G. Alexander Patterson, MD
Joseph Bancroft Professor of Surgery
Section of Thoracic Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Phone: 314-362-7260
Specialties
- Thoracic surgery
- Lung cancer
- Esophageal cancer
- Lung transplantation
- Lung reperfusion injury
- Barrett’s esophagus
- Tracheal tumors
- Diseases of the airway
- Lung volume reduction
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Emphysema surgery
- Myasthenia gravis
Call for patient appointments: 314-362-7260
Meet Dr. Patterson
Dr. G. Alexander Patterson is a thoracic surgeon specializing in lung and esophageal cancer, lung transplant surgery, and general thoracic surgery.
Dr. Patterson earned his medical degree from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He also completed general and thoracic surgery residency training at Queens University and a surgical intensive care and pulmonology fellowship at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.
Degrees
Medical Degree
Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
1974
Residency
General Thoracic Surgery
University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1982
General Surgery Residency
Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
1979
Fellowship
Surgical Intensive Care & Pulmonology Fellowship
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
1982
Research interests
General thoracic surgery, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, Barrett’s esophagus, tracheal tumors, disease of the airway, adult lung transplantation, lung volume reduction, lung surgery, thoracic disease, heart-lung transplant, pulmonary hypertension, emphysema, thoracic malignancies, myasthenia gravis
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
Christian Hospital
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Board certifications
- Cardiothoracic surgery
- Adult transplantation surgery
Dr. Patterson in the news
- Alec Patterson, MD, named Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- Meet the Lung Cancer Team
- Top Doctors 2021
- 2020 Thoracic Surgery Annual Report
Professional Memberships
American Association for Thoracic Surgery (Editor in Chief, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, AATS)
European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery
European Society of Thoracic Surgeons
General Thoracic Surgical Club
Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
Society for Thoracic Surgeons
Thoracic Surgery Foundation