Best Cardiothoracic Surgery Specialists in Richmond, VA

This physician is accepting telehealth visits. Daniel Woolley, MD, FACS, is a cardiothoracic surgeon with Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Woolley has specialized expertise in minimally-invasive robotic surgery. He also has expertise in esophageal surgery and endoscopic thoracic procedures. Dr. Woolley graduated magna cum laude from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he studied chemistry and biology, and was inducted into the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa honor society, and later into the medical honor society, Alpha Omega Alpha. Following his undergraduate work, he earned his medical doctorate at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Woolley then completed both a general surgical residency and surgical research fellowship at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Cooper Hospital University Medical Center in Camden, New Jersey, before moving to Richmond to finish a cardiothoracic surgery residency at VCU's Medical College of Virginia. He also completed a cardiothoracic transplant fellowship at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin. Dr. Woolley is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. He currently serves on HCA Healthcare's National Thoracic Operations Council and the Blood Usage Committee at Chippenham Hospital. In addition, he is a fellow in the American College of Surgeons and an active member of the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.Dr. Woolley has received a number of academic and patient-focused medical awards, and participated in multiple clinical trials and research studies. He also has held several academic and professional appointments in the thoracic surgery field and has published numerous works. Special research areas of interest for Dr. Woolley include robotic surgery, and enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS).Dr. Woolley welcomes new patients and referrals

W. Zachary Chancellor, MD, is a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon with Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Chancellor earned his Doctor of Medicine from University of Mississippi School of Medicine in Jackson, Mississippi. He then went on to complete a general surgery residency and cardiothoracic surgery fellowship with University of Virginia Health System. He also completed a postdoctoral research fellowship with University of Virginia.Dr. Chancellor is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery. He provides patients with surgical care for complex and common conditions of the heart, lungs, and chest. He is experienced in coronary artery bypass, management of aortic and mitral valve disease, and surgical management of atrial fibrillation. During his residency, he served as resident member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Thoracic Surgery Residents Association, and American College of Surgeons. His research has been published in several medical journals, and he has received numerous awards and honors, including the American Heart Association Young Investigator Award.When not seeing patients, Dr. Chancellor enjoys playing tennis and spending time with his family.

The mission at Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates is to provide personalized, compassionate, state-of-the-art cardiothoracic diagnostic care and treatment for every patient.

Our team is a leading provider of cardiac surgical procedures in the state of Virginia, and the leader in Central Virginia, where we perform the majority of major heart operations.

CSA provides the highest quality cardiac surgery services in Central Virginia. Our practice is committed to measuring and benchmarking the quality of the services we provide. CSA consistently beats the national benchmarks for quality, as measured by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons - such benchmarks include rates of mortality, infection and re-operations.

This physician is accepting telehealth visits. Daniel P. Mulloy, MD is a cardiothoracic surgeon with Cardiothoracic Surgical Associates, primarily based at Chippenham Hopsital in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Mulloy earned his Bachelor of Arts at Yale University and completed medical school at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. His residency training was at the University of Washington in Seattle where he was a Chief Resident in General Surgery. Dr. Mulloy subsequently completed two post-doctoral fellowships in Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery Research both at the University of Virginia Health System. He is board certified by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Dr. Mulloy is a noted researcher and his work has been published in multiple medical journals and cardiothoracic surgery textbooks. He recently received the "Outstanding Article of the Year" award from the Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project for his examination on the relative costs of heart transplantation vs. left ventricular assist device (LVAD) placement.Dr. Mulloy's clinical interests include the breadth of adult cardiac surgery. He was the Director of the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) program and Surgical Director of the Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) program and at his prior institution. He has additional clinical expertise in coronary artery bypass, treatment of aortic valve pathology including trans-catheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and aortic root reconstruction, mitral valve repair, and surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation.