Dr. Leroy Penfield Faber M.D.
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
1725 W Harrison St Suite 774 Chicago IL, 60612About
Dr. Leroy Faber is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Chicago, IL. Dr. Faber specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Faber 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
Northwestern Uniiversity 1956
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Pericardial effusion: subxiphoid pericardiostomy versus percutaneous catheter drainage.
- Indications for pneumonectomy. Pneumonectomy for malignant disease.
- Chest wall tumors: introduction.
- Chondroma and chondrosarcoma.
- Cytokine biosynthesis by tumor-infiltrating T lymphocytes from human non-small-cell lung carcinoma.
- Evaluation of unilateral decortication. A patient successfully treated 44 years after onset of tuberculosis.
- The surgical implication of broncholithiasis.
- Modulation of tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte cytolytic activity against human non-small cell lung cancer.
- Issues in the management of chest malignancies.
- Combined modality therapy for stage III non-small cell lung carcinoma: results of treatment and patterns of failure.
- Respiration following lung denervation.
- Homologous lung transplantation. Experiences in the dog.
- PRE-RESECTION RADIATION FOR BRONCHOGENIC CARCINOMA.
- TOTAL PRIME OF THE DISC OXYGENATOR WITH RINGER'S AND RINGER'S LACTATE SOLUTION FOR CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATIONS.
- EXPERIMENTAL HOMOTRANSPLANTATION OF THE LUNGS WITH CYTOXIC AGENTS.
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