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
![Memorial Sloan Kettering pathologist Jason Chang](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/177661/1x1/chang_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Pathologist
![Katherine Gray](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/280131/1x1/gray-katherine-231010-04_rt_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Physician
Surgery
![Thoracic surgical oncologist James Isbell](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/119680/1x1/isbell_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director, Quality and Outcomes, Thoracic Surgery Service, Director, Memorial Hospital Step Down Unit, Co-Director, Thoracic Liquid Biopsy Program
![Memorial Sloan Kettering Surgeon David R. Jones](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/24778/1x1/jones-david_210903_13_rt_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
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
![Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Daniela Molena](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/113272/1x1/molena-daniela_210907_021_1200x1200-1.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director, Esophageal Surgery Program
![Matthew Bott](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/107103/1x1/bott-matthew_210908_054-1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Associate Attending Surgeon
![Memorial Sloan Kettering Surgeon Prasad S. Adusumilli](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/29/1x1/adusumill_210823_153_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
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
![Manjit S. Bains, MD, FACS](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/51/image/bains-manjit-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Min H. and Yu-Fan C. Kao Chair in Thoracic Cancer
![James Huang, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/289/image/huang-james-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Fellowship and Residency; Associate Vice Chair of Education, Department of Surgery
![Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Bernard Park](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/33856/1x1/park_or_210804_007_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Deputy Chief of Clinical Affairs, Thoracic Service
![Memorial Sloan Kettering surgeon Gaetano Rocco](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/159793/1x1/rocco_180711_03_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Attending Surgeon
![Valerie W. Rusch, MD, FACS](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/538/image/rusch-valerie-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Vice Chair for Clinical Research, Department of Surgery; Miner Family Chair in Intrathoracic Cancers
![Memorial Sloan Kettering thoracic surgeon Smita Sihag](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/134731/1x1/sihag_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Medical Oncology
![Memorial Sloan Kettering medical oncologist Mark Kris](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/354/1x1/kris_181203_04_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
William and Joy Ruane Chair in Thoracic Oncology
![Gregory J. Riely, MD, PhD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/523/image/riely-gregory-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Ning Zhao and Ge Li Chair in Lung Cancer Research; Vice Chair of Clinical Research, Department of Medicine
Radiology
![Memorial Sloan Kettering radiologist Michelle Ginsberg](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/227/image/ginsberg-michelle-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Executive Vice Chair, Department of Radiology; Director, Cardiothoracic Imaging, Department of Radiology; Vice Chair for Education, Department of Radiology
![Memorial Sloan Kettering radiologist Andrew Plodkowski](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/20039/1x1/plodkowski-andrew-220217-009_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director of CT and General Radiology
Radiation Oncology
![Richard M. Gewanter, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/223/image/gewanter-richard-1x1.jpg?h=fbf7a813)
Associate Attending Radiation Oncologist
Assistant Attending Physician
![Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Daniel Gomez](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/174538/1x1/gomez_190503_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Director, Thoracic Radiation Oncology; Vice Chair of Clinical Operations, Department of Radiation Oncology
![Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Jacob Y. Shin](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/181312/1x1/shin-jacob_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Assistant Attending Radiation Oncologist
![Memorial Sloan Kettering radiation oncologist Charles Simone](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/181399/1x1/simone-charles_190915_05_1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Chief Medical Officer, New York Proton Center
![Abraham J. Wu, MD](https://www.mskcc.org/sites/default/files/styles/width_200_1x1/public/node/671/1x1/headshot-2020-1200x1200.jpg?h=cd2a7045)
Vice Chair, Graduate Medical Education Committee
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