Advanced care for your lungs and esophagus.
ECU Health’s team of thoracic surgeons combine extensive experience and skill with the most advanced technologies and procedures to provide complete surgical care for complex diseases of the lungs and esophagus.
We treat a broad range of thoracic and foregut conditions including:
- Achalasia
- Esophageal cancer
- Esophageal strictures
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Hernias that affect food digestion
- Diagnosed lung cancer
- Chest cavity masses
- Interstitial lung disease
- Pericardial cyst
- Pulmonary nodules
- Thymoma (thymus glad tumor)
Services and treatments include:
- LINX Reflux Management System for GERD
- Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) and Heller myotomy for treatment of achalasia
- Repair of hiatal (paraesophageal) and giant paraesophageal hernias
- Bronchoscopy and navigational bronchoscopy
- Video-assisted removal of some or all of the lung
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
- Minimally invasive removal of some or all of the esophagus
Heart & Vascular Care News
Stay up-to-date on all things ECU Health Heart & Vascular Care with the important headlines below. Visit the Newsroom for news and information from across the health system.

ECU Health announces 2025 Board Quality Leadership Award winners

ECU Health Medical Center offers new treatments for tricuspid valve regurgitation

Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation program, the first of its kind in eastern North Carolina, serves rural community with evidence-based cardiovascular care