Richard S Lazzaro MD

Adult General Thoracic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic Surgical Oncology

Chief, Section of Thoracic Surgery, Southern Region Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health

165 Somerset StreetNew Brunswick, NJ 08901

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Summary

Dr. Richard Lazzaro is a thoracic surgeon in New Jersey and is affiliated with Monmouth Medical Center and Community Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Albany Medical College and has been in practice 29 years. He specializes in adult general thoracic surgery, robotic thoracic surgical oncology, and minimally invasive thoracic surgery.

Education & Training

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityFellowship, Thoracic Surgery - Independent, 1994 - 1997
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellResidency, Surgery, 1988 - 1994
Albany Medical CollegeClass of 1988
Union CollegeB.S., 1985

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Certifications & Licensure

NJ State Medical License 2021 - 2027
NY State Medical License 1990 - 2025
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2012-2021
New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2003, 2011-2021
Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2002-2014, 2018-2021

Clinical Trials

Comparison Trial of White Light, Autofluorescence and Narrow Band Imaging Bronchoscopy Start of enrollment: 2007 Oct 01
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

The Surgeon, the Robot, and the Stapler: Comparison of Stapling Strategies During Robotic Lobectomy.
John F Lazar, I-Wen Pan, Abbas Abbas, Richard Lazzaro, Inderpal Sarkaria
Innovations. 2026-10-17
Consensus map for robotic right lower lobectomy-essential components for artificial intelligence and education applications.
Arian Mansur, Christina L Costantino, Lillian L Tsai, Judith Amores, Sophia K McKinley
Journal of Thoracic Disease. 2025-11-30
1 citations
Clinical and Genomic Features and Prognostic Biomarkers of Oligometastatic Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer.
Rebecca A Deek, Jongmyung Kim, Ritesh Kumar, Benjamin Medina, John Langenfeld
Clinical Lung Cancer. 2025-11-01

Journal Articles

Minimally Invasive Robotic-Assisted Excision of an Aortopulmonary Mediastinal Paraganglioma
Richard S Lazzaro, Amie J Kent, European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Robotic harvest of intercostal muscle flap
azzaro RS, Guerges M, Kadosh B, Gulkarov I, J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 8/1/2013
A practical algorithmic approach to the diagnosis and management of solitary pulmonary nodules: part 2: pretest probability and algorithm
Patel VK, Naik SK, Naidich DP, Travis WD, Weingarten JA, Lazzaro R, Gutterman DD, Wentowski C, Grosu HB, Raoof S, Chest, 3/1/2013

Books/Book Chapters

General Thoracic Surgery
Chapter: Endoscopy of the Esophagus
Lazzaro RS, LoCicero JLLippincott Williams & WilkinsEdition 7th ,2009
General Thoracic Surgery
Chapter: Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy
Lazzaro RS, LoCicero JLLippincott Williams & WilkinsEdition 7th ,2009
General Thoracic Surgery
Chapter: Benign Pleural Effusion
Lazzaro RS, LoCicero JLLippincott Williams & WilkinsEdition 7th ,2009

Lectures

State of the Art Lectures in Robotic Surgery: State of the Art in Robotic Esophagectomy
Reston, VA - 8/28/2013
Robotic Pulmonary Resection
Manhasset, NY - 6/4/2013
Lobectomy
Staten Island, NY - 5/31/2013

Other

Video presentation: Robotic Thoracoscopic Resection of Intralobar Sequestration in an Adult
Lazzaro R
Prague, Czech Republic - 6/12/2013

Press Mentions

Southern Region Chief of Thoracic Surgery Honored as Monmouth Medical Center’s December Physician of the MonthDecember 24th, 2024
Monmouth Medical Center Introduces Three Innovative Technologies in Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentJuly 8th, 2024
May 23, 2024 New Strides in Lung Cancer TreatmentMay 23rd, 2024