Wassim Aghnatios Abi Jaoude, MD

About Dr. Aghnatios Abi Jaoude

I'm an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Tulane University School of Medicine. I earned my medical degree and completed a General Surgery residency at Lebanese University in Beirut, followed by a second General Surgery residency at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY, and a Cardiothoracic Surgery fellowship at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, WI. I'm board certified by both the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. Before joining Tulane, I served as the sole thoracic surgeon at Reading Hospital in Pennsylvania, where I led several initiatives including the development of robotic bronchoscopy and multidisciplinary lung cancer care. My clinical interests include thoracic oncology, sublobar lung resection, and minimally invasive thoracic and foregut surgery.

Little Something Extra: I'm fluent in English, French, and Arabic, which allows me to bring a global perspective to my work and connect with patients from diverse backgrounds.