Dr. Jason Shaw is the Director of General Thoracic Surgery at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York and the Director of the Maimonides Lung Cancer Screening Program. He is noted for his expertise in lung and thoracic cancer care, including for patients diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma, as well as for his skill in
Dr. Traves Crabtree is a cardiothoracic surgeon who specializes in thoracic surgery for cancer at the Southern Illinois University Cardiothoracic Surgery Program at the Simmons Cancer Institute. While serving as professor of surgery and medical director of the surgical skills laboratory, Dr. Crabtree also specializes in the care of patients with pleural mesothelioma and other
Dr. James D. Luketich is a thoracic and cardiothoracic surgeon in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine where he holds the title of Henry T. Bahnson Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. Luketich specializes in treating all types of thoracic malignancies, including lung cancer and malignant pleural mesothelioma, as
Dr. K. Adam Lee is a thoracic surgeon and leader in minimally invasive lung and chest surgery at Jupiter Medical Center in Jupiter Florida. He is credited with breakthroughs in robotic-assisted surgeries that have proven to be so helpful in improving patient outcomes following lung cancer and pleural mesothelioma surgery. The Thoracic Surgery and Lung
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
Dr. Seth Blank is a thoracic surgeon who treats patients diagnosed with lung cancer, pleural mesothelioma, esophageal cancer, and other thoracic malignancies. He is a member of the active staff at Maine General Medical Center in Augusta, Maine, and previously practiced at Maine Thoracic Surgery in Falmouth, Maine. Dr. Blank is skilled in video-assisted thoracic
Dr. Igor Brichkov is a thoracic surgeon and oncologist at Atlantic Medical Group, practicing at its CentraState Medical Center sites in Freehold and Toms River, New Jersey. His areas of expertise are lung, esophageal, and thoracic cancers and thoracic surgery, and he is especially skilled in the use of minimally invasive surgical techniques for the
A study published in Nature’s new open-access journal NPJ Precision Oncology reports that researchers tested the prognostic value of a clonal gene signature from malignant pleural mesothelioma tumor samples and found them to have high prognostic values and reproducibility. The results suggest that the information will help physicians treating patients with the rare form of cancer will
Dr. Sandeep J. Khandar is a cardiothoracic and thoracic surgeon and member of the Virginia Cancer Specialists Physicians Group which practices within the INOVA Health System in Northern Virginia. Board-certified in Cardiothoracic Thoracic and General Surgery, he has a special interest in the management of lung cancer, malignant pleural mesothelioma, and other thoracic malignancies using
Dr. Miguel Alvelo-Rivera is a thoracic surgical oncologist at Henry Ford Health in Detroit, Michigan. He specializes in the use of minimally invasive surgical procedures to treat patients with lung cancer, esophageal cancer, and other thoracic malignancies including malignant pleural mesothelioma. Dr. Alvelo-Rivera works as part of a multidisciplinary team that includes medical oncologists, pulmonologists,