I had a minimally invasive ivor-Lewis esophagectomy at Kaiser Permanente in Southern California in October 2024. (Age 72, female, good health except for T1a cancer diagnosis). I traveled to Kaiser West LA to be treated by thoracic surgeon Dr Abinobi. I was told he did about 15 of these surgeries a year. My outcome was excellent. After 9 days in the hospital I went home. I resumed my daily tasks after a month. Follow up care at my local Kaiser has been excellent.