Thomas A D`Amico MD

Thomas A D’Amico, MD, is a thoracic surgeon and Professor and Vice Chair of Surgery at Duke. He specializes in general thoracic surgery with a clinical focus on surgical care for patients with lung cancer and esophageal cancer, including minimally invasive thoracic surgery and thoracic surgical oncology. Dr D’Amico is board certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. Dr D’Amico earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed general surgery and thoracic surgery training at Duke University Medical Center and pursued advanced fellowship training in thoracic surgical oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. In addition to his clinical work, Dr D’Amico holds the Gary Hock Distinguished Professorship of Surgery and is a member of the Duke Cancer Institute. His academic interests include lung and esophageal cancer, with research involving molecular markers and genomic analysis of cancer mutations. He has also been closely associated with the advancement and teaching of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery approaches for thoracic malignancies. He cares for patients at Duke cancer care locations in North Carolina.