Mario Gasparri, MD
Dr. Gasparri is a thoracic surgeon and cardiothoracic surgeon at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Froedtert Hospital Cancer Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He treats patients diagnosed with thoracic malignancies and benign diseases of all kinds, including lung cancer, mediastinal tumors, thymoma, and malignant pleural mesothelioma.[1]
Dr. Gasparri is skilled in chest wall reconstruction, minimally invasive surgery, robotic-assisted surgery, and thoracoscopy. He is also experienced in esophagectomy and lobectomy.
Dr. Gasparri says he is “dedicated to patient-focused care including easy access, close collaboration with other treating physicians, and providing the highest quality thoracic surgical care including a commitment to robotic surgery and minimally invasive techniques to decrease pain and facilitate recovery.”[1]
Education and Career
Dr. Gasparri attended Marquette University as an undergraduate and earned his medical degree at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He completed his internship and residency in General Surgery at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, serving as Chief Resident during his final years. He also completed a fellowship in Surgical Intensive Care at Henry Ford Hospital and a fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin.[1]
Professional Memberships and Activities
Dr. Gasparri is a member of several professional medical societies, including:[1]
- Society of Critical Care Medicine (Member)
- American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (Member)
- American College of Chest Physicians (Fellow)
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons (Member)
- Thoracic Surgery Directors Association (Member)
- General Thoracic Surgical Club (Member)
- American College of Surgeons (Fellow)
- International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Wisconsin Surgical Society
- European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Association of VA Surgeons
He has also served as an editor, on the editorial board, or provided journal reviews, including:[1]
- 2000 – Present Journal of Trauma
- 2005 – 2015 American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Congress
- 2007 – Present The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
- 2008 – 2015 American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Congress
- 2010 – Present The Annals of Surgical Oncology
- 2012 – Present Diseases of the Esophagus
He is also Chairman of the AOTK Thoracic Surgery Expert Group.
Research
Dr. Gasparri is actively involved in numerous clinical trials and investigations, including studies investigating the prognostic significance of occult metastases in patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer, the use of radiofrequency ablation in high-risk patients with Stage 1A non-small cell lung cancer, and assessing the efficacy of GSK 249553 as adjuvant therapy for MAGE-3-positive patients with non-small-cell lung cancer.
His recent publications include:[1]
- Definitive Chemoradiation Associated with Improved Survival Outcomes in Patients with Synchronous Oligometastatic Esophageal Cancer. (Matoska T, Banerjee A, Shreenivas A, Jurkowski L, Shukla ME, Gore EM, Linsky P, Gasparri M, George B, Johnstone C, Johnstone D, Puckett LL.) Cancers (Basel). 2023 Apr 28;15(9) PMID: 37173988 PMCID: PMC10177457 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85159164697 05/13/2023
- A Case of Unicentric Castleman Disease with Concomitant Myasthenia Gravis and Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava. (Cardwell M, Lu MS, Melamed J, Astle J, Gasparri M, Johnstone DW.) Am J Case Rep. 2023 Feb 02;24:e938305 PMID: 36726305 PMCID: PMC9901491 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85147235394 02/03/2023
- Percutaneous Dembitsky bridge utilizing a dual-lumen cannula (Seadler BD, Smith-Roberts TQ, Hart J, Gasparri M, Rossi P, Joyce DL, Joyce LD.) JTCVS Techniques. April 2023;18:78-80 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85149072199 04/01/2023
- Bronchoscopic extraction of a migrated endovascular coil. (Doan J, Puchhalapalli K, Patel PJ, Gasparri M, Kurman JS, Benn BS.) Thorax. 2022 May;77(5):526-527 PMID: 34353924 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85112236085 08/07/2021
- Nivolumab induced pulmonary sarcoid-like granulomas with a concurrent pleural schwannoma: A pathologic-radiologic correlation of a rare condition mimicking metastatic melanoma. (Jain PV, Squires C, Gasparri M, Sheinin Y.) Ann Diagn Pathol. 2022 Apr;57:151880 PMID: 34972037 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85122323419 01/01/2022
