Dr. Thomas J. Miner is a surgical oncologist and the Chief of Surgical Oncology at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. He is also an Associate Professor of Surgery and Chief of Surgical Oncology at the Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University as well as the Associate Surgical Residency Program Director there.
Dr. Melina Elpi Marmarelis is a medical oncologist and the Medical Director of the Penn Medicine Mesothelioma and Pleural Disease Program in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In addition to overseeing the care of all patients diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma, lung cancer, and other thoracic malignancies, she is also an Innovation Faculty Member at the Penn Center for
Over the last 50 years, America’s asbestos companies have been forced to take responsibility for claims from mesothelioma victims, as well as those sickened by asbestos-related lung cancer, and other illnesses. After paying billions for the pain caused by their negligent management of the toxic material, some companies have adopted a controversial bankruptcy strategy meant
Dr. John C. Kucharczuk is a thoracic surgeon with expertise in treating patients with lung cancer, esophageal cancer, and other thoracic malignancies including malignant pleural mesothelioma. He practices at Penn Medicine in Philadelphia, where he is the director of the Thoracic Oncology Network of the Abramson Cancer Center; the Director of the Integrated Thoracic Oncology
Dr. Hiran C. Fernando is the director of thoracic surgery at Allegheny General Hospital and Professor of Surgery at Drexel University College of Medicine. He is skilled in the use of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) and robotic procedures for the lung, esophagus, and mediastinum, including malignant pleural mesothelioma. Dr. Fernando’s medical philosophy is based on
Dr. Sricharan Chalikonda is a nationally recognized physician leader and pioneer in the use of highly advanced surgical procedures for malignant peritoneal mesothelioma and other abdominal cancers and diseases. He is the Chief Medical Operations Officer at Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the Chair of the Surgical Institute, as well as maintaining a
Dr. Benny Weksler is the System Chief of Thoracic Surgery at the Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, as well as the Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Allegheny General Hospital, as well as a Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Drexel University College of Medicine and the
Dr. Sudish Murthy is a thoracic surgeon and the Section Head of Thoracic Surgery in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at The Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. He is also the Daniel and Karen Lee Endowed Chair in Thoracic Surgery, Surgical Director
Dr. Steven Herman is a thoracic surgeon in the Division of Thoracic Surgery at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. As an expert in advanced surgical techniques for the treatment of lung cancer, malignant pleural mesothelioma, and other thoracic malignancies, he holds senior academic appointments at Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, Hackensack
Dr. Brian Henick is a medical oncologist at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. He specializes in the care of patients with malignancies of the aerodigestive tract as well as thoracic cancers including malignant pleural mesothelioma. As the Associate Director of Experimental Therapeutics and the Director