Dr. Thomas K. Varghese Jr. is the Chief of the Section of General Thoracic Surgery at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah; Chief Value Officer at the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI); Associate Chief Medical Quality Officer at HCI; and Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Utah School of
Dr. Wallace Akerley is a noted medical oncologist at the Huntsman Cancer Institute at University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City, Utah. He specializes in thoracic oncology, with particular interest in lung cancer, malignant pleural mesothelioma, and other thoracic malignancies. He is currently chairman of Huntsman’s Protocol Review and Monitoring Committee, Director of the
Dr. Brian Mitzman is a general surgeon at the University of Utah Health and the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has special expertise in robotic surgery and a particular interest in thoracic surgical oncology and the use of robotics for the removal of complex tumors like those of malignant pleural mesothelioma.
Dr. Shiven B. Patel is a medical oncologist at the University of Utah Health and School of Medicine, and an investigator at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Both are in Salt Lake City, Utah. He cares for veterans as an Associate Professor of Oncology at the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in
Dr. Muhanned Abu-Hijleh is a pulmonologist and critical care medicine specialist at UT Southwestern Medical Center and the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center in Dallas, TX. He has over three decades of experience in treating patients with pleural and lung diseases, including malignant pleural mesothelioma. Dr. Abu-Hijleh’s clinical focus includes interventional pulmonology; therapeutic and
Dr. Scott Reznik is a thoracic surgeon who specializes in minimally invasive surgery at the UT Southwestern Medical Center and the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center in Dallas, Texas. He has special expertise in surgical treatment for problems of the chest, including both benign and malignant diseases of the lungs, esophagus, and mediastinum and
Dr. Jonathan Dowell is a hematologist and oncologist at the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. He specializes in the treatment of patients diagnosed with thoracic malignancies, including malignant pleural mesothelioma, thymoma, and non-small cell and small cell lung cancers. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, a member of
John Waters is a thoracic surgeon at UT Southwestern, where he specializes in non-cardiac thoracic surgery treating patients with lung cancer using minimally invasive and robotic-assisted surgical techniques. Dr. Waters’ clinical interests include lung and esophageal cancer, esophagectomy for benign disease, malignant pleural mesothelioma, mediastinal masses, paraneoplastic syndromes, chest wall tumors, and benign foregut disease.
Dr. Gerber is a medical oncologist specializing in treating patients with lung cancer at UT Southwestern Medical Center and the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Gerber is actively involved in researching the use of targeted therapies to treat this difficult disease, and believes that his role as a physician for patients with cancer
Dr. David Nelson is a cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. He specializes in general thoracic surgery and complex lung, esophageal, chest wall, and mediastinal malignancies, including lung cancer and malignant pleural mesothelioma. Dr. Nelson has expertise in minimally invasive surgery. His practice includes working with a multidisciplinary team