Experience is very important in the effective treatment of tumors located in the chest next to vital structures such as the heart and lungs. Thymoma and other thymic tumors are also often associated with complex autoimmune conditions, which require yet another level of expertise.
At Memorial Sloan Kettering, a team of experts that includes surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, neurologists, radiologists, pathologists, and others work closely together to manage the care of each patient.
Thymoma & Other Thymic Tumors
Assistant Attending Pathologist
Assistant Attending Physician
Surgery
Director, Quality and Outcomes, Thoracic Surgery Service, Director, Memorial Hospital Step Down Unit, Co-Director, Thoracic Liquid Biopsy Program
Chief, Thoracic Service, Department of Surgery; Co-Director, Druckenmiller Center for Lung Cancer Research; Fiona and Stanley Druckenmiller Chair in Lung Cancer; Executive Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery
Director, Esophageal Surgery Program
Associate Attending Surgeon
Deputy Chief and Attending, Thoracic Service; Vice Chair for Translational Research, Department of Surgery; Co-Director, Mesothelioma Program; Member, Solid Tumors Cell Therapy, Cellular Therapeutics Center; Min H. & Yu-Fan C. Kao Chair in Thoracic Cancer
Min H. and Yu-Fan C. Kao Chair in Thoracic Cancer
Assistant Attending Surgeon; Co-Director, Lung Cancer Screening Program
Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Fellowship and Residency; Associate Vice Chair of Education, Department of Surgery
Deputy Chief of Clinical Affairs, Thoracic Service
Attending Surgeon
Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Surgery; Miner Family Chair in Intrathoracic Cancers
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Medical Oncology
William and Joy Ruane Chair in Thoracic Oncology
Ning Zhao and Ge Li Chair in Lung Cancer Research; Vice Chair of Clinical Research, Department of Medicine
Radiology
Executive Vice Chair, Department of Radiology; Director, Cardiothoracic Imaging, Department of Radiology; Vice Chair for Education, Department of Radiology
Director of CT and General Radiology
Radiation Oncology
Attending Radiation Oncologist
Assistant Attending Physician
Director, Thoracic Radiation Oncology; Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Department of Radiation Oncology
Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist
Chief Medical Officer, New York Proton Center
Vice Chair, Graduate Medical Education Committee
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