UChicago Faculty Physician
Pablo G. Sanchez, MD, PhD
Pablo G. Sanchez, MD, PhD
UChicago Faculty Physician
Professor of Surgery
Surgical Director, Lung Transplant Program
Specialties
- Transplant
- Thoracic Surgery
Locations
- Chicago - Hyde Park
- About
- Specialties & Areas of Expertise
- Locations & Patient Information
- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
- External Professional Relationships
Pablo Sanchez, MD, PhD, is an expert thoracic surgeon who specializes in treating a wide range of complex lung diseases, such as advanced emphysema, acute respiratory failure, lung cancer and airway disease. Because Dr. Sanchez’s surgical expertise includes performing traditional, minimally invasive and robotic thoracic procedures, he is able to provide personalized care to address each patient’s individual condition(s), symptoms and healthcare goals.
As a renowned lung transplant surgeon, Dr. Sanchez also provides compassionate, care-centered treatment to patients with end-stage lung disease. He plays a critical role in a multidisciplinary transplant team that collaborates closing together to provide comprehensive care to pulmonary patients.
In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Sanchez is committed to research that can improve care for patients with lung disease. His work has been published in highly respected, peer-review journals, including Transplantation, Journal of Thoracic Disease, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and more.
As a renowned lung transplant surgeon, Dr. Sanchez also provides compassionate, care-centered treatment to patients with end-stage lung disease. He plays a critical role in a multidisciplinary transplant team that collaborates closing together to provide comprehensive care to pulmonary patients.
In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Sanchez is committed to research that can improve care for patients with lung disease. His work has been published in highly respected, peer-review journals, including Transplantation, Journal of Thoracic Disease, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and more.
Specialties
Areas of Expertise
- Lung Transplant
- Airway Disorders
- Advanced Emphysema
- Respiratory Failure
- Lung Cancer
Practicing Since
- 2000
Languages Spoken
- English
- Portuguese
- Spanish
Medical Education
- Facultad de Medicina Universidad Nacional de Cordoba
Internship
- Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, Hospital Nacional de Clinicas
Residency
- Pavilhao Pereira Filho, Complexo Hospitalar Santa Casa de Porto Alegre
Fellowship
- Hospital da Crianca Santo Antonio
Memberships & Medical Societies
- American College of Surgeons
- Society of University Surgeons
- International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
- American Association for Thoracic Surgery
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.
Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.