He is vice chairman of Clinical Affairs in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, director of Thoracic Robotic Surgery, and co-director of the Esophageal and Lung Surgery Institute. Dr. Sarkaria has extensive expertise and experience in minimally invasive and Video Assisted Thoracic Surgical (VATS) approaches including esophagectomy for esophageal cancer, VATS lobectomy for lung cancer, VATS thymectomy, laparoscopic anti-refux surgery for GERD, laparoscopic surgery for achalasia, laparoscopic repair of giant paraesophageal hernias (GPEH), and robotic-assisted approaches to these conditions.