About Dr. Wickii Vigneswaran

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 Dr. Wickii Vigneswaran is a thoracic surgeon in Chicago Illinois and is affiliated with Loyola University Medical Center., Elmhurst Memorial Hospital and Edward Hospital. He has been in practice for more than 25 years. in the Greater Chicago area.  He is the Director of Thoracic Surgery of Loyola University Health System and Systems Director of Thoracic Surgery of Edward and Elmhurst Health.  

Dr. Vigneswaran practices robotic surgery, treat lung cancer, esophageal cancer, surgery for pleural mesothelioma,  mediastinal and chest wall tumors and end-stage lung disease including lung transplantation. He  accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. 

Dr. Vigneswaran, after his initial education in Sri Lanka, received his medical training in the United Kingdom and the United States of America in many prestigious organizations. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Canada, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh., American College of Chest Physicians and International College of Surgeons. He has served as President of the International College of Surgeons of the US Sections (2009) and Trustee of the Chest Foundation of the American College of Surgeon and Delegate of the American Medical Association. 

His research interest include lung injury, lung cancer and mesothelioma, diagnosis, treatment and quality of life. He has published over 150 articles, book chapters and edited four books related to lung transplantation and thoracic surgery. 

He also speaks multiple languages, including Tamil.