Joshua R. Sonett, M.D.
- Contact Address
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia
PH Room 104, 14th Fl.
622 West 168th St
New York, NY, 10032 - Contact Phone
- (212) 305-3408
- Contact E-Mail
- js2106@columbia.edu
- Professional Affiliations
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University Medical Center
Position held: Chief
Program: General Thoracic Surgery - New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University Medical Center
Position held: Surgical Director
Program: Lung Transplant Program - New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University Medical Center
Position held: Surgical Director
Program: High-Risk Lung Assessment Program
- New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University Medical Center
- Expertise
- Thoracic Surgery
- Thoracic Oncology
- Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
- Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery(VATS)
- Lung Cancer
- Esophageal Cancer
- Education
- Duke University, B.A., 1984
- East Carolina University, M.D., 1988
- Residencies
- University of Massachusetts Medical Center, General Surgery, 1988 - 1993
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Cardiothoracic Surgery, 1993 - 1996
- Fellowships
- Research Fellow, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Cardiothoracic Surgery, 1990 - 1991
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Thoracic Surgery, 1995 - 1996
- Appointments
- Professor Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Clinical Surgery, 2007
- Board Certification
- American Board of Surgery
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery
- Website
- Biography/CV (will open new window)
- Biography
Dr. Joshua R. Sonett is the Chief of General Thoracic Surgery at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center and is a Professor of Clinical Surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. His clinical expertise is focused on thoracic surgery and oncology. Dr. Sonnet is part of a research team with physicians from Columbia University's Mesothelioma Center who are investigating a new treatment regimen for patients with pleural mesothelioma .
- Mesothelioma Specialist
- This Physician is a mesothelioma specialist


