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Office
12266 De Paul Dr., East Building
Suite 205
Bridgeton, MO 63044Phone+1 314-218-2300Fax+1 314-646-1700- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Peter Fonseca is a board certified general thoracic surgeon in St. Louis, MO and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis, SSM Health St. Joseph - St. Charles, and SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis. He received his medical degree from Saint Louis University School of Medicine and has been in practice 30 years. He was a general thoracic surgeon in the Navy at Bethesda Naval Hospital after completing his training. Since leaving the military he has been practicing in the greater St. Louis, MO area. He specializes in general thoracic surgery and is experienced in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, adult general thoracic surgery, thoracic surgical oncology, minimally invasive thoracic surgery, and robotic thoracic surgery.
Education & Training
- Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals, IncFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 1992 - 1994
- Wright State UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1987 - 1992
- Saint Louis University School of MedicineClass of 1987
Certifications & Licensure
- OH State Medical License 1988 - 2025
- MO State Medical License 1998 - 2025
- WI State Medical License 1992 - 2017
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification athenaClinicals EHR, athenahealth, Inc, 2013
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 5 citationsResection of an adult intracardiac wilms' tumor using hypothermic circulatory arrestPeter Fonseca, G. Hossein Almassi, Frank P. Begun> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1995 Dec 1
Professional Memberships
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- Member
Hospital Affiliations
- SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. LouisBridgeton, Missouri
- SSM Health St. Joseph - St. CharlesSaint Charles, Missouri
- SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint LouisLake Saint Louis, Missouri
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