Dr. Travis Osterman is a medical oncologist at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. His clinical interests are focused on lung cancer, thymic malignancies, and malignant pleural mesothelioma, but he is also an informatician interested in applying clinical informatics methods across the cancer care continuum. In addition to providing high-quality, compassionate patient care,
Dr. Jonathan C. Nesbitt is Professor and Chair of the Department of Thoracic Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. He has significant expertise in the management of diseases including lung cancer, esophageal cancer, diseases of the mediastinum, chest wall tumors, and pleural diseases, including malignant pleural mesothelioma. Dr. Nesbitt treats patients with complex thoracic
Dr. Christine M. Lovly is a medical oncologist and scientist at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, Tennessee. She has a special interest in thoracic malignancies, including lung cancer and malignant pleural mesothelioma, and splits her time between clinical patient care and laboratory research. Education and Career Dr. Lovly received a bachelor of arts in Chemistry
Dr. Mariam Alexander is a thoracic medical oncologist. Her patient care focuses on those diagnosed with lung cancer and solid tumors like malignant pleural mesothelioma, and she specializes in the use of targeted therapies to provide better outcomes. As part of the multidisciplinary lung and thoracic oncology team at Hollings Cancer Center and the Medical University
Dr. Gerard Silvestri is a lung cancer pulmonologist at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and its affiliated Hollings Cancer Center. He specializes in lung cancers of all types, starting with evaluating each patient’s individual disease characteristics and then managing their condition to improve outcomes. His dedication to the care of lung cancer patients has
Dr. Bostock Rosenzweig is a thoracic surgeon at the Hollings Cancer Center and MUSC Health. His practice is focused on patients with lung and esophageal cancer, malignant pleural mesothelioma, mediastinal and chest wall tumors, and benign esophageal diseases including reflux, achalasia, and paraesophageal hernias. Additionally, he cares for end-stage lung disease as part of the multidisciplinary
Dr. Kathryn Engelhardt is a fellowship-trained thoracic surgeon at Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Health and its Hollings Cancer Center. She has advanced expertise in cancer care, lung transplantation, and robotic surgery and her clinical interests are surgery of the lung, airway, esophagus, stomach, chest wall, and mediastinum. As part of her practice, she
Dr. Barry C. Gibney is a thoracic surgeon at the Medical University of South Carolina and Hollings Cancer Center in Charleston, South Carolina. He specializes in leading-edge treatments and minimally invasive robotic surgery for patients diagnosed with lung cancer, malignant pleural mesothelioma, and other thoracic malignancies. He is thankful that the development of immunotherapy and improved
Dr. Jeremy Paul Cetnar is a medical oncologist at the Knight Cancer Institute, OHSU Health, and the OHSU School of Medicine in Portland, Oregon. As part of the lung cancer team, he meets with other oncologists, surgeons, radiation oncologists, and other healthcare professionals three times a month to discuss each patient’s case and provide them
Asbestos contamination of cosmetic talc has been blamed for numerous cases of malignant mesothelioma, ovarian cancer, asbestos-related lung cancer, and other serious illnesses. In a recent case filed in the Supreme Court of New York County, a woman diagnosed with an asbestos-related disease has named well-known companies including Avon, Chanel, and Estee Lauder for exposing