Your father is in excellent hands. He operated on my daughter a month ago. She had a very complex, lengthy surgery. She got extremely good care and attention. From daily chest xrays, to calling in infection specialists the very day her white cell count went up, they were on top of everything. From what I can find out, he appears to be "the man" to go to for esophogus surgery. Google him and you can get an idea of how many surgical textbooks his published in, how much research he's had published, etc. He is hugely busy, so expect to wait hours and hours for your appointment. I was told that drs come from all over the world for him to train them on his surgical techniques. After surgery, your father won't see much of him, but his "entourage" of residents, etc, do the hands-on, but Luketich is very much calling the shots. Going to him is not like going to a community hospital where you get more "hands on" from the surgeon. However, you won't get expertise like his in a community hospital. (We live 360 miles from Pitt, and couldn't find anyone that could do anything for my daughterm and I live in a city with a large medical center with medical school).