Leonidas Tapias Vargas MD
Adult General Thoracic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Surgical Oncology
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11100 Euclid AveUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterCleveland, OH 44106
Phone+1 216-844-0065
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Summary
- Dr. Tapias is a thoracic surgeon. He received his medical degree from Industrial University of Santander Faculty of Medicine. He also speaks multiple languages, including Spanish. He specializes in thoracic surgery and is experienced in robotic and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, adult general thoracic surgery, thoracic surgical oncology, minimally invasive surgery, and esophageal surgery.
Education & Training
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Thoracic Surgery - Independent, 2016 - 2018
St Mary's Hospital (Waterbury)Residency, Surgery, 2009 - 2016
University CT Health Center - J Dempsey HospitalPost-Doctoral Fellowship, Molecular Cardiology, 2012 - 2014
Industrial University of Santander Faculty of MedicineClass of 2008
Certifications & Licensure
OH State Medical License 2021 - 2027
TX State Medical License 2018 - 2022
MA State Medical License 2015 - 2019
MN State Medical License 2017 - 2017
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Clinical Trials
- Chest Tube After a Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Pulmonary Wedge Resection Start of enrollment: 2008 Jul 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Evaluating failure to rescue after esophagectomy: The esophagectomy failure to rescue assessment, trends, and Evaluation (E-FATE) study.Christina S Boutros, Philip A Linden, Omkar Pawar, Boxiang Jiang, Jillian Sinopoli
JTCVS Open. 2025-12-01 - Comparative Analysis of Overall Survival in Mucinous and Nonmucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Lung: Insights From a National Cancer Database Study.Christina S Boutros, Yue Lin Hu, Aria Bassiri, Boxiang Jiang, Jillian Sinopoli
The Journal of Surgical Research. 2025-11-01 - Robotic vs Laparoscopic Hiatal Hernia Repair: A Comparative Study of Short- and Long-Term Surgical Outcomes.Aria Bassiri, Omkar S Pawar, Christina Boutros, Boxiang Jiang, Jillian Sinopoli
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2025-11-01
Professional Memberships
- Candidate Member
- Resident Member
- European Association for CardioThoracic Surgery EACTSMember
Other Languages
- Spanish
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