Dr. Traves Crabtree is a cardiothoracic surgeon who specializes in thoracic surgery for cancer at the Southern Illinois University Medicine Cardiothoracic Surgery in Springfield, Illinois. 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 thoracic conditions.
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 pleural mesothelioma, as well
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. Education and Career Dr. Lee
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. He treats patients with advanced lung and esophageal cancers, as well as other thoracic cancers like pleural mesothelioma. He is highly skilled in robotic
Dr. Seth Blank was a highly regarded thoracic surgeon who treated patients diagnosed with lung cancer, pleural mesothelioma, esophageal cancer, and other thoracic malignancies. Before passing away in late 2025, he was a member of the active staff at Maine General Medical Center in Augusta, Maine, and previously practiced at Maine Thoracic Surgery in Falmouth,
Dr. Igor Brichkov is a thoracic surgeon 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 treatment of
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 at Virginia Cancer Specialists, part of 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, pleural mesothelioma, and other thoracic malignancies using minimally invasive surgical techniques. Education and Career
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 pleural mesothelioma. Education and Career Dr. Alvelo-Rivera attended medical school and completed his initial medical residency at
Dr. John R. Roberts is a board-certified thoracic surgeon at Continuity Care, affiliated with HCA Florida JFK Hospital and HCA Florida Westside Hospital in Boca Raton, Florida. His clinical interests center on the use of minimally invasive and robotic surgical techniques for the treatment of patients diagnosed with lung cancer, esophageal cancer, and thoracic malignancies