Barry C. Gibney, DO
Dr. Barry C. Gibney is Section Head of Thoracic Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. He specializes in innovative treatments and minimally invasive robotic surgery for patients diagnosed with lung cancer, pleural mesothelioma, and other thoracic malignancies.[1]
Education and Career
Dr. Gibney earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology at the University of Florida, then completed the first phase of his medical education at the Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
He completed his internship and residency at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. He also pursued surgical research at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and completed a fellowship in Thoracic Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Children’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School in Boston.[1]
Dr. Gibney is currently the Section Head of Thoracic Surgery in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Medical University of South Carolina. He sees patients at the Waccamaw Medical Park West Facility in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina.
Some of his areas of expertise include lung cancer, pleural mesothelioma, mediastinal tumors, chest wall tumors, benign GI conditions, and end-stage lung disease. He also works as part of a lung transplantation team.
Dr. Gibney works as part of a lung and thoracic cancer team that works closely with teams at the Hollings Cancer Center. The team consists of thoracic oncologists, pulmonologists, and radiation oncologists, exchanging ideas between the disciplines to provide patients with individualized treatment plans that are best suited to their conditions and their needs.
He also says that providing care for end-stage lung disease patients is an important part of his role at Hollings and requires a team approach. Dr. Gibney’s special interest is in esophageal cancer and minimally invasive thoracic surgery.[2]
Research
Dr. Gibney’s published research can be found on the National Institutes of Health PubMed website, and includes:
Wedge resection-finding its place in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer? Morgan A Hill, Barry C Gibney>; Journal of Thoracic Disease. 2023 Jun 30
Waitlist and Transplant Outcomes in Organ Donation After Circulatory Death: Trends in the United States. Jennie H Kwon, Walker M Blanding, Khaled Shorbaji, Joseph R Scalea, Barry C Gibney, Prabhakar K Baliga, Arman Kilic>; Annals of Surgery. 2023 Oct 1
Cancer-Directed Surgery for Mesothelioma: A Team Sport. Barry C Gibney, Frank C Detterbeck> ; Chest. 2023 May 1
