Dr. Henning Gaissert is a thoracic surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and leads its department at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Massachusetts. He has extensive experience in the use of traditional open surgery and minimally invasive surgical techniques for the treatment of lung cancer, pleural mesothelioma, and other thoracic malignancies. Education and Career
Dr. Andrew Haas is a pulmonologist and Associate Professor of Medicine in Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, as well as the Bronchoscopy Director and Director of the Interventional Pulmonary and Thoracic Oncology Program. His clinical expertise in interventional pulmonary and thoracic oncology has made him a
Dr. Matthew J. Schuchert is a thoracic and cardiothoracic surgeon at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a member of both the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and the Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery. He dedicates much of his practice to the care of patients with lung cancer and other
Dr. David C. Rice is a thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon and professor of surgery at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. His focus is on providing the best and most modern surgical care possible to patients with thoracic malignancies. He is considered a specialist and expert in the surgical treatment
Dr. Charles B. Simone is a radiation oncologist and specialist in the use of proton and photon radiation therapy and photodynamic therapy at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and the New York Proton Center, where he is Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Simone treats patients with pleural mesothelioma, lung cancer, and other
Dr. Erin A. Gillaspie is the Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, where she provides advanced surgical treatment for patients diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma, lung cancer, and other thoracic malignancies. Education and Career Dr. Gillaspie received her undergraduate degree from the University of Florida in Gainesville, where she graduated
Dr. Lorraine D. Cornwell is a specialist cardiothoracic surgeon at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Her practice is directed toward providing state-of-the-art thoracic oncologic and cardiac surgical services to the country’s military veterans diagnosed with an array of diseases and conditions, including asbestos-related lung cancer and pleural mesothelioma. Education and
Malignant mesothelioma is challenging for numerous reasons. Always fatal, mesothelioma remains latent for decades before appearing in an aggressive and fast-moving way. Making matters worse, the condition’s rarity limits scientists’ ability to test new treatments. To address this, Australian researchers have explored using pleural effusion samples from patients to create models called “organoids” on which
Dr. Christine Lau is a thoracic surgeon and a renowned lung transplant surgeon. She is the Chief of Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, as well as the Chief of Surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center. She has significant experience in treating patients with thoracic illnesses and injuries
Dr. Robert C. Miller is a nationally recognized radiation oncologist and the Vice Chair for Strategic Engagement at Indiana University Health’s Department of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Miller has extensive experience in cancer care and using radiation therapy for the treatment of pleural mesothelioma, lung cancer, and other thoracic malignancies. His primary focus is on the