DanielJosephBoffaMD

Cardiovascular Surgery

Professor, Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine

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Office
330 Cedar Street
FMB 128 Thoracic Surgery
New Haven, CT 06520
Phone+1 203-785-4931

Fax+1 203-688-3501

Dr. Daniel Boffa is a thoracic surgeon in New Haven, CT and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Yale-New Haven Hospital and Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System. He received his medical degree from University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and has been in practice 20 years. He specializes in adult general thoracic surgery, minimally invasive thoracic surgery, and thoracic surgical oncology and is experienced in adult general thoracic surgery and minimally invasive thoracic surgery.

Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2004 - 2007
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Surgery, 1997 - 2004
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of MedicineClass of 1997

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

PubMed

Quality of Cancer Recurrence Data in the National Cancer Database: A Reappraisal of Reporting Readiness.
Kelley Chan, Bryan E Palis, Joseph H Cotler, Lauren M Janczewski, Xuan Zhu
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2025-03-01
ASO Visual Abstract: Quality of Cancer Recurrence Data in the National Cancer Database: A Reappraisal of Reporting Readiness.
Kelley Chan, Bryan E Palis, Joseph H Cotler, Lauren M Janczewski, Xuan Zhu
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2025-01-27
Lobectomy verses Sublobar Resection in The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database: Importance of Patient Factors and Lymph Node Evaluation.
Gavitt A Woodard, Maria Grau-Sepulveda, Mark W Onaitis, Brooks V Udelsman, Elizabeth A David
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2025-01-21

Journal Articles

Evaluation of Cancer Care After Medicaid Expansion Under the Affordable Care Act
Daniel Boffa, MD, JAMA Network Open

Boffa Appointed as Vice Chair of the CoCNovember 19th, 2024
Patients Without PCPs Struggle to Access Lung Cancer Screening, Despite EligibilityNovember 1st, 2024
How AI Can Help Researchers Make Esophageal Cancer Less DeadlySeptember 16th, 2024
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