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Faiz Y. Bhora is an American thoracic surgeon . He serves as System Chief of Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Oncology Program for Nuvance Health,^[1] a group of seven hospitals in the Mid Hudson Valley, NY and Western Connecticut, serving 1.5 million individuals and having over 2600 healthcare providers and physicians. He is also the Associate Program Director of the Surgery Residency Program at Danbury Hospital.

Bhora specializes in minimally invasive approaches to thoracic diseases, including the use of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). This procedure is performed using a small video camera that is inserted into the patient's chest with robotic techniques. This includes the use of the da Vinci Surgical System to perform minimally invasive thoracic surgery.

Prior to his current position, he was the Chief of Thoracic Surgery, Associate Program Director of General Surgery Residency, Director of Robotic Thoracic Surgery and Research and Co-Director of the Airway Center at Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Morningside in New York City.^[1] He held an academic appointment as Associate Professor of Thoracic Surgery at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai^[2] and was previously Associate Professor of Surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Bhora has served as a Board Member of Mount Sinai Health Partners, an elected position with overall responsibility for Clinical Integration, Quality, Outside Relationships, Guidelines, Audit and Compliance for over 6000 physicians.

Bhora serves as chair of the Clinical Competency Committee for the Danbury Hospital General Surgery Residency.