BOCA RATON, FL – July 2, 2018 – Boca Raton Regional Hospital today announced the appointment of John Roberts,
MD, MBA, to the medical staff of the Eugene M. & Christine E. Lynn
Cancer Institute and BocaCare® Physician Network at Boca Raton Regional
Hospital. Dr. Roberts is a board-certified thoracic surgeon who specializes
in minimally invasive thoracic surgery, including thoracoscopy, robotic
surgery and other surgical treatments of lung and esophageal cancers.
Dr. Roberts earned his medical degree with honors from Yale University
in New Haven, Connecticut and earned his Masters of Business (MBA) at
Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. His postgraduate training included
an internship and residency program in surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital
in Baltimore, Maryland, where he served as chief resident in surgery and
completed an oncology and trauma fellowship. Dr. Roberts went on to complete
an additional residency in cardiothoracic surgery at Brigham & Women’s
Hospital, affiliate of Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.
Dr. Roberts served as the Chief of General Thoracic Surgery at Vanderbilt
University School of Medicine followed by various clinical appointments
at Centennial Hospital and Baptist Hospital in Tennessee. He also held
faculty appointments as Instructor in Surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital
and as Assistant Professor of Surgery at both the University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.
“Boca Raton Regional Hospital is most pleased to welcome Dr. Roberts
to our team of surgeons. His experience and clinical skills in thoracic
surgery will make an immediate impact on the advanced level of care we
provide to our patients,” said Jerry Fedele, President and Chief
Executive Officer, Boca Raton Regional Hospital.
Dr. Roberts is certified by the American Board of Surgery and American
Board of Thoracic Surgery. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons,
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons and The Society of Surgical Oncology.
Dr. Roberts has been selected by his peers to the “Best Doctors
in America” from 2003 – 2018 and is a reviewer of the
Annals of Thoracic Surgery and
CHEST® Journal.
“Boca Regional is on the forefront of cancer treatment in South Florida
and I am most gratified to play a role in caring for our patients,”
said Dr. Roberts.
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