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Luis F. Tapias Vargas, M.D.

  1. Thoracic Surgeon
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Specialty Groups

Location

  1. Rochester, Minnesota

Languages

EnglishSpanish

Existing patients

  1. Achalasia
  2. Esophageal cancer
  3. Gastroesophageal reflux disease
  4. Hiatal hernia
  5. Hyperhidrosis
  6. Lung cancer
  7. Mediastinal lymph node enlargement
  8. Mediastinal tumor
  9. Myasthenia gravis
  10. Pancoast tumor
  11. Pneumothorax
  12. Thymic tumor
  1. Esophageal reconstruction
  2. Esophagectomy
  3. Heller myotomy
  4. Hyperhidrosis surgery
  5. Lung volume reduction surgery
  6. Minimally invasive esophagectomy
  7. Minimally invasive surgery
  8. Minimally invasive thymectomy
  9. Robotic surgery
  10. Segmentectomy
  11. Thymectomy
  12. VATS
  13. VATS lobectomy
  14. Video mediastinoscopy
  • Lung cancer
  • Esophageal cancer
  • Thymic tumors
  • Tracheal tumors
  • Minimally invasive surgery
  • Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)
  • Robotic thoracic surgery
  1. 2020
    Fellow - Cardiothoracic SurgeryMassachusetts General Hospital
  2. 2019
    Visiting Fellow - Thoracic SurgeryMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
  3. 2019
    Visiting Fellow - Thoracic SurgeryMayo Clinic Rochester
  4. 2018
    Resident - General SurgeryMassachusetts General Hospital
  5. 2015
    Research Fellowship - Cardiothoracic SurgeryMassachusetts General Hospital
  6. 2012
    Resident - General SurgerySaint Mary's Hospital/Yale University School of Medicine
  7. 2011
    Research Fellowship - Thoracic SurgeryMassachusetts General Hospital
  8.  
    MD - MedicineUniversidad Industrial de Santander

Certifications

  1. 2022
    Thoracic and Cardiac SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic Surgery
  2. 2019
    General SurgeryAmerican Board of Surgery

Awards and honors

  1. 2023
    2022 Top Performer Provider - Patient Experience Award Mayo Clinic Rochester
  2. 2019
    ESTS Greek Pioneers Prize, Best Poster PresentationEuropean Society of Thoracic Surgeons
  3. 2014
    Willard M. Daggett ScholarshipMassachusetts General Hospital
  4. 2011
    Second Place, Resident Paper CompetitionAmerican College of Surgeons – Connecticut Chapter
  5. 2010
    M.D., Cum LaudeUniversidad Industrial de Santander

Professional memberships

  1. 2023 - present
    MemberSociety of Thoracic Surgeons
  2. 2023 - present
    MemberSociety of Thoracic Surgeons
  3. 2023 - present
    MemberSociety of Thoracic Surgeons
  4. 2022 - present
    MemberInternational Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
  5. 2022 - present
    MemberLatino Surgical Society
  6. 2021 - present
    Thoracic Surgery LiaisonDepartment of Surgery Quality Committee
  7. 2018 - present
    MemberMGH Alumni Surgical Society
  8. 2012 - 2021
    Resident MemberMassachusetts Medical Society
  9. 2011 - 2022
    Candidate MemberSociety of Thoracic Surgeons

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Research activities

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