Dr. Helms is a board-certified thoracic surgeon with over a decade of extensive experience performing minimally invasive thoracoscopic procedures including, lung resections, decortications, as well as robotic-assisted mediastinal surgery and esophagectomies. He specializes in treating patients with lung cancer, empyemas, spontaneous pneumothorax and malignant pleural effusions.
Dr. Helms earned his Bachelor of Science in aerospace engineering with honors from Georgia Institute of Technology and went on to complete his Master of Science in aeronautics and astronautics at Stanford University. As an engineer, he was fascinated by surgery, which propelled him to become a thoracic surgeon. Dr. Helms has authored multiple articles that have been featured in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
Dr. Helms practices out of our Canton, Blairsville and Marietta offices.
View Dr. G. Andrew Helms's profile in the Northside Hospital Physician Directory
Dr. Helms is excited to be a part of Northside Hospital’s Lung Nodule Clinic. The Lung Nodule Clinic is designed to help diagnose, monitor and treat patients with previously identified or suspected lung nodules.
