Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, MD
Dr. Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang is a thoracic surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and an assistant professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. He specializes in minimally invasive surgical techniques for the treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma, lung cancer, and other thoracic diseases. He has received numerous awards for his excellence in both clinical care and teaching.[1]
Education and Career
Dr. Yang earned a bachelorās degree in Biochemistry from Harvard College before earning his medical degree at Harvard Medical School. He then completed an internship and residency in General Surgery at Duke University Hospital and a fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford.[1]
Dr. Yang is currently a thoracic surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also an associate professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School. He is the director of the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Innovation. He sees patients at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, New Hampshire.
Dr. Yangās clinical interests include the use of video-assisted thoracic surgery and other minimally invasive techniques in the treatment of chest wall tumors and reconstruction, lung nodules and ground glass opacities, thymoma, esophageal cancer, malignant pleural mesothelioma, sarcomas, and all types of lung cancers.
Professional Memberships and Activities
Dr. Yang serves as the Vice Chair of the Alliance Thoracic Surgery Group and is an editorial board member of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, the Journal of Thoracic Diseases, and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Online Curriculum. He is also an associate editor for Pearsonās General Thoracic Surgery.[1]
Dr. Yangās interest in raising awareness of lung cancer screening spurred him to start the American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that has worked with communities across the country to highlight the importance of lung cancer screening.Ā Ā In 2021, he received the Harvard Medical School Deanās Community Service Faculty Award in recognition of these efforts.[1]
Research
In addition to his surgical practice, Dr. Yang leads a research lab at Massachusetts General Hospital. His research includes clinical trials studying lung cancer screening and equity, virtual reality and scent for pain management, and the use of wearable technology in cardiothoracic surgery recovery.[2]
He has been the lead or senior author on several high-impact papers published in theĀ British Medical Journal, Journal of Clinical Oncology, JAMA Oncology, Lancet Respiratory Medicine, Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Annals of Surgery,Ā andĀ Chest.Ā He has written over 120 publications, including over 60 as first-, co-first, or senior author.[1]
His most recent publications include:[3]
Pack-Year Smoking History: An Inadequate and Biased Measure to Determine Lung Cancer Screening Eligibility. Alexandra L Potter, Nuo N Xu, Priyanka Senthil, Deepti Srinivasan, Hang Lee, Wei Zheng, Julie R Palmer, G Scott Gazelle, Lydia Chelala, Florian J Fintelmann, Lecia V S…>; Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2024 Mar 27
The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) Staging Project for Lung Cancer: Recommendation to Introduce Spread Through Air Spaces as a Histolog… William D Travis, Megan Eisele, Katherine K Nishimura, Rania G Aly, Pietro Bertoglio, Teh-Ying Chou, Frank C Detterbeck, Jessica Donnington, Wentao Fang, Philippe Joub…>; Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2024 Mar 18
Wedge Resection versus Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Tumors ā¤8 mm. Arian Mansur, Zain Saleem, Alexandra L Potter, James Cranor, Alexandra T Nees, Deepti Srinivasan, Margaret E Yang, Hugh G Auchincloss, Jorind Beqari, Camille Mathey-An…>; Current Oncology. 2024 Mar 15
