Elliot Servais, MD, FACS

Dr. Servais is a general thoracic surgeon and Section Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Beth Israel Lahey Health, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington, MA USA. He is Vice Chair for Quality in the Department of Surgery and the Director of the Robotic Thoracic Surgery program at Lahey. Dr. Servais is also Assistant Professor of Surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine.  Dr. Servais trained in general surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital – Cornell Medical Center, thoracic oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and clinical thoracic surgery at Brigham & Women’s Hospital – Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Servais is board certified in both general and thoracic surgery. Dr. Servais has broad expertise in diseases of the chest and abdomen. He has particular expertise, research interest, and is well published in the use of robotic surgery and other minimally invasive and advanced endoscopic techniques for lung and esophageal diseases.  Dr. Servais has additional expertise in lung cancer screening and the role for thoracic surgery in the multi-disciplinary approach to screening.  Dr. Servais teaches robotic surgery internationally as a lecturer and case proctor.  He holds positions on several international, national, and local society committees.

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Terms of Appointment: July 2022 - June 2024