Dr. James McPherson, a board certified thoracic surgeon with more than 20 years of experience, now sees patients in his Newtown office, located at 796 Newtown Yardley Road, Suite 200. As part of the nationally accredited Capital Health Cancer Center, Dr. McPherson is director of Thoracic Surgery and co-director of Capital Health’s Lung Center of Excellence at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell, where he also sees patients. Dr. McPherson focuses on minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer and other thoracic (chest) diseases.
Dr. McPherson received his medical degree at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he also received his Master of Public Health degree. After general surgery training at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center (now Mount Sinai) in New York City, Dr. McPherson completed his cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at the University of Southern California (USC) and served on the USC faculty for four years. He founded the Los Angeles Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Group, focusing on early diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer and minimally invasive heart valve surgery. As medical director of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, he introduced robotic assisted thoracic surgery for treatment of lung cancer. Dr. McPherson is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
To schedule an appointment with Dr. McPherson, call 844-303-LUNG (5864) or visit capitalhealthcancer.org for more information.
