Dr. Anthony Cassano is the Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Director of the Thoracic Surgical Department at Virginia Commonwealth University and its Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center in Richmond, Virginia. He is part of the team that offers patients with mesothelioma surgical options, including pleurectomy and decortication, extrapleural pneumonectomy, and pleurodesis. Education and
Dr. Sonam Puri is a thoracic oncologist and Clinical Research Medical Director at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida. In her role there, she treats patients with thoracic malignancies, including pleural mesothelioma, non-small cell lung cancer, and small cell lung cancer. Education and Career Dr. Puri earned her medical degree from Pandit B.D Sharma
Dr. Chakravarthy B. Reddy is an interventional pulmonologist in the Department of Medicine at the University of Utah Health and School of Medicine in Salt Lake City, and an investigator at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. He specializes in treating patients with lung cancer, airway disorders, and malignant pleural effusions, including those that manifest in patients
Dr. Thomas K. Varghese Jr. is a thoracic surgical oncologist at the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is a tenure-track professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Varghese is nationally recognized as a leading thoracic surgical oncologist dedicated to improving patient outcomes.
Dr. Wallace Akerley is a noted and recently retired medical oncologist at the Huntsman Cancer Institute at University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City, Utah. He specialized in thoracic oncology, with a particular interest in lung cancer, pleural mesothelioma, and other thoracic malignancies. Education and Career Dr. Akerley graduated with a Bachelor of Science
Dr. Brian Mitzman is a thoracic sugeon surgeon at the University of Utah 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 pleural mesothelioma. Education
Dr. Shiven B. Patel is a medical oncologist at the University of Utah Health and School of Medicine and the Huntsman Cancer Institute, both 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 Salt Lake City. He
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 pleural mesothelioma. Education and Career Dr. Abu-Hijleh earned his medical degree at
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 the surgical treatment of benign and malignant chest diseases, including those of the lungs, esophagus, and mediastinum, and pleural mesothelioma.
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 pleural mesothelioma, thymoma, and non-small cell and small cell lung cancers. Education and Career Dr. Dowell earned a bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience at Amherst College in