David Zeltsman, MD: Northwell Health Thoracic Surgeons

“What determines success for a physician are his patients.” Dr. David Zeltsman is the chief of thoracic surgery and the director of minimally invasive thoracic surgery at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. Dr. Zeltsman performs a revolutionary surgery called single incision (or uniportal) video assisted thoracic surgery—and LIJ is one of only a few centers in the world that offer it. The procedure, which requires exceptional precision and expertise, uses only one small incision to perform minimally invasive surgeries for conditions such as lung cancer and esophageal cancer.