Contributors

Ann Adams

Sr. Consulting Medical Writer

Department of Surgery

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 68, Overview of Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Lung Cancer

Chapter 103, Surgical Treatment of Thoracic Fungal Infections

Hiroshi Akiyama, MD

Emeritus Director of Toranomon Hospital

Tokyo, Japan

Chapter 20, Three-Field Esophagectomy

Naveed Zeb Alam, MD, FRCSC, FRACS

Consultant Thoracic Surgeon

St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Department of Surgery

Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Victoria

Australia

Chapter 121, Pleurectomy and Decortication for Malignant Pleural Diseases

Ali O.M. Al Dameh, MD

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Brigham and Woman Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 9, Techniques for Pleural Drainage and Chest Tube Management

Majed A. Al-Mourgi, FRCS

Department of Surgery

Taif University

Taif, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Chapter 44, Techniques for Dilation of Benign Esophageal Stricture

Miguel Alvelo-Rivera, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Harper University Hospital

Wayne State University

Chapter 144, Thoracoscopic First Rib Resection with Dorsal Sympathectomy

Rafael S. Andrade, MD

Section of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery Department of Surgery

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Chapter 151, Plication of the Diaphragm from Below

Luis M. Argote-Greene, MD

Chief, Thoracic Surgery

National Institute of Medical Science and Nutrition “Salvador Zubiran”

National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

Mexico City, Mexico

Chapter 159, Thoracoscopic Approach to Thymectomy with Advice on Patients with Myasthenia Gravis

Simon K. Ashiku, MD

Northern California Thoracic Group

Permanente Medical Group

Walnut Creek Medical Center

Walnut Creek, California

Chapter 64, Resection of the Carina

Nasser K. Altorki, MD

Professor of Thoracic Surgery

New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical College

New York, New York

Chapter 19, Radical En Bloc Esophagectomy

Edward D. Auyang, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Surgery

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Chapter 41, Surgery and Endoscopic Interventions for Barrett Esophagus

Lindsey Robert Baden, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Department of Medicine—Infectious Disease

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston Massachusetts

Chapter 102, Lung Infections and Interstitial Lung Disease: Overview and General Approach to Lung Infections

Elizabeth H. Baldini, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology

Harvard Medical School

Department of Radiation Oncology

Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 87, Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Radiation Therapy in Lung Cancer

Chapter 118, Radiation Therapy for Mesothelioma

Mark L. Barr, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

University of Southern California

Keck School of Medicine

Los Angeles, California

Chapter 110, Living Lobar Lung Transplantation

Hasan F. Batirel, MD, PhD

Professor of Thoracic Surgery

Department of Thoracic Surgery

Marmara University Faculty of Medicine

Ministry of Health of Turkey

Marmara University Hospital

Istanbul, Turkey

Chapter 100, Minimally Invasive Methods of Managing Giant Bullae: Monaldi Procedure

Richard A. Baum, MD, MPA, MBA

Director of Interventional Radiology

Associate Professor of Radiology

Harvard Medical School

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 131, Percutaneous Therapy for Traumatic Chylothorax

Rabih Bechara, MD

Chief of Interventional Pulmonology

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Southeastern Regional Medical Center

Atlanta, Georgia

Chapter 127, Medical Management of Nonmalignant Pleural Effusions

Angeliks Behrens, MD

Department of Internal Medicine II

Teaching Hospital of the University of Mainz

Wiesbaden, Germany

Chapter 173, Endoscopic Resection Techniques

S. Christopher Bellot, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Surgical Director of Cardiovascular Surgery ICU

Surgical Director of ECMO Program

Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama

Chapter 154, Acute and Chronic Traumatic Rupture of the Diaphragm

Mark F. Berry, MD

Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Stanford University

Falk Cardiovascular Research Center

Stanford University Medical Center

Stanford, California

Chapter 60, Overview

Chapter 62, Techniques of Tracheal Resection

Chapter 82, Bronchopleural Fistula After Pneumonectomy

Ankit Bharat, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Surgical Director, Lung Transplantation

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Chicago, Illinois

Chapter 109, Lung Transplantation Technique

Chapter 142, Supraclavicular Approach for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Amit Bhargava, MD

Attending Thoracic Surgeon, Montefiore Medical Center

Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

New York, New York

Chapter 146, Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis and Vasomotor Disorders

Thomas J. Birdas, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery

Indiana University School of Medicine

Indianapolis, Indiana

Chapter 132, Fibrothorax and Decortication

Costas S. Bizekis, MD

Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Director of Esophageal Surgery Program

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

NYU Langone Medical Center

New York, New York

Chapter 120, Thoracoscopy with Intrapleural Sclerosis for Malignant Pleural Effusion

Justin D. Blasberg, MD

Department of Surgery

University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Madison, Wisconsin

Chapter 48, Management of Esophageal Perforation

Ayesha S. Bryant, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Thoracic Surgery

University of Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama

Chapter 128, Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum

Raphael Bueno, MD

Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery

Vice Chair of Surgery for Cancer and Translational Research

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 14, Esophagoscopy

Chapter 39, Nissen Fundoplication

Chapter 42, Management of Shortened Esophagus

Chapter 43, Management of the Failed Reflux Operation

Chapter 44, Techniques for Dilation of Benign Esophageal Stricture

Chapter 56, Use of Tracheobronchial Stents

Robert Burakoff, MD, MPH, FACG, FACP, AGAF

Clinical Chief, Division of Gastroenterology

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Associate Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 33, Overview of Esophageal Motility Disorders

Bryan M. Burt, MD

Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Stanford University Medical Center

