Philip Worthington Carrott, MD
Thoracic Surgery
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Bio & Overview
Philip Carrott, MD, is a thoracic and lung transplant surgeon and the surgical director of the lung transplant program at UVA. With these roles, he sees a wide variety of patients with a spectrum of conditions related to the chest wall, lung, and esophagus.
Dr. Carrott’s clinical and research interests include enhanced recovery from surgery, nutrition, and minimally invasive surgery. He also works on improving stomach health before an esophagectomy. With this complex surgery, pre-operative conditioning of the stomach allows for better healing.
Dr. Carrott is from Kansas City. He first came to Virginia in the early 90s to attend Washington and Lee University in Lexington. He finished medical school in Kansas City at the University of Kansas. He then completed a general surgery residency at Brown University in Rhode Island and a research year in esophageal diseases at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle. He completed fellowship training in thoracic surgery at UVA in 2013. From UVA, he went to the University of Michigan for six years, and then to Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He was recruited back to UVA in 2021.
He enjoys a number of outdoor pursuits, including biking, skiing, and running, as well as film and books.
Dr. Carrot has expertise in treating the following conditions:
- Hiatial hernia
Academic Information
- Department
- Surgery
- Academic Role
- Associate Professor
- Division
- Thoracic Surgery
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Age Groups Seen
- Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Primary Education
- University of Kansas School of Medicine
- Residency
- The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
- Fellowships
- University of Virginia School of Medicine
- Certification
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery (Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery), American Board of Surgery (Surgery (General Surgery))
Highlights
Meet Thoracic Surgeon Phil Carrott, MD
My name is Phil Carrott. I'm a thoracic surgeon and the surgical director of the lung transplant program. So in thoracic surgery, we see patients that have conditions related to the chest. So the ribs, lungs, esophagus, diaphragm. So it's a wide variety of conditions and organs that we treat. New patients can expect a careful assessment of their problems and conditions, and really hopefully an honest and frank discussion about what we think is best for their care as well as what options there are for treatment. I think people should choose UVA for their thoracic surgery, mostly due to the quality and team approach that we take here. We're the only transplant center in the southern part of Virginia. The greatest satisfaction in patient care is really being able to hopefully help with their condition, whether it's reflux disease or lung cancer, and have a good outcome.
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