Biography: Eric A. Espinal, M.D.

Dr. Espinal attended medical school at Northeastern Ohio Universities’ College of Medicine. A native of the Akron area, he continued his training as a resident in general surgery at Summa Health System (Akron, Ohio). He subsequently completed a residency in cardiothoracic surgery and heart-lung transplantation at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Espinal was instrumental in bringing minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery to the Akron area and is a nationally recognized leader in minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery techniques. New procedures pioneered by Dr. Espinal and his team in the Akron area include the following:

Robotic transmyocardial laser revascularization (TMR)
Multivessel “off-pump” coronary bypass surgery
Robotic / minimally invasive pericardial window
Robotic left ventricular lead placement for cardiac resynchronization therapy
Robotically-assisted CABG
Robotic mediastinal mass resection
Robotic thymectomy
Photodynamic therapy (pulmonary and esophageal cancer)
Minimally invasive esophagectomy
Robotic esophagomyotomy
VATS Lobectomy
Specialized fellowship training for laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication (GERD)
Surgical management of atrial fibrillation
Comprehensive management of aortic root disease with new bioprostheses
Complex esophageal stenting
pH Bravo Testing (GERD)