Lucas R Collazo, MD

Dr Collazo is a board-certified cardiac, thoracic and congenital heart surgeon. He joined Inova Medical Group with more than 20 years of clinical experience. He has a special interest in the surgical management of congenital heart disease in children and adults. Dr. Collazo is the Medical Director of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery and serves as the Surgical Director of Inova's Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program. He became interested in congenital cardiac and thoracic surgery during medical school after rotating on the pediatric cardiothoracic surgery service. As a congenital cardiac surgeon, he is able to care for children, teenagers and adults who have congenital heart disease. A native of New York, Dr. Collazo currently resides in Northern Virginia with his family. In his spare time he enjoys traveling, tennis and shooting sporting clays. Awards/Associations/Appointments Member, Society of Thoracic Surgeons Top Doctors, Washingtonian, 2020-2022  Assistant Professor of Surgery – Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine First Vice President Medical Staff, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus Blog Posts Jimmy Kimmel Put Congenital Heart Disease In The Spotlight: At Inova’s Children’s Heart Program, All CHD Kids Are Stars (May 9, 2017)Celebrating A Decade of Advances in Pediatric Heart Surgery (June 3, 2016)