Stanford, California

Chapter 78, Pulmonary Metastasectomy

Charles E. Butler, MD

Professor with Tenure

Director of Graduate Medical Education Programs

Department of Plastic Surgery

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas

Chapter 138, Options for Soft Tissue Chest Wall Reconstruction

John G. Byrne, MD, MBA

Lawrence H. Cohn Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 81, Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Extended Thoracic Resections

Phillip C. Camp, Jr., MD

Director, Transplant Administration

Associate Medical Director, New England Organ Bank

Director, Lung Transplant Program

Administrative Director, ECMO Program

Associate Program Director, CT Residency

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Department of Surgery

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 108, Overview of Lung Transplantation with Anatomy and Pathophysiology

Chapter 111, Medical Management of Lung Transplant Patients

Chapter 130, Management of Acute Bronchopleural Fistula

Stephanie Cardarella, MD

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 89, Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

Shamus R. Carr, MD

Associate Chief of Thoracic Surgery

Assistant Professor

Division of Thoracic Surgery

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland

Chapter 73, Segmentectomy for Primary Lung Cancer

Chapter 134, Overview of Chest Wall and Sternal Tumors

Giorgio Cavallesco, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

U.O. di Chirurgia Generale e Toracica

University of Ferrara

Ferrara, Italy

Chapter 90, Overview of Benign Lung Disease: Anatomy and Pathophysiology

Robert James Cerfolio, MD, MBA

Chief of Thoracic Surgery at University of Alabama at Birmingham

James Estes Endowed Chair of Lung Cancer Research

Birmingham, Alabama

Chapter 128, Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum

Walter W. Chan, MD, MPH

Director, Center for Gastrointestinal Motility

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 33, Overview of Esophageal Motility Disorders

Andrew C.Chang, MD

Associate Professor and Head, Section of Thoracic Surgery

John Alexander Distinguished Professor

University of Michigan Medical School

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Chapter 170, Genomics, Molecular Markers, and Targeted Therapies in Esophageal Cancer

Albert S.Y. Chang, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Duke University School of Medicine

Raleigh, North Carolina

Chapter 58, Surgical Repair of Congenital and Acquired Tracheoesophageal Fistulas

Michael Y. Chang, MD, MPH

Department of Surgery

Kaiser Permanente Medical Center

Los Angeles, California

Chapter 156, Cervical Mediastinoscopy and Anterior Mediastinotomy

Chapter 49, Blunt and Penetrating Esophageal Trauma

Lucian R. Chirieac, MD

Associate Professor of Pathology

Harvard Medical School

Pathologist

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 69, Role of the Pathologist and Pathology-Specific Treatment of Lung Cancer

Gary W. Chmielewski, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Rush University

Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois

Chapter 164, Resection of Patients with Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

Michael H. Cho, MD, MPH

Member, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division and Channing Division of Network Medicine

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 97, Overview of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Leigh-Anne Cioffredi, MD, MPH

Resident

University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Georgetown University School of Medicine

Washington, District of Columbia

Chapter 117, Systemic Chemotherapy for Mesothelioma

Daniel M. Cohen, MD

Chief of Thoracic Surgery, Veteran's Administration Hospital

Attending Thoracic Surgeon, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 83, Management of Hemoptysis in Lung Cancer

Chapter 105, Adjuvant Surgery for Tuberculosis

Chapter 141, Surgical Repair of Complex (Recurrent) Pectus Excavatum in Adults

Yolonda L. Colson, MD, PhD

Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Associate Administrative Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 54, Tracheostomy

Chapter 104, Role of the Thoracic Surgeon in the Diagnosis of Interstitial Lung Disease

Chapter 155, Overview of Benign and Malignant Mediastinal Disease

Chapter 168, Sentinel Node Mapping in Lung Cancer

Chapter 171, Nanoparticle Therapy in Lung Cancer

Carolyn E. Come, MD, MPH

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 101, Endoscopic Approaches for Treatment of Emphysema

William A. Cook, MD

Thoracic and Cardiac Surgeon

North Andover, Massachusetts

Chapter 106, Thoracoplasty for Tuberculosis

Willy Coosemans, MD

University Hospitals Leuven

Department of Thoracic Surgery

Leuven, Belgium

Chapter 18, Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy

Chapter 40, Other Reflux Procedures (Toupet, Dor, and Hill)

Joseph M. Corson, MD

Professor of Pathology

Department of Pathology

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 115, Pathology of Pleural Malignant Mesothelioma

Daniel Geraldo Cuadrado, MD

Surgeon

Madigan Army Medical Center

Tacoma, Washington

Chapter 81, Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Extended Thoracic Resections

Marcelo Cypel, MD, MSc

Canada Research Chair in Lung Transplantation

Assistant Professor of Surgery

University of Toronto

Canada Research Chair in Lung Transplantation (Tier 2)

Thoracic Surgeon, University Health Network

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Thoracic Surgery

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Chapter 172, Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion

