Director of Thoracic Surgery, Northern Region, RWJBarnabas Health
Dr. Joanna Sesti was born in Havana, Cuba, and immigrated to the United States in 1989. She completed her medical school training in the New Jersey Medical School. She then went on to the integrated general Surgery/cardiothoracic surgery program at New York University. Finally, she completed an advanced training fellowship in minimally invasive thoracic surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She has been a member of the RWJ Barnabas Health system since 2017. Her main interests include minimally invasive and robotic thoracic surgery, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, benign esophageal diseases, and mediastinal masses. She has published a number of book chapters within the field of thoracic surgery and has several peer reviewed publications.
Minimally invasive thoracic surgery, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, benign esophageal disease, diseases of the mediastinum
Medical School
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 2005-2009
Residency
New York University Medical Center, General Surgery, NY 2009-2013
Fellowship
Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York University, NY, 2013-2016 Advanced Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA, 2016-2017
Publications
Title:
Marjolin's Ulcer of the Pleural Surface Within a Long-Standing Eloesser Flap
Authors:
Foster JA, Shukla P, Azar O, Lee T, Sesti J, Donington JS.
Publisher:
Ann Thorac Surg.
Date:
2016
Issue:
102(5):e383-e385
Title:
Surgical Treatment of Early l Stage Lung Cancer: What has Changed and What will Change in the Future
Authors:
Sun HH, Sesti J, Donington JS
Publisher:
Semin Respir Crit Care Med
Date:
2016
Issue:
3(5):708-715
Title:
Sublobar Resection: Ongoing Controversy for Treatment for Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Authors:
Sesti J, Donington JS
Publisher:
Thorac Surg Clin
Date:
2016
Issue:
26(3):251-9
Title:
Managing lung cancer in high-risk patients: what to consider
Authors:
Sesti J, Donington JS
Publisher:
Expert Rev Respir Med
Date:
2014
Issue:
8(4):443-525.
Title:
Laparoscopic enterolithotomy for gallstone ileus
Authors:
Sesti J, Okoro C, Parikh M
Publisher:
J Am Coll Surg
Date:
2013
Issue:
217(2):e13-5
Title:
The WTS report on the current status of women in cardiothoracic surgery
Authors:
Donington JS, Litle VR, Sesti J, Colson YL.
Publisher:
Ann Thorac Surg.
Date:
2012
Issue:
94(2):452-8; discussion 458-9
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