
Mark William Onaitis MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
3855 Health Sciences Drive La Jolla CA, 92037About
Dr. Mark Onaitis is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Durham, NC. Dr. Onaitis specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Onaitis typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
Education and Training
Duke University, School of Medicine, Durham, NC Medical Degree
Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC Other Degree
Thoracic Surgeon Medical Degree
Professor of Medicine Medical Degree
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Thoracoscopic lobectomy: a safe and effective strategy for patients with stage I lung cancer.
- Ileal pouch-anal anastomosis for ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis: historical development and current status.
- Smoking cessation and the success of lung cancer surgery.
- Basal cells as stem cells of the mouse trachea and human airway epithelium.
- Risk factors for morbidity after lobectomy for lung cancer in elderly patients.
- Pulmonary function tests do not predict pulmonary complications after thoracoscopic lobectomy.
- Evidence that SOX2 overexpression is oncogenic in the lung.
- Invited commentary.
- A comprehensive evaluation for aspiration after esophagectomy reduces the incidence of postoperative pneumonia.
- Efficacy of mediastinal lymph node dissection during lobectomy for lung cancer by thoracoscopy and thoracotomy.
- Incorporating research into thoracic surgery practice.
- Evidence for type II cells as cells of origin of K-Ras-induced distal lung adenocarcinoma.
- Human lung stem cells: has the future arrived?
- Thoracoscopic lobectomy has increasing benefit in patients with poor pulmonary function: a Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database analysis.
- Sox2 cooperates with inflammation-mediated Stat3 activation in the malignant transformation of foregut basal progenitor cells.
Mark William Onaitis MD's Practice location
UC San Diego Health La Jolla - Moores Cancer Center - Lung Cancer
3855 Health Sciences Drive -La Jolla, CA 92037Get Direction
Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center at UC San Diego Health - Heart Surgery
9434 Medical Center Drive -La Jolla, CA 92037Get Direction
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Nearby Providers
- John Joseph Lamberti M.D.9434 Medical Center Drive La Jolla CA 92037
- Dr. Michael John Sasevich M.D.9850 Genesee Ave La Jolla CA 92037
- Michael M Madani MD9434 Medical Center Drive La Jolla CA 92037
- Dr. Erik L Owens MD9434 Medical Center Drive La Jolla CA 92037
- Dr. Scot A Brewster MD9850 Genesee Ave La Jolla CA 92037
- Dr. Leland B. Housman M.D.10666 N Torrey Pines Rd La Jolla CA 92037
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3643 N ROXBORO ROAD DURHAM NC 27704UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO MEDICAL CENTERl
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9888 GENESEE AVENUE LA JOLLA CA 92037SCRIPPS GREEN HOSPITALl
10666 NORTH TORREY PINES ROAD LA JOLLA CA 92037