 2009
Chief Resident - General SurgeryRobert Packer Hospital
- 2009
Resident - General SurgeryRobert Packer Hospital
- 2003
ExternshipVeterans Affairs Medical Center
- 1998
MB BSUniversity of Kerala/T.D. Medical College
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2013
Thoracic and Cardiac SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic Surgery
- 2009
General SurgeryAmerican Board of Surgery
Awards and honors
- 2023
Mayo Clinic 2022 Top PerformerMayo Clinic
- 2020
"I am In" Innovation AwardMayo Clinic
- 2016
Thoracic Surgery Foundation Research Grant AwardSociety of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
- 2015
FellowshipAmerican College of Surgery
- 2011
O.T. Clagett Travel Award for Outstanding PerformanceDivision of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery
- 2009
Resident of the Year - General SurgeryRobert Packer Hospital
- 2009
1st Place - Stanley Conklin award - Best Research Paper in SurgeryRobert Packer Hospital
- 2009
2nd place - Stanley Conklin Award - Best Research Paper in SurgeryRobert Packer Hospital
- 1991
Head PrefectMarthoma Residential School
- 1989
Head PrefectBethany Academy
Professional memberships
- 2023 - present
MemberChest Wall Injury Society
- 2023 - present
MemberSurgical Quality Subcommittee, Mayo Clinic Florida Committees
- 2023 - present
Research and Innovation Committee MemberEastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society
- 2022 - present
MemberEnterprise Clinical Video Repository Oversight Group
- 2022 - present
MemberSociety of Robotic Surgeons
- 2021 - present
Member, Steering CommitteeSimulation Telemedicine Robotics and eXperimental Robotics (STR-X) Fellowship Steering Committee
- 2020 - present
ChairRobotics Committee, Mayo Clinic in Florida
- 2020 - 2022
MemberConnected Care
- 2020 - 2023
MemberInternational Activities Subcommittee
- 2019 - present
MemberInternational Chest Wall Interest Group
- 2019 - present
Committee MemberSociety of Thoracic Surgeons
- 2016 - present
MemberCHEST
- 2015 - present
FellowAmerican College of Surgeons
- 2015 - present
MemberMayo Clinic Florida Mortality Review Committee, Mayo Clinic Florida Committees
- 2015 - present
MemberLung Cancer Specialty Council, Mayo Clinic Specialty Council, Mayo Clinic Clinical Practice Committee
- 2014 - present
MemberInternational Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)
- 2014 - 2016
Committee MemberSociety of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
- 2013 - present
MemberInternational Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
- 2012 - present
MemberInternational Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
- 2012 - present
MemberMayo Enterprise Robotics Interest Group
- 2012 - present
MemberRobotics Committee, Mayo Clinic in Florida
- 2012 - 2015
MemberHospital Practice Committee
- 2011 - 2014
LiaisonAmerican College of Surgeons
- 2011 - present
Workforce on Media Relations and CommunicationsSociety of Thoracic Surgeons
- 2010 - present
MemberGeneral Thoracic Surgery Club
- 2009 - 2012
MemberAmerican College of Cardiology
- 2009 - present
MemberMayo Fellows Association, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
- 2008 - present
MemberCardiothoracic Surgery Network
- 2008 - present
MemberSociety for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
- 2007 - 2015
MemberAmerican College of Surgeons
- 2007 - 2009
MemberGeneral Surgery Resident Selection Committee, Robert Packer Hospital
- 2007 - present
MemberAmerican Medical Association
- 2006 - 2007
MemberClinical Quality Committee, Robert Packer Hospital
- 2004 - 2009
MemberPatient care Committee, Robert Packer Hospital
- 1995 - 1997
SecretaryMedicos Concord, Kerala State University, T.D. Medical College
Publications