John August Heim, MD

Thoracic Surgery

5.0 with 295 ratings

Sees patients age 12 and up

Speaks English and Spanish

Chair, Department of Surgery, Princeton Medical Center
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Dr. Heim is a Penn Medicine physician. In New Jersey, providers are affiliated with Penn Medicine through Clinical Health Care Associates of New Jersey or Princeton Healthcare Affiliated Physicians, PC.

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Anomalies of Diaphragm
Anterior Mediastinotomy
Asbestos Lung Disease
Barrett's Esophagus
Biopsy Chest Wall
Biopsy Diaphragm
Bronchial Fistula Repair
Bronchogenic Cysts
Bronchoscopy
Cancer of the Mediastinum
Chest Wall Abscess
Chest Wall Disorder
Chest Wall Lump
Chest Wall Resection
Chest Wall Tumors
Closure of Diaphragmatic Fistula
Closure of External Fistula of Trachea
Collapsed Lung
Contusion of Chest Wall
Correction of Pectus Deformity
Decortication of Lung
Diaphragm Tumor
Diaphragmatic Hernia
Emphysema
Empyema
Endobronchial Stent Placement
Endobronchial Valve Insertion
Esophageal Achalasia
Esophageal Cancer
Esophageal Diverticulectomy
Esophageal Motility Disorders
Esophageal Myotomy
Esophageal Perforation
Esophageal Stenosis
Esophageal Stricture
Esophageal Ulcer
Esophagectomy
Esophagus Tumors
Excision of Bronchus
Exploratory Thoracotomy
Extrapleural Pneumonectomy
Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy
Flail Chest
Foreign Body in Esophagus
Fundoplication
GERD Surgery (Gastroesophageal Reflux Surgery)
Hamartoma of Lung
Hilar Adenopathy
Hyperhidrosis (Excessive Sweating)
Hyperhidrosis Surgery
Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy for Achalasia
Large Cell Cancer of the Lung
Laser Resection of Airway Tumors
Ligation of Bronchus
Lung Abscess
Lung Biopsy
Lung Cancer
Lung Carcinoid Tumor
Lung Contusion
Lung Metastasis
Lung Resection
Lung Sarcoma
Lung Tumors
Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
Malignant Effusion
Malignant Neoplasm of the Main Bronchus
Mallory Weiss Tear
Median Sternotomy
Mediastinal Disorders
Mediastinal Tumors
Mediastinitis
Mediastinoscopy
Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma Surgery
Metastatic Tumors to the Lungs
Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy
Minimally Invasive Lung Cancer Surgery
Minimally Invasive Pulmonary Lobectomy
Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
Needle Procedure
Open Biopsy of Bronchus
Open Biopsy of Lesion of Mediastinum
Paraesophageal Hernia
Pectus Carinatum
Pectus Excavatum
Percutaneous Tracheostomy
Pleural Cancer
Pleural Diseases
Pleural Effusion (Fluid in the Lung)
Pleurectomy
Pleurodesis
Pleurx Catheter
Plication of Emphysematous Bleb
Plication of the Diaphragm
Pneumothorax (Collapsed Lung)
Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma (Lung Adenocarcinoma)
Pulmonary Metastases
Pulmonary Valve Disorders
Repair of Diaphragm
Revision of Tracheostomy
Rib Fracture
Robotic Lung Surgery
Robotic Thoracic Surgery
Sequestrum of Lung
Sleeve Lobectomy
Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
Sternal Fracture
Tension Pneumothorax
Thoracic Cancer
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS)
Thoracoplasty
Thoracoscopy
Thoracostomy
Thoracotomy
Thymectomy
Thymoma and Thymic Carcinoma
Thymus Cancer
Thymus Disorders
Thymus Surgery
Tracheal Resection
Tracheal Stent Placement
Tracheoesophageal Fistula
Tracheoesophageal Fistula Repair
Tracheomalacia
Tracheoplasty
Tracheostomy
Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery
Zenker's Diverticulum (Esophageal Diverticulum)

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Board Certification

Surgery, 1991
Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, 1994

Education and Training

Medical School: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Residency: Univ of Connecticut- Hartford Hospital
Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Primary Location

Princeton Medicine Physicians - John A. Heim, MD, Thoracic Surgery

Princeton Medical Center
Medical Arts Pavilion, Suite 260
5 Plainsboro Road
Plainsboro, NJ 08536

Map Call 609-853-7200

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Princeton Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Overall Ratings

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