Dr. Wickii Thambiah Vigneswaran
Thoracic SurgeonAffiliated Treatment Facilities
- James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital
Doctor Overview
Dr. Wickii T. Vigneswaran is a thoracic surgeon at James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital in Tampa, Florida. He treats diseases that occur in the chest, like pleural mesothelioma and lung cancer. To treat these cancers, he uses robotic and minimally invasive thoracic surgery techniques like video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS). He is licensed to practice medicine in Florida and Illinois. He is also fluent in Tamil, which can be helpful for patients who speak that language.
Before moving to Florida to treat veterans, Dr. Vigneswaran was the Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Loyola Medicine in the Chicago, Illinois, area. As a professor, Dr. Vigneswaran teaches surgery at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine. He has co-authored over 100 articles, 19 of which are about mesothelioma.
He received his medical degree in Sri Lanka and completed several residencies in the United Kingdom. His fellowships brought him to the United States. He formerly served as:
- Delegate of the American Medical Association
- President of the International College of Surgeons, U.S. Section
- Trustee of the CHEST Foundation of the American College of Chest Physicians
Doctor Fast Facts
Main Specialty: Thoracic Surgery
Other Interests & Specialties: Esophageal surgery, lung cancer, lung transplant surgery, lung volume reduction surgery, minimally invasive thoracic surgery, pleural mesothelioma, thoracic surgical oncology and VATS.
Certifications, Awards & Accolades: American College of Chest Physicians Fellow, American College of Surgeons Fellow, International College of Surgeons Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Fellow
Education & Experience:
- Medical Degree from the University of Peradeniya Faculty of Medicine
- Residency in Cardiothoracic Surgery at St. Mary’s Hospital, London and Harefield Hospitals
- Residency in Thoracic Surgery at the Royal Infirmary of Glasgow and Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
- Fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease and Thoracic Surgery at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
- Fellowship in Thoracic Surgery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center & Denver Children’s Hospital
Publications
Malignant pleural mesothelioma: current understanding of the immune microenvironment and treatments of a rare disease. Cancers (Basel). 2022 Sept 11;14(18):4415.EPHA2 mutations with oncogenic characteristics in squamous cell lung cancer and malignant pleural mesothelioma. Oncogenesis. 2019 Sept 4;8(9):49.
Influence of pleurectomy and decortication in health-related quality of life among patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. World J Surg. 2018 Apr;42(4):1036–45.
Nuclear grade and necrosis predict prognosis in malignant epithelioid pleural mesothelioma: a multi-institutional study. Mod Pathol. 2018 Apr;31(4):598–606.
