Michael DiMaio, MD

J. Michael DiMaio, MD, FACS is a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon specializing in complex minimally invasive cardiac, lung and esophageal procedures, robotic surgery, and heart-lung transplantation. He received his medical degree from the University of Miami and completed his internal medicine, general surgery and thoracic surgery residencies at Duke University Medical Center. While at Duke, Dr. DiMaio completed a surgical research fellowship sponsored by the NIH focused on gene therapy, immunology, and transplantation. His clinical interests include transplantation, cardiac surgery, ventricular aneurysm repair, aortic stenting, minimally invasive cardiac and thoracic surgery, and the usage of Holmium-YAG laser therapy for tracheal and thoracic obstructive processes.