De Hoyos Joins Thoracic Oncology Team at Markey

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 21, 2016) – Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Alberto de Hoyos has joined the thoracic oncology team at the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center.

De Hoyos’s clinical interests include treatment of lung and esophageal cancers, neuroendocrine tumors and mediastienal tumors, with specialties including minimally invasive and robotic surgery.

De Hoyos earned his medical degree from the Universidat Autonoma de Nuevo Leon in Monterrey, Mexico. He then completed his residency in cardiothoracic surgery at Northwestern University in Chicago.

De Hoyos completed a fellowship in minimally invasive thoracic surgery at the University of Pittsburg Medical Center, a pulmonary fellowship at the University of Toronto, and a research fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

De Hoyos is certified by the American Board of Surgery as well as the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.

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