SoCal Thoracic Surgery

Our team specializes in general thoracic surgery. Dr. McKenna has been included in the America’s Top Doctors for Cancer list for thoracic surgery for 10 consecutive years. He has published more than 250 peer-reviewed articles and has authored two books and 48 book chapters on topics related to his specialty. The Division of Thoracic Surgery is committed to excellence in patient care, teaching, research and community service. Services provided by St John’s Division of General Thoracic Surgery encompass all aspects of chest diseases. Our surgeons are well-recognized leaders in Thoracic Surgery nationally and internationally. Our patients come from all over the world to have their operation with our team. Surgeons from over 40 countries have visited our team to learn our techniques for minimally invasive surgery. We have run over 100 advanced VATS courses for thoracic surgeons around the world and developed minimally invasive techniques to perform chest operations for the last 25 years. Our surgeons’ publications, includes 2 books, over 250 articles in medical journals, and over 50 book chapters. For the last several years, we have seen more new patients with lung cancer than any other program in California and have the largest volume in the world with video-assisted thoracic surgical (VATS) lobectomy for lung cancer.