Biography

Philip A. Rascoe, M.D. is a cardiothoracic surgeon at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital, and an associate professor in the department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery at McGovern Medical School.

Board certified in cardiothoracic and general surgery, Dr. Rascoe earned his medical degree from Louisiana State University, and completed his general surgery internship and residency at McGovern Medical School. He performed a Thoracic Oncology Postdoctoral Fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center and a Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania.

A Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Dr. Rascoe is also a member of the American Board of Surgery, the American Board of Thoracic Surgery, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and the Association for Academic Surgery. With extensive experience in performing minimally-invasive operations for diseases of the chest, his clinical focus is on benign and malignant diseases of the lungs, mediastinum, pleura, trachea, and esophagus.

 

Memberships

  • American Board of Surgery
  • American Board of Thoracic Surgery
  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  • Alpha Omega Alpha
  • The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
  • Association for Academic Surgery

 

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Surgery
  • American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Education

Medical School
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Residency
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
Residency
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston
Residency
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Fellowship
University of Pennsylvania

Areas of Interest

Clinical Interests

  • Lung cancer
  • Esophageal cancer
  • Minimally-invasive lung surgery
  • Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)
  • VATS lobectomy
  • Minimally-invasive esophagectomy (MIE)
  • Mediastinal masses
  • Thymoma and thymic cancer
  • VATS thymectomy
  • Transcervical thymectomy
  • Myasthenia gravis
  • Chest wall tumors
  • Hyperhidrosis and VATS sympathectomy
  • Tracheal surgery
  • Pleural diseases
  • Mesothelioma
  • Pectus excavatum and carinatum
  • Substernal goiters
  • Long volume reduction surgery (LVRS) and bullectomy