Whitney S. Brandt, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Section of Thoracic Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Video Profile
- Phone: 314-362-7260
Specialties
- Thoracic surgery
- Achalasia
- Adult pectus excavatum
- Airway obstruction
- Barrett’s esophagus
- Benign esophagus strictures
- Chest wall tumors
- Cystic fibrosis
- Emphysema
- Esophageal cancer and masses
- Esophageal diverticulum
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Hiatal hernia
- Hyperhidrosis
- Interstitial lung disease
- Lung cancer
- Lung nodules
- Lung volume reduction
- Myasthenia gravis
- Mediastinal tumors
- Paraoesophageal hernia
- Pneumothorax
- Thoracic trauma
- Tracheal disease
- Tracheal tumors
Call for patient appointments: 314-362-7260
Meet Dr. Brandt
Dr. Whitney Brandt is a thoracic surgeon specializing in lung cancer and other cancers, benign esophageal disease, hyperhidrosis and other general thoracic surgery.
She has expertise in minimally invasive approaches, including robotic surgery, that often result in less pain, shorter hospital stays and quicker recovery times.
Dr. Brandt earned her medical degree from Loyola Stritch School of Medicine. She completed general surgery residency training at Yale New Haven Hospital, a research fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, and a cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at WashU Medicine.
Degrees
Medical Degree
Loyola Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL
2014
Residency
General Surgery Residency
Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
2021
Fellowship
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship
WashU Medicine, St. Louis, MO
2023
Research interests
I am interested in researching lung and esophageal cancer. I am especially interested in factors which can help improve survival for patients with thoracic malignancies. I am currently working to help understand genomic alterations associated with aggressiveness and metastatic potential of lung cancer.
Locations
Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center
4500 Forest Park Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63108
Floor: 5
Phone: 314-362-7260
Hospital affiliations
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Siteman Cancer Center
Board certifications
- General surgery