Larry Kaiser, MD, FACS

Clinical Interests

• Lung cancer
• Mediastinal tumors
• Mesothelioma
• Myasthenia gravis

Education

• MD, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA

Training

• Fellowship (Research), Surgical Oncology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
• Residency, Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
• Residency, Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
• Residency, Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Board Certification

• Surgery
• Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Memberships

• American Association for Thoracic Surgery
• American College of Chest Physicians
• American College of Physician Executives
• American College of Radiology
• American College of Surgeons
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
• American Surgical Association
• American Thoracic Society
• Association for Academic Surgery
• Fleischner Society
• General Thoracic Surgical Biology Club
• General Thoracic Surgical Club
• Halsted Society
• Elected Member, National Academy of Medicine
• Longmire Surgical Society
• Society of Clinical Surgery
• Society of Surgical Oncology
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons
• Society of University Surgeons
• Surgical Biology Club II
• Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education
• College of Physicians of Philadelphia
• Friends of National Library of Medicine
• John Morgan Society
• Penn Club
• Pennsylvania Medical Society
• Philadelphia Academy of Surgery
• Mental Health Task Force
• Texas Surgical Society

Awards and Honors

• Best Doctors in America®, Thoracic Surgery, 2017-2018, 2019-2020
• Top Doctors, Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery, Philadelphia magazine
• Best Doctors in America, Northeast Region
• World Class Doc, Philadelphia Magazine
• Top Doctor in America, American Health
• Guide to America’s Top Surgeons, Consumers Research Council of America
• Tulane Medical Alumni Association Award
• Merck Manual Award, Tulane University School of Medicine
• University of Pennsylvania Department of Surgery Faculty Teaching Award
• Who’s Who in America
• Who’s Who in the World
• Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare
• I.S. Ravdin Master Clinician Award, Penn Medicine Awards of Excellence, UPenn School of Medicine
• First Prize in the Surgery Category of the British Medical Association Book Awards for Operative Thoracic Surgery
• Operative Thoracic Surgery Winner in Category of Scholarly Academic Reference Books at the PBIF British Book Design and Production Awards
• University of Houston’s McGovern Award and Lecture