Taine T.V. Pechet, MD
Dr. Taine T.V. Pechet is a thoracic oncologist at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia. He holds the titles of Chief of Surgery at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and Professor of Clinical Surgery, and in those roles treats patients with advanced lung and esophageal cancers as well as other thoracic cancers like malignant pleural mesothelioma. Dr. Pechet has extensive experience and expertise in treating these challenging illnesses. He is highly skilled in robotic surgical approaches to lung disease.[1]
Dr. Pechet’s extensive repertoire of surgical skills has made him an invaluable addition to several of Penn’s specialty programs. He is part of the Penn Esophageal and Foregut Surgery Services; the Penn Gastrointestinal Cancer Program; the Penn Lung Cancer Program; the Penn Lung Nodule Program; and the Penn Thoracic Surgery Program.[1]
Education and Career
Dr. Pechet received his medical degree at Harvard Medical School. He completed his internship and residency in surgery at Carney Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, followed by a fellowship in Thoracic Surgery at Washington University Medical Center, Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.[1]
Professional Memberships and Activities
Dr. Pechet is a member of several professional medical organizations, including:[1]
- American Association for Thoracic Surgery General Thoracic Biology Club
- American College of Chest Physicians
- American College of Surgeons
- General Thoracic Surgical Club
- International Thymic Malignancy Interest Group
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- Pennsylvania Medical Society
- Philadelphia County Medical Society
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Research
Dr. Pechet’s research interests include lung cancer, esophageal cancer, and benign chest disorders. He has been principal investigator or co-investigator on many clinical trials and has written articles that have appeared in highly respected professional journals. His most recent works include:[2]
Prospective Feasibility and Phase 1/2 Trial of Preoperative Proton Beam Therapy With Concurrent Chemotherapy for Resectable Stage IIIA or Superior Sulcus Non-Small Cel… Charles B Simone 2nd, Nikhil Yegya-Raman, Shwetha Manjunath, Vivek Verma, Jacob E Shabason, Lee Xu, Keith A Cengel, William P Levin, Abigail T Berman, John P Christodo…>; International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2023 Nov 1
Prospective validation of tumor folate receptor expression density with the association of pafolacianine fluorescence during intraoperative molecular imaging-guided lu… Feredun Azari, Kevin Zhang, Gregory Kennedy, Patrick Bou-Samra, Ashley Chang, Bilal Nadeem, Austin Chang, Aysuna Galandarova, Arturan Ibrahimli, Ziya Karimov, Azra Din…>; European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. 2023 Jul 1
Impact of Intraoperative Molecular Imaging after Fluorescent-Guided Pulmonary Metastasectomy for Sarcoma. Feredun Azari, Gregory T Kennedy, Kevin Zhang, Elizabeth Bernstein, Robert G Maki, Colleen Gaughan, Doraid Jarrar, Taine Pechet, John Kucharczuk, Sunil Singhal>; Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2022 May 1
