Department: Cardiothoracic Surgery

Division: Thoracic Surgery

• Faculty (6)
• Postdocs (0)
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• 
  Cannon, Walter B
  Academic Appointments

  • Clinical Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery - Thoracic Surgery
  Clinical Focus

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Esophageal Cancer - Thoracic Surgery
  • Lung Cancer - Thoracic Surgery
• 
  Hoang, Chuong D
  Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Cardiothoracic Surgery - Thoracic Surgery
  Clinical Focus

  • Thoracic Surgery
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
  • VATS
  Research Interest

  He has a keen interest in cancer biology. He is intent on continuing his genomics research in lung cancer by establishing a thoracic oncology laboratory, with a focus on translational research aimed at identifying molecular mechanisms of metastasis.

• 
  Mark, James B
  Academic Appointments

  • Emeritus Faculty, Acad Council, Cardiothoracic Surgery - Thoracic Surgery
  • Member, Cancer Center
• 
  Merritt, Robert 
  Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor - Med Center Line, Cardiothoracic Surgery - Thoracic Surgery
  Clinical Focus

  • Surgery
  • Thoracic Surgery
  • Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive
• 
  Shrager, Joseph B
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor - Med Center Line, Cardiothoracic Surgery - Thoracic Surgery
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Thoracic Cancers - Thoracic Surgery
  • Thoracic Surgery
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
  Research Interest

  In clinical research, Dr. Shrager has been an innovator studying outcomes in a variety of areas within Thoracic Surgery including: parenchyma-sparing operations and minimally invasive resections for lung cancer, transcervical thymectomy for myasthenia gravis, and surgical treatment of emphysema. In the lab, Dr. Shrager is focused on the impact of disease states upon the diaphragm. His group published the seminal paper (NEJM) describing diaphragm atrophy assoc'd with mechanical ventilation.

• 
  Whyte, Richard 
  Academic Appointments

  • Professor - Med Center Line, Cardiothoracic Surgery - Thoracic Surgery
  • Member, Cancer Center
  Clinical Focus

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Esophageal Cancer - Thoracic Surgery
  • Heart and Lung Transplantation
  Research Interest

  clinical lung and esophageal cancer treatment studies, lung transplantation, surgical ,management of emphysema.