Harry J. D'Agostino, Jr., MD

Associate Professor, Department of Surgery

Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

College of Medicine

University of Florida

Jacksonville, Florida

Chapter 160, Radical Transsternal Thymectomy

Jonathan C. Daniel, MD

Thoracic Surgeon

Providence Cancer Center

Providence Portland Medical Center

Providence St. Vincent Medical Center

Portland, Oregon

Chapter 141, Surgical Repair of Complex (Recurrent) Pectus Excavatum in Adults

Marcelo C. DaSilva, MD

Chief of Thoracic Surgery

Loyola University Medical Center - Chicago

Associate Professor of Thoracic Surgery and General Surgery

Stritch School of Medicine

Chicago, Illinois

Chapter 123, Intracavitary Hyperthermic Chemotherapy for Malignant Mesothelioma

Chapter 137, Chest Wall Stabilization and Novel Closures of the Chest

Paul De Leyn, MD, PhD

Professor of Surgery

KU Leuven University

Thoracic Surgeon

University Hospitals Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

Chapter 73, Segmentectomy for Primary Lung Cancer

Herbert Decaluwé, MD

Thoracic Surgeon

University Hospitals Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

Chapter 73, Segmentectomy for Primary Lung Cancer

Malcolm M. DeCamp, MD

Fowler McCormick Professor of Surgery

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Chicago, Illinois

Chapter 38, Belsey-Mark IV Fundoplication/Collis Gastroplasty

Chapter 64, Resection of the Carina

Steven R. DeMeester, MD

Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery

University of Southern California School of Medicine

Los Angeles, California

Chapter 30, Resection of Esophageal Diverticula

Todd L. Demmy, MD

Chair, Department of Thoracic Surgery

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Buffalo, New York

Chapter 86, Management of Superficial Central Airway Lung Cancers

Claude Deschamps, MD

Professor of Surgery

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

Chapter 46, Techniques for Repair of Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernia

Phillip M. Devlin, MD

Chief, Division of Brachytherapy

Institute Physician, Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 88, Innovative Radiation Techniques: Role of Brachytherapy and Intraoperative Radiotherapy in Treatment of Lung Cancer

Enrique Diaz-Guzman, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Medical Director, Lung Transplant Program

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

Chapter 113, Artificial Lung

Miguel J. Divo, MD

Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Associate Physician, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 7, Mechanical Ventilation

Christopher T. Ducko, MD

Instructor in Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Thoracic Surgeon

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 76, Radical Lymphadenectomy

Chapter 133, Surgical Management of Chylothorax

Chapter 152, Diaphragm Pacing

André Duranceau, MD

Department of Surgery

Université de Montréal

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal

Montreal, Québec, Canada

Chapter 32, Complications of Esophageal Surgery

Michael I. Ebright, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

Section of Thoracic Surgery

Columbia University Medical Center

New York, New York

Chapter 10, Overview of Esophageal and Proximal Stomach Malignancy

Chapter 24, Esophageal Malignancy: Palliative Options and Procedures

Christian Ell, MD

Chief, Department of Medicine

Professor of Medicine

Sana Klinikum Offenbach

Offenbach am Main, Germany

Chapter 173, Endoscopic Resection Techniques

Armin Ernst, MD

President and Chief Executive Officer

Reliant Medical Group

Worcester, Massachusetts

Chapter 67, Ablative Endoscopic Therapy for Endobronchial Lesions

Chapter 127, Medical Management of Nonmalignant Pleural Effusions

Christopher H. Fanta, MD

Member, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Director, Partners Asthma Center

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 97, Overview of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Alexander S. Farivar, MD

Attending, Division of Thoracic Surgery

Swedish Cancer Institute and Medical Center

Seattle, Washington

Chapter 157, Resection of Substernal Goiter

Mark K. Ferguson, MD

Professor, Department of Surgery and the Cancer Research Center

Head, Thoracic Surgery Service

Director, Residency Program in Cardiothoracic Surgery

University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences

Chicago, Illinois

Chapter 28, Overview: Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Benign Esophageal Disease

Chapter 29, Resection of Benign Tumors of the Esophagus

Hiran C. Fernando, MD

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Boston University School of Medicine

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 24, Esophageal Malignancy: Palliative Options and Procedures

Pasquale Ferraro, MD

Department of Surgery

Université de Montréal

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal

Montreal, Québec, Canada

Chapter 32, Complications of Esophageal Surgery

Neil A. Fine, MD

Associate Clinical Professor

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern Specialists in Plastic Surgery

Chicago, Illinois

Chapter 138, Options for Soft Tissue Chest Wall Reconstruction

Raja M. Flores, MD

Ames Professor of Thoracic Surgery

Chairman, Department of Thoracic Surgery

Mount Sinai Health System

New York, New York

Chapter 121, Pleurectomy and Decortication for Malignant Pleural Diseases

Joseph S. Friedberg, MD

Chief of Thoracic Surgery

PENN Presbyterian Medical Center

Division of Thoracic Surgery

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Chapter 60, Overview

Chapter 62, Techniques of Tracheal Resection

Chapter 73, Segmentectomy for Primary Lung Cancer

Chapter 124, Photodynamic Therapy in the Management of Pleural Tumors

Anne L. Fuhlbrigge, MD, MS

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 4, Preoperative Evaluation of Thoracic Surgery Patient

Ziv Gamliel, MD

Division of Thoracic Surgery

University of Maryland

St. Joseph Medical Group

Towson, Maryland

Chapter 16, Transhiatal Esophagectomy

Sidhu P. Gangadharan, MD

Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonology

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 38, Belsey-Mark IV Fundoplication/Collis Gastroplasty

Chapter 126, Overview of Benign Pleural Conditions: Anatomy and Physiology of Pleura

Chapter 162, Neurogenic Tumors of the Posterior Mediastinum

Gary A.J. Gelfand, MD, MSc, FRCSC

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Thoracic Surgery

University of Calgary

Foothills Medical Centre

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Chapter 147, Surgical Treatment of Chest Wall Infections

Ritu R. Gill, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Radiology

Harvard Medical School

Division of Thoracic Radiology

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Denis M.Gilmore, MD

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 168, Sentinel Node Mapping in Lung Cancer

John J. Godleski, MD

Associate Professor of Pathology

Department of Pathology

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 115, Pathology of Pleural Malignant Mesothelioma

