MUSC Health Cardiothoracic Surgery at Hollings Cancer Center

Marissa Mayor, MD is a thoracic surgeon specializing in disorders of the lung, esophagus, chest wall, stomach, and mediastinum. She integrates minimally invasive and robotic approaches into her practice to provide personalized, patient-centered surgical plans. In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Mayor is dedicated to resident education and advancing quality in thoracic surgery. Dr. Mayor earned her medical degree from Boston University and completed her general surgery residency at Inova Fairfax in Virginia. She is board certified in general surgery and served for four years as a U.S. Navy general surgeon in austere and operational environments. Following her military service she completed a thoracic surgery fellowship at University of Virginia, developing expertise in benign and malignant diseases of the chest.

Kathryn E. Engelhardt, M.D. M.S. is double board-certified in thoracic surgery and general surgery; she specializes in surgery of the lung, airway, esophagus, stomach, chest wall, and mediastinum. Whenever possible, Dr. Engelhardt performs surgery using minimally invasive robotic technology, providing optimal outcomes, quicker recoveries, and shorter hospital stays. Dr. Engelhardt graduated from Cornell University before returning to her home state of Ohio to complete medical school at the University of Cincinnati. She started her post-graduate medical training here at the Medical University of South Carolina in general surgery. After finishing general surgery training, she traveled to Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University in St Louis; a hospital consistently ranked among the best in the country by US News and World Report. There she spent two years in advanced training to specialize in cardiothoracic surgery. She now has brought her expertise back to the low country to serve the people of South Carolina and the surrounding communities. Dr. Engelhardt has earned numerous awards, including the Curtis P. Antz MUSC Surgical Society Award for Excellence, the MUSC Yarbrough Award for Excellence in Resident Research, the Southeastern Surgical Congress Gold Medal Forum, American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress Excellence in Research, and she was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honors Society.