Cardiothoracic Surgeon Subrato Deb Joins WMHS Medical Staff

Cardiothoracic surgeon Subrato J. Deb, MD, FCCP, has joined Mark Nelson, MD, and the team at the WMHS Heart Institute. In addition to cardiac surgery skills, Dr. Deb has specialized training in thoracic surgical oncology and minimally invasive thoracic surgery that gives local patients access to thoracic surgical care that usually is available only at academic medical centers.

Thoracic surgery focuses on treatment of diseases in the lungs, esophagus, chest wall, stomach and other organs inside the rib cage. In traditional thoracic surgery, a large incision is made on the side and in between the ribs which are spread open to reach the diseased tissue. This incision is painful and can be disabling. Minimally invasive surgery, also known as video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), enables the surgeon to perform the operation through several small incisions without rib spreading. The benefits of minimally invasive surgery for patients are less pain, shorter hospital stays and faster recovery time.

Dr. Deb did his residency in cardiothoracic surgery at the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota. A graduate of the University Of Maryland School of Medicine, Dr. Deb completed his internship and residency in general surgery at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda.

Dr. Deb was on active duty with the U. S. Navy for the past 16 years and is now in the U.S. Navy Reserves. Most recently, he was on the cardiothoracic surgery staff at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda. He also is an assistant professor of surgery at the Uniformed Services University School of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, also in Bethesda. During his military career, Dr. Deb has served in various military actions, most recently as a trauma surgeon in the Anbar Province of Iraq.

Board certified in both general and thoracic surgery, Dr. Deb has published more than 50 research articles, abstracts, reviews and textbook chapters. He is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, the nation’s only medical honor society. Dr. Deb has been the recipient of numerous academic awards including the O.T. Clagett Research Award from the Mayo Clinic and the Hufnagel Award from the Uniformed Services University School of the Health Sciences.

Dr. Deb’s office is in Suite 204 in the Braddock Campus Medical Office Building at 902 Seton Drive in Cumberland. The telephone number is 301-723-6365.