Paul Joseph Corso, MD

Paul Joseph Corso, MD, specializes in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Dr. Corso is the director of Cardiac Surgery at Washington Hospital Center. Prior to this, he was a consultant in Thoracic Surgery for the United States Air Force at Andrews Air Force Base.

Dr. Corso holds many administrative positions at the Hospital Center. He is a member of the Board of Trustees, the Surgical Advisory Committee, and the Washington Heart & Vascular Institute Board. Dr. Corso is also vice-president of the Medical Board and chairman of the Credentials Committee. In addition to these responsibilities, Dr. Corso is an active member of many committees within MedStar Health, the parent company of the Hospital Center.

Dr. Corso is currently a clinical professor of Surgery at The George Washington University Medical Center, as well as a professor of Surgery at Georgetown University Medical Center.

Dr. Corso publishes and lectures extensively in his field.  His repertoire includes more than 60 scientific presentation and more than 80 publications.

Clinical Expertise

• Cardiac Surgery

Practice Focus

• Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Phone

• 202-291-1430

Education

• BA, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., 1962 – 1965 
• MD, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C., 1965 – 1969 

Residency      

• The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.,  1969 – 1970 

Credentialed Areas

• American Board of Surgery
• American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Honors, Awards, & Society Memberships

• Fellow, American College of Surgeons
• Fellow, American College of Cardiology
• Medical Society of the District of Columbia
• American Medical Association
• District of Columbia Thoracic Society
• American College of Chest Physicians
• Society of Critical Care Medicine
• Southeastern Surgical Society
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons
• International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

Additional Training, Education, & Research
Dr. Corso's research posts include:

• Surgical Investigator, PARTNER Trial, the Hospital Center
• Principal Investigator, National Institutes of Health Cardiac Surgical Research Grant Submission
• Member, Scientific Advisory Board for Robotics Surgery, Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
• Member, Scientific Advisory Board for Minimally Invasive Beating Heart Bypass Surgery, Cardio Thoracic Systems, Inc.