Holiday Hours

With the exception of Inova hospitals, Inova Emergency Care and Inova-GoHealth Urgent Care, all Inova outpatient offices will be closed for the Christmas and New Year's Day holidays – Wednesday, Dec. 25 and Wednesday, Jan. 1.

Some Inova care sites have additional closures for the holidays, which will be noted on the relevant location pages. 

Lucas R. Collazo, MD

Lucas Collazo, MD

Lucas Collazo, MD

Lucas R. Collazo, MD

Specialty
Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery, Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Years of Experience
35
Clinical Interests
Children's Heart, Children's Heart Surgery
Gender
Male
Languages
Spanish
Locations

8081 Innovation Park Dr
800
Fairfax, VA 22031

Phone
Fax
571-665-6865

8260 Willow Oaks Corporate Dr
400
Fairfax, VA 22031

Phone
Fax
703-573-4856

About 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, 2020-2023 
  • 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)

Medical School
SUNY - Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Internships
North Shore University Hospital
Training Specialty: General Surgery
7/1/1989 - 6/30/1990
Residencies
North Shore University Hospital
Training Specialty: General Surgery
7/1/1990 - 6/30/1994
SUNY - Downstate Medical Center
Training Specialty: Cardiovascular Surgery
7/1/1995 - 6/30/1998
Fellowships
Egleston Children's Hospital
Training Specialty: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
7/1/1998 - 6/30/1999
North Shore University Hospital
Training Specialty: Critical Care Surgery
6/1/1994 - 7/31/1995
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