About Farid Gharagozloo
Dr. Farid Gharagozloo is a highly respected and accomplished surgeon who specializes in cardiothoracic surgery and is currently the Professor of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief of the Institute for Advanced Thoracic Surgery at the University of Central Florida. He is also the senior editor of the Textbook of Robotic Surgery, which was published in 2021.
Dr. Gharagozloo has held various leadership positions in his field, including Surgeon-in-Chief and Professor of Surgery at the Center for Advanced Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery, Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Global Robotics Institute, and Chief of Thoracic Surgery, Robotic Cardiothoracic Surgery, Esophageal Surgery and the Southwest Regional Thoracic Oncology Program at the University of Arizona.
He is a prolific researcher and author, with over 234 peer-reviewed publications, 35 book chapters and 2 textbooks of robotic surgery to his name. Dr. Gharagozloo holds US and European patents for a revolutionary tissue healing accelerant. He is also the President of the Society of Robotic Surgery. Dr. Gharagozloo completed his undergraduate and medical education at Johns Hopkins University, followed by surgical and cardiothoracic surgery training at Mayo Clinic and Harvard Medical School.