Hilary J. Goldberg, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Associate Physician

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 111, Medical Management of Lung Transplant Patients

David B. Graham, MAJ USAF, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgeon

San Antonio Military Medical Center

Joint Base San Antonio

Fort Sam Houston

San Antonio, Texas

Chapter 166, Robotics: Esophagectomy

Kimberly S. Grant, MD

Department of Surgery

University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine

Los Angeles, California

Chapter 30, Resection of Esophageal Diverticula

Mark W. Grinstaff, PhD

Distinguished Professor of Translational Research

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Professor of Chemistry

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Director, NIH T32 Program in Translational Research in Biomaterials

Director, Center for Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology

Boston University

Chapter 171, Nanoparticle Therapy in Lung Cancer

Sean C. Grondin, MPH, MD, FRCSC

Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery

Division of Thoracic Surgery

University of Calgary

Foothills Medical Centre

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Chapter 147, Surgical Treatment of Chest Wall Infections

William Grossi, MD

Thoracic Surgeon

U.O. di Chirurgia Generale e Toracica

University of Ferrara

Ferrara, Italy

Chapter 90, Overview of Benign Lung Disease: Anatomy and Pathophysiology

Timothy M. Haffey, MD

Head and Neck Institute

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 63, Subglottic Resection of the Airway

Zane T. Hammoud, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Wayne State University School of Medicine

Detroit, Michigan

Chapter 53, Overview of Benign Disorders of the Upper Airways

David H. Harpole, Jr., MD

Professor of Surgery

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina

Chapter 82, Bronchopleural Fistula after Pneumonectomy

Philip M. Hartigan, MD

Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia

Harvard Medical School

Director of Thoracic Anesthesia

Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 5, Anesthesia Management

Jona Hattangadi-Gluth, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology

University of California, San Diego

San Diego, California

Chapter 27, Radiation Therapy in the Management of Esophageal Cancer

W. Hardy Hendren III, MD

Honorary Surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital

Robert E. Gross, Distinguished Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Chief of Surgery, Emeritus, Childrens Hospital Boston

Boston, Massachustts

Chapter 51, Congenital Disorders of the Esophagus in Infants and Children

Mark W. Hennon, MD

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Buffalo, New York

Chapter 91, Benign Lung Masses

Roy S. Herbst, MD, PhD

Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center

Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven

Yale School of Medicine

New Haven, Connecticut

Chapter 169, Genomics, Molecular Markers, and Targeted Therapies in Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Marcelo W. Hinojosa, MD

Acting Instructor

Department of Surgery

University of Washington

Seattle, Washington

Chapter 34, Esophagocardiomyotomy for Achalasia (Heller)

Wayne Hofstetter, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas

Chapter 23, Options for Esophageal Replacement

Edward Hong, MD

General Surgeon, Thoracic Surgeon

Chicago, Illinois

Chapter 70, Techniques for Staging and Restaging of Lung Cancer

Charles W. Hoopes, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Alexander Gill Professor of Thoracic Surgery

Director, Comprehensive Transplant Institute

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

Chapter 113, Artificial Lung

Nicholas C. Issa, MD

Instructor in Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Infectious Disease Specialist

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 102, Lung Infections and Interstitial Lung Disease: Overview and General Approach

Yoshimi Iwanuma, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Esophageal and Gastroenterological Surgery

Juntendo University Hospital

Tokyo, Japan

Chapter 20, Three-Field Esophagectomy

David M. Jackman, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Medical Director of Clinical Pathways, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 117, Systemic Chemotherapy for Mesothelioma

Francine L. Jacobson, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Radiology

Harvard Medical School

Division of Thoracic Radiology

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 3, Chest Imaging: Role of CT, PET/CT, and MRI

Michael T. Jaklitsch, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 2, Thoracic Incisions

Chapter 76, Radical Lymphadenectomy

Chapter 78, Pulmonary Metastasectomy

Chapter 83, Management of Hemoptysis in Lung Cancer

Chapter 114, Overview and Historical Context of Malignant Pleural Diseases

Chapter 145, Thrombosis of the Subclavian Vein: Paget–Schroetter Syndrome

Chapter 149, Incision, Resection, and Replacement of the Diaphragm

Chapter 150, Plication of the Diaphragm from Above

Chapter 159, Thoracoscopic Approach to Thymectomy with Advice on Patients with Myasthenia Gravis

Bruce E. Johnson, MD

Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 89, Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

David R. Jones, MD

Chief, Thoracic Service

Professor, Department of Surgery

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York

Chapter 132, Fibrothorax and Decortication

Yoshiaki Kajiyama, MD

Professor

Department of Esophageal and Gastroenterological Surgery

Juntendo University Hospital

Tokyo, Japan

Chapter 20, Three-Field Esophagectomy

Robert J. Keenan, MD

Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Temple University

Division Director, Thoracic Surgery

Allegheny Health Network

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chapter 132, Fibrothorax and Decortication

Steven M. Keller, MD

Director of Thoracic Surgery

Weiler Hospital

Montefiore Medical Center

Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

New York, New York

Chapter 146, Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis and Vasomotor Disorders

Kemp H. Kernstine Sr., MD, PhD

Professor and Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas

Chapter 166, Robotics: Esophagectomy

Shaf Keshavjee, MD

Surgeon in Chief, University Health Network

James Wallace McCutcheon Chair in Surgery

Professor, Division of Thoracic Surgery

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Chapter 158, Transcervical Thymectomy

Chapter 172, Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion

Mark J. Krasna, MD

Medical Director, Oncology

Meridian Cancer Care

Jersey Shore University Medical Center

Neptune, New Jersey

Chapter 10, Overview of Esophageal and Proximal Stomach Malignancy

Chapter 16, Transhiatal Esophagectomy

Chapter 22, Left Transthoracic Esophagectomy (Ellis)

Chapter 79, Resection of Bronchogenic Carcinoma with Oligometastatic Disease

Chapter 80, Pancoast Syndrome: Extended Resection in Superior Pulmonary Sulcus and Anterior Approach

Eric S. Lambright, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Thoracic Surgery

Surgical Director, Lung Transplant

Chief of Thoracic Surgery, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, Tennessee

Chapter 81, Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Extended Thoracic Resections

Rodney J. Landreneau, MD

Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, Clinical Program Development

Chief, General Thoracic Surgery

Medical Director, Ochsner Cancer Institute

Ochsner Medical Center

New Orleans, Louisiana

Chapter 77, Open and VATS Wedge Resection for Lung Cancer

Chapter 107, Surgical Approaches for Chronic Empyema and for Management of Chronic Bronchopleural Fistula

Chapter 144, Thoracoscopic First Rib Resection with Dorsal Sympathectomy

Marzia Leacche, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Staff Surgeon

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 81, Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Extended Thoracic Resections

Abraham Lebenthal, MD

Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital

West Roxbury VA Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 9, Techniques for Pleural Drainage and Chest Tube Management

Chapter 15, Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy

Chapter 39, Nissen Fundoplication

Chapter 42, Management of Shortened Esophagus

Chapter 43, Management of the Failed Reflux Operation

Chapter 47, Treating Traumatic Chest Injuries in a Limited Resource Setting

Jay M. Lee, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA

Chief, Thoracic Surgery

Ronald Regan UCLA Medical Center

Los Angeles, California

Chapter 122, Extrapleural Pneumonectomy for Pleural Malignancies

Chapter 136, Sternal and Clavicular Chest Wall Resection and Reconstruction

Jacqueline J. Lee, MD

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Geisinger Health System

Scranton, Pennsylvania

Chapter 139, Overview: Benign Disorders of Chest Wall

Paul C. Lee, MD

Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Weill-Cornell Medical College

New York, New York

Chapter 166, Robotics: Esophagectomy

Toni Lerut, MD, PhD

Emeritus Professor in Surgery and Emeritus Chairman, Department of Thoracic Surgery

The Huub and Imelda Spierings Chair in Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery

University Hospital Gasthuisberg

Leuven, Belgium

Chapter 13, Surgical Approach to Esophagogastric Junction Cancers

Chapter 18, Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy

Chapter 40, Other Reflux Procedures (Toupet, Dor, and Hill)

Chapter 46, Techniques for Repair of Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernia

Zhigang Li, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery, The Second Military Medical University

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Changhai Hospital

Shanghai, China

Chapter 26, Salvage Surgery for Recurrent Esophageal Cancer

Moishe Liberman, MD, PhD

Department of Surgery

Université de Montréal

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal

Montreal, Québec, Canada

Chapter 33, Overview of Esophageal Motility Disorders

Jules Lin, MD

Assistant Professor, Section of Thoracic Surgery

Surgical Director of Lung Transplant

Department of Surgery

University of Michigan Medical School

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Chapter 170, Genomics, Molecular Markers, and Targeted Therapies in Esophageal Cancer

Philip A. Linden, MD

Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery

Associate Professor of Surgery

Case Western Reserve School of Medicine

Cleveland, Ohio

Chief, Division of Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery

University Hospitals Case Medical Center

Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 37, Overview: Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Esophageal Reflux Disease

Chapter 133, Surgical Management of Chylothorax

Bradley C. Linden, MD

Department of Surgery

Boston Children's Hospital

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 153, Long-Term Outcomes After a Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair: Implications for Adult Thoracic Surgeons

Michael J. Liptay, MD

The Mary and John Bent Professor and Chairperson

Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois

Chapter 53, Overview of Benign Disorders of the Upper Airways

Chapter 70, Techniques for Staging and Restaging of Lung Cancer

Chapter 164, Resection of Patients with Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

Chapter 168, Sentinel Node Mapping in Lung Cancer

Gregory M. Loewen, DO

Spokane Respiratory Consultants, Pulmonary Oncologist

Spokane, Washington

Chapter 86, Management of Superficial Central Airway Lung Cancers

Robert R. Lorenz, MD

Staff Physician, Head and Neck Institute

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 63, Subglottic Resection of the Airway

Brian E. Louie, MD, MHA, MPH, FRCSC

Director, Thoracic Research and Education

Co-Director, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Program

Asst. Program Director, MIS Thoracic and Esophageal Fellowships

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Swedish Cancer Institute

Seattle, Washington

Chapter 36, Esophagectomy for Primary or Secondary Motility Disorders

Jeanne M. Lukanich, MD

Baystate Thoracic Surgery

Baystate Medical Center

Springfield, Massachusetts

Chapter 50, Surgical Management of Corrosive Injury to the Esophagus

James D. Luketich, MD

Henry T. Bahnson Professor and Chairman Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chapter 15, Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy

Chapter 107, Surgical Approaches for Chronic Empyema and for Management of Chronic Bronchopleural Fistula

Susan E. Mackinnon, MD, FRCS(C)

Sydney M. Shoenberg, Jr. and Robert H. Shoenberg Professor, Surgery

Chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Department of Surgery

Washington University School of Medicine

Barnes-Jewish Hospital

St. Louis, Missouri

Chapter 142, Supraclavicular Approach for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Mitchell J. Magee, MD

Cardiopulmonary Research Science and Technology Institute

Medical City Dallas Hospital

Dallas, Texas

Chapter 25, Management of Malignant Esophageal Fistula

Raymond H. Mak, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology

Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 87, Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Radiation Therapy in Lung Cancer

Harvey Mamon, MD, PhD

Clinical Director, Department of Radiation Oncology

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 27, Radiation Therapy in the Management of Esophageal Cancer

Jeremiah T. Martin, MD, MB BCh

Assistant Professor of Surgery

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

Chapter 113, Artificial Lung

David P. Mason, MD

Department of Thoracic Surgery

Baylor University Medical Center

Dallas, Texas

Chapter 58, Surgical Repair of Congenital and Acquired Tracheoesophageal Fistulas

Chapter 75, Sleeve Resection/Bronchoplasty for Lung Cancer

Douglas J. Mathisen, MD

Hermes Grillo Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 21, Left Thoracoabdominal Approach

David C. Mauchley, MD

Resident, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

University of Colorado

Denver School of Medicine

Aurora, Colorado

Chapter 94, Surgery for Bronchiectasis

Shannon S. McKenna, MD

Medical Director

Thoracic Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 6, Critical Care for the Thoracic Surgery Patient

Ciaran J. McNamee, MD

Instructor in Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Attending Thoracic Surgeon, Division of Thoracic Surgery

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chief of Thoracic Surgery

Milford Hospital

Milford, Massachusetts

Chapter 9, Techniques for Pleural Drainage and Chest Tube Management

Chapter 68, Overview of Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Lung Cancer

Chapter 103, Surgical Treatment of Thoracic Fungal Infections

Chapter 105, Adjuvant Surgery for Tuberculosis

Chapter 129, Benign Tumors of the Pleura

Chapter 161, Resection of Benign Anterior and Middle Mediastinal Cysts and Tumors

Chapter 163, Malignant Primary Anterior Mediastinal Tumors

Steven J. Mentzer, MD

Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Associate Surgeon, Division of Thoracic Surgery

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 8, Postoperative Management

Chapter 59, Tracheobronchial Injuries

Chapter 61, Bronchoscopy, Rigid and Flexible

Chapter 108, Overview of Lung Transplantation with Anatomy and Pathophysiology

Chapter 130, Management of Acute Bronchopleural Fistula

Chapter 156, Cervical Mediastinoscopy and Anterior Mediastinotomy

Carlos M. Mery, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics

Baylor College of Medicine

Associate Surgeon, Congenital Heart Surgery

Texas Children's Hospital

Houston, Texas

Chapter 78, Pulmonary Metastasectomy

Bryan F. Meyers, MD

Patrick and Joy Williamson Professor of Surgery

Washington University School of Medicine

Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Washington University

St. Louis, Missouri

Chapter 99, Lung Volume Reduction Surgery

Chapter 112, Management of Surgical Complications of Lung Transplantation

John D. Mitchell, MD

Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine

Aurora, Colorado

Chapter 94, Surgery for Bronchiectasis

Biren P. Modi, MD

Department of Surgery

Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 52, Minimally Invasive Techniques for Esophageal Repair

J. Ernesto Molina, MD, PhD

Professor of Surgery

University of Minnesota Medical School

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Chapter 145, Thrombosis of the Subclavian Vein: Paget-Schroetter Syndrome

Daniel Morgensztern, MD

Associate Professor, Division of Medical Oncology

University of Washington School of Medicine

St. Louis, Missouri

Chapter 169, Genomics, Molecular Markers, and Targeted Therapies in Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Christopher R. Morse, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Thoracic Surgery

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 21, Left Thoracoabdominal Approach

Aneil A. Mujoomdar, MD, FRCS

Thoracic Surgeon

Moncton Hospital

Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Chapter 139, Overview: Benign Disorders of Chest Wall

Sudish C. Murthy, MD, PhD

Surgical Director, Center of Major Airway Disease

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 55, Endoscopic Treatments for Benign Major Upper Airways Disease

Chapter 75, Sleeve Resection/Bronchoplasty for Lung Cancer

Subhakar Mutyala, MD

Radiation Oncology

Scott and White Memorial Hospital

Bronx, New York

Chapter 88, Innovative Radiation Techniques: Role of Brachytherapy and Intraoperative Radiotherapy in Treatment of Lung Cancer

Philippe Nafteux, MD

Clinical Head

Department of Thoracic Surgery

University Hospital Gasthuisberg

Leuven, Belgium

Chapter 13, Surgical Approach to Esophagogastric Junction Cancers

Chapter 18, Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy

Chapter 40, Other Reflux Procedures (Toupet, Dor, and Hill)

Chaitan K. Narsule, MD

Tufts Medical Center

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 24, Esophageal Malignancy: Palliative Options and Procedures

Daniel G. Nicastri, MD

Thoracic Surgeon

LCDR, MC, U.S. Navy

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda, Maryland

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery

Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences Bethesda, Maryland

Chapter 65, Mediastinal Tracheostomy

Chapter 74, VATS Lobectomy

Michael S. Nussbaum, MD

Professor and Chair

Department of Surgery

University of Florida College of Medicine—Jacksonville

Surgeon-in-Chief, Shands Jacksonville

Jacksonville, Florida

Chapter 160, Radical Transsternal Thymectomy

Chumy E. Nwogu, MD

Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Elm and Carlton Streets

Buffalo, New York

Chapter 91, Benign Lung Masses

David D. Odell, MD, MMSc

Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chapter 38, Belsey-Mark IV Fundoplication/Collis Gastroplasty

Robert D. Odze, MD, FRCPc

Chief, Gastrointestinal Pathology

Professor of Pathology

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 11, Pathology of Esophageal Cancer

Brant K. Oelschlager, MD

Byers Endowed Professor of Surgery

University of Washington

Byers Endowed Professor of Esophageal Research

Chief, Gastrointestinal and General Surgery and Center for Videoendoscopic Surgery

Department of Surgery

University of Washington

Seattle, Washington

Chapter 34, Esophagocardiomyotomy for Achalasia (Heller)

Chapter 41, Surgery and Endoscopic Interventions for Barrett's Esophagus

Daniel S. Oh, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Thoracic Surgery

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

Chapter 129, Benign Tumors of the Pleura

Kazunori Okabe, MD

Division of Thoracic Surgery

National Hospital Organization

Yamaguchi Ube Medical Center

Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

Chapter 92, Bronchoplasty for Benign Lung Lesions

Isabelle Opitz, MD

Division of Thoracic Surgery

University Hospital Zurich

Zürich, Switzerland

Chapter 125, Induction Chemotherapy Followed by Surgery for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Dennis P. Orgill, MD, PhD

Vice Chairman for Quality Improvement

Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 138, Options for Soft Tissue Chest Wall Reconstruction

Bernard J. Park, MD

Deputy Chief of Clinical Affairs, Thoracic Service

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York

Chapter 164, Resection of Patients with Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

Chapter 165, Robotics: Lobectomy

Chapter 167, Robotics: Thymectomy

Jennifer Paruch, MD

Department of Surgery

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Chapter 28, Overview: Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Benign Esophageal Disease

Chapter 29, Resection of Benign Tumors of the Esophagus

Ital M. Pashtan, MD

Radiation Oncologist

Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 88, Innovative Radiation Techniques: Role of Brachytherapy and Intraoperative Radiotherapy in Treatment of Lung Cancer

Harvey I. Pass, MD

Professor and Chief Thoracic Oncology

New York University Medical Center

New York, New York

Chapter 120, Thoracoscopy with Intrapleural Sclerosis for Malignant Pleural Effusion

Amit N. Patel, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery (Tenured)

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

Chapter 143, Thoracic Outlet Syndromes

Chapter 144, Thoracoscopic First Rib Resection with Dorsal Sympathectomy

G. Alexander Patterson, MD

Joseph C. Bancroft Professor of Surgery

Division of Cardiothoracic

Washington University School of Medicine

St. Louis, MO

Chapter 109, Lung Transplantation Technique

Chapter 142, Supraclavicular Approach for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Subroto Paul, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Associate Professor of Health Policy and Research in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Weill Cornell Medical College

New York Presbyterian Hospital

Chapter 31, Techniques and Indications for Esophageal Exclusion

Chapter 49, Blunt and Penetrating Esophageal Trauma

Chapter 54, Tracheostomy

Chapter 104, Role of the Thoracic Surgeon in the Diagnosis of Interstitial Lung Disease

Chapter 119, Nonoperative Treatment of Malignant Pleural Effusions

Olliver Pech, MD

Head of Gastroenterology and Interventional Endoscopy

St. John of God Hospital

Regensburg, Germany

Chapter 173, Endoscopic Resection Techniques

Brian L. Pettiford, MD

Thoracic Surgeon

Good Samaritan Hospital

York, Pennsylvania

Chapter 107, Surgical Approaches for Chronic Empyema and for Management of Chronic Bronchopleural Fistula

Christian G. Peyre, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery

University of Rochester

New York, New York

Chapter 17, Three-Hole Esophagectomy: The Brigham and Women's Hospital Approach

Victor Pinto-Plata, MD

Director Pulmonary Function Laboratory

Staff Physician-Brigham and Women's Hospital

Lecturer in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 4, Preoperative Evaluation of Thoracic Surgery Patient

J. Mark Pool, MD

Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeon

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital

Dallas, Texas

Chapter 143, Thoracic Outlet Syndromes

Siva Rija, MD, PhD

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 55, Endoscopic Treatments for Benign Major Upper Airways Disease

Chapter 58, Surgical Repair of Congenital and Acquired Tracheoesophageal Fistulas

Chapter 75, Sleeve Resection/Bronchoplasty for Lung Cancer

Yael Refaely, MD

Thoracic Surgeon

Head of Thoracic Surgery

Soroka Medical Center

Senior Lecturer at the Ben Gurion University

Beer Sheva

Israel

Chapter 134, Overview of Chest Wall and Sternal Tumors

Thomas W. Rice, MD

The Karen and Daniel Lee Endowed Chair in Thoracic Surgery

Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Head, Section of General Thoracic Surgery

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Heart and Vascular Institute

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 12, Esophageal Cancer Staging

Chapter 26, Salvage Surgery for Recurrent Esophageal Cancer

Chapter 66, Cancers of the Upper Aero-digestive Tract: Cervical Exenteration

William G. Richards, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Research Associate, Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 116, Mesothelioma Staging

John R. Roberts, MD, MBA

Tri-Star Thoracic

Sarah Cannon Cancer Center

Nashville, Tennessee

Chapter 71, The Five Lobectomies

Chapter 72, Pneumonectomy

Loring W. Rue, III, MD

Professor and Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs

Director, Division of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care

John H. Blue Chair in General Surgery

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Senior Vice President, Quality, Patient Safety and Clinical Effectiveness

UAB Health System

Birmingham, Alabama

Chapter 154, Acute and Chronic Traumatic Rupture of the Diaphragm

Mirco Santini, MD

Staff Surgeon

U.O. di Chirurgia Generale e Toracica

Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria S. Anna

Ferrara, Italy

Chapter 90, Overview of Benign Lung Disease: Anatomy and Pathophysiology

Mandeep Singh Saund, MBBS

Clinical Fellow

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 156, Cervical Mediastinoscopy and Anterior Mediastinotomy

Matthew P. Schenker, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiology

Harvard Medical School

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 131, Percutaneous Therapy for Traumatic Chylothorax

Matthew J. Schuchert, MD

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chapter 77, Open and VATS Wedge Resection for Lung Cancer

Prashant C. Shah, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Thoracic Surgeon Attending

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Chapter 163, Malignant Primary Anterior Mediastinal Tumors

Robert C. Shamberger, MD

Robert E. Gross Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Chief, Department of Surgery

Boston Children's Hospital

Chapter 96, Pediatric Primary and Secondary Lung Tumors

David J. Sher, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology

Department of Radiation Oncology

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois

Chapter 85, Radiotherapy for Inoperable Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Joseph B. Shrager, MD

Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Stanford University School of Medicine

Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery

Thoracic Oncology Program Leader

Stanford Hospitals and Clinics

Staff Surgeon, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Healthcare System

Stanford, California

Chapter 148, Overview of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology of the Diaphragm

Eero Sihvo, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Division of General Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery

Helsinki University Central Hospital

Finland

Chapter 158, Transcervical Thymectomy

Joshua R. Sonett, MD

Professor of Clinical Surgery

Department of Surgery

Columbia University

New York-Presbyterian Hospital

New York, New York

Chapter 25, Management of Malignant Esophageal Fistula

Chapter 98, Resection of Blebs, Bullae, and Giant Bullae

Amitabh Srivastava, MD

Department of Pathology

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 11, Pathology of Esophageal Cancer

Vaughn A. Starnes, MD

Chair, Department of Surgery

Surgeon-in-Chief

Keck Hospital and Norris Cancer Hospital

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

Chapter 110, Living Lobar Lung Transplantation

Stacey Su, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgical Oncology

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Chapter 50, Surgical Management of Corrosive Injury to the Esophagus

Chapter 155, Overview of Benign and Malignant Mediastinal Disease

David J. Sugarbaker, MD

Director, The Lung Institute

Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery

The Olga Kieth Weiss Chair of Surgery

Baylor College of Medicine

Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center

Houston, Texas

Chapter 1, Introduction

Chapter 17, Three-Hole Esophagectomy: The Brigham and Women's Hospital Approach

Chapter 35, Long Esophageal Myotomy: Open, Thoracoscopic, and Peroral Endoscopic Approach

Chapter 68, Overview of Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Lung Cancer

Chapter 122, Extrapleural Pneumonectomy for Pleural Malignancies

Chapter 123, Intracavitary Hyperthermic Chemotherapy for Malignant Mesothelioma

Chapter 159, Thoracoscopic Approach to Thymectomy with Advice on Patients with Myasthenia Gravis

Paul H. Sugarbaker, MD

Washington Cancer Institute

Washington, D.C.

Chapter 123, Intracavitary Hyperthermic Chemotherapy for Malignant Mesothelioma

Scott J. Swanson, MD

Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Director of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Chief Surgical Officer

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 65, Mediastinal Tracheostomy

Chapter 74, VATS Lobectomy

Nitika Thawani, MD

Assistant Professor of Radiology

Texas A&M Health Science Center

College of Medicine

Temple, Texas

Chapter 88, Innovative Radiation Techniques: Role of Brachytherapy and Intraoperative Radiotherapy in Treatment of Lung Cancer

Masahiko Tsurumaru, MD

Professor

Department of Esophageal and Gastroenterological Surgery

Juntendo University Hospital

Tokyo, Japan

Chapter 20, Three-Field Esophagectomy

Harushi Udagawa, MD

Chief of Surgery

Department of Surgery

Toranomon Hospital

Tokyo, Japan

Chapter 20, Three-Field Esophagectomy

Harold C. Urschel, Jr., MD

Deceased

Professor of Surgery

Baylor University Medical Center

Dallas, Texas

Chapter 80, Pancoast Syndrome: Extended Resection in Superior Pulmonary Sulcus and Anterior Approach

Chapter 143, Thoracic Outlet Syndromes

Karl Fabian L. Uy, MD

Assistant Professor

Division of Thoracic Surgery

UMass Memorial Medical Center

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Worcester, Massachusetts

Chapter 57, Techniques of Tracheal Resection and Reconstruction

Eric Vallières, MD, FRCSC

Surgical Director of the Lung Cancer Program

Medical Director Division of Thoracic Surgery

Swedish Cancer Institute

Seattle, Washington

Chapter 36, Esophagectomy for Primary or Secondary Motility Disorders

Chapter 157, Resection of Substernal Goiter

Victor van Berkel, MD PhD

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

University of Louisville School of Medicine

Louisville, Kentucky

Chapter 99, Lung Volume Reduction Surgery

Dirk Van Raemdonck, MD, PhD, FEBTS

Professor of Surgery

KU Leuven University

Thoracic Surgeon

University Hospitals Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

Chapter 73, Segmentectomy for Primary Lung Cancer

Jeffrey B. Velotta, MD

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 136, Sternal and Clavicular Chest Wall Resection and Reconstruction

Urs von Holzen, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Department of Surgery

University Hospital Basel

Basel, Switzerland

Chapter 47, Treating Traumatic Chest Injuries in a Limited Resource Setting

Thomas K. Waddell, MD, MSc, PhD

Professor and Chair

Division of Thoracic Surgery

University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

Chapter 57, Techniques of Tracheal Resection and Reconstruction

Wenping Wang, MD

Department of Surgery

Université de Montréal

