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Thomas K. Varghese, Jr., MD, MS, MBA, FACS, MAMSE

Chief, Section of General Thoracic Surgery, University of Utah; Chief Value Officer - Huntsman Cancer Institute; Associate Chief Medical Quality Officer - HCI
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Dr. Thomas Varghese Jr. is the Chief, Section of General Thoracic Surgery at the University of Utah; Chief Value Officer (Ambulatory and Inpatient) at the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI); Associate Chief Medical Quality Officer at Huntsman Cancer Hospital; and a Professor (Tenure-track) in the Department of Surgery at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Tom is a health services researcher whose clinical, research and operational experience span the fields of innovation science and implementation science. He is the Director of the newly launched HCI-IMPACT (Innovative Medical Practices Advancing Care Transformation) Center, helped create the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Strong for Surgery program (https://www.facs.org/quality-programs/strong-for-surgery ) and is a co-PI on the National Cancer Institute RO1-funded clinical trial on the role of Precision Exercise Prescription (PEP) for elective lung cancer surgical resection (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03306992 ).

Dr. Varghese currently holds national leadership positions in the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), Cardiothoracic Surgery Network (CTSNet), American College of Surgeons and Society of University Surgeons (SUS). He is the 2024-2025 President of SUS. Dr. Varghese is a leader with a robust track record of mentoring and sponsoring medical students, residents, fellows, junior faculty, post-doctoral research graduates, and PhD students for the past 17 years. He has been elected to the American Surgical Association and American Association for Thoracic Surgery, and was inducted as a Member of the ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators in 2023.

Tom spends his free time with his family, as well as actively engaging on social media.

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