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Luis F. Tapias Vargas

  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. 2010
    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. 2025
    Poster of Distinction - 31st Annual Balfour Surgery Research Symposium Department of Surgery
  2. 2025
    Top Rated Abstract - 31st Annual Balfour Surgery Research Symposium Department of Surgery
  3. 2025
    2024 Top Performer Provider – Patient Experience AwardMayo Clinic Rochester
  4. 2024
    Top Rated Abstract - Latin America Conference on Lung Cancer 2024 – Bogota, ColombiaInternational Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)
  5. 2024
    Poster of Distinction - 30th Annual Balfour Surgery Research Symposium Department of Surgery
  6. 2024
    Top Rated Abstract - 30th Annual Balfour Surgery Research Symposium Department of Surgery
  7. 2024
    Subspecialty Teacher of the Year - General Surgery Residency ProgramDepartment of Surgery
  8. 2023
    2022 Top Performer Provider - Patient Experience Award Mayo Clinic Rochester
  9. 2019
    ESTS Greek Pioneers Prize, Best Poster PresentationEuropean Society of Thoracic Surgeons
  10. 2014
    Willard M. Daggett ScholarshipMassachusetts General Hospital
  11. 2011
    Second Place, Resident Paper CompetitionAmerican College of Surgeons – Connecticut Chapter
  12. 2010
    M.D., Cum LaudeUniversidad Industrial de Santander

Professional memberships

  1. 2025
    MemberMidwest Surgical Equipment & Supply Subcommittee, Department Committees, Department of Nursing
  2. 2025 - present
    MemberRochester Surgical Equipment and Supply Subcommittee
  3. 2025 - present
    MemberWorkforce on General Thoracic Surgery Database, Society of Thoracic Surgeons
  4. 2025 - present
    Sit-withMidwest Surgical Quality Subcommittee
  5. 2025 - present
    Workforce on General Thoracic Surgery DatabaseSociety of Thoracic Surgeons
  6. 2024 - present
    MemberRobotics Subcommittee
  7. 2024 - present
    MemberData Safety Monitoring Board
  8. 2023 - 2024
    MemberTaskforce on Consensus Statement on Resectable Lung Cancer Management, Society of Thoracic Surgeons
  9. 2023 - 2024
    Taskforce on Consensus Statement on Resectable Lung Cancer ManagementSociety of Thoracic Surgeons
  10. 2023 - present
    MemberDouglas Mathisen Traveling Fellowship in General Thoracic Surgery Review Committee, Thoracic Surgery Foundation / Society of Thoracic Surgeons
  11. 2023 - 2025
    MemberWorkforce on General Thoracic Surgery, Society of Thoracic Surgeons
  12. 2023 - 2025
    MemberWorkforce on Evidence Based Surgery, Society of Thoracic Surgeons
  13. 2023 - 2025
    Workforce on Evidence Based SurgerySociety of Thoracic Surgeons
  14. 2023 - 2025
    Workforce on General Thoracic SurgerySociety of Thoracic Surgeons
  15. 2023 - present
    Active MemberSociety of Thoracic Surgeons
  16. 2023 - present
    MemberAmerican Society of Clinical Oncology
  17. 2022 - present
    MemberInternational Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
  18. 2022 - present
    MemberLatino Surgical Society
  19. 2021 - present
    Thoracic Surgery LiaisonDepartment of Surgery Quality Committee
  20. 2018 - present
    MemberMGH Alumni Surgical Society
  21. 2012 - 2021
    Resident MemberMassachusetts Medical Society
  22. 2011 - 2022
    Candidate MemberSociety of Thoracic Surgeons

Publications

PST-20507232