Scott LeMaire, MD FACS

Scott A. LeMaire, MD, is a Professor of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery in the Heart & Vascular and Research Institutes at Geisinger. He serves as the Associate Chief Scientific Officer at Geisinger and the Associate Dean for Research at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. Prior to his transition to Geisinger in 2023, he served as the inaugural Jimmy and Roberta Howell Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, the Vice Chair for Research in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, the Director of Research in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Professor of Surgery and of Integrative Physiology at Baylor College of Medicine, as well as a member of the Academic Professional Staff of The Texas Heart Institute in Houston, Texas. Dr. LeMaire graduated from Northwestern University Medical School in 1992 and completed residency training in cardiothoracic surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in 1999. His primary area of interest is thoracic aortic disease, with a particular emphasis on organ protection during aortic surgery, genetic aspects of thoracic aortic disease, and molecular mechanisms of aortic wall degeneration. He has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, the Leducq Foundation, the Thoracic Surgery Foundation, and The Marfan Foundation for his research studying the pathobiology of thoracic aortic aneurysms and aortic dissection. At Baylor, he received both the Michael E. DeBakey Excellence in Research Award and the Fulbright & Jaworski Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and Evaluation, among the most prominent awards in research and education given by the College. Dr. LeMaire is a past-president of the Association for Academic Surgery, is president-elect of the Texas Surgical Society, is second vice president of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association and is the current editor-in-chief of the Journal of Surgical Research.

Adult Cardiac Surgery

• Aortic dissection
• aortic surgery
• thoracic aneurysm repair
• thoracoabdominal aneursym repair

Peripheral Vascular Surgery

Chest Wall Disorders/Procedures

• Congenital chest wall defects
• Nuss procedure
• Ravitch procedure

Heart Valve Disorders/Procedures

Minimally Invasive Procedures

• Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)

Lung Pleura Disorders/Procedures

Staff, Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, Houston, Texas

Houston, TX

Provisional

Attending, Houston Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas

Houston, TX

Consultant, Urological Surgeon

Professional Staff, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas

Other

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

Professor

07/2009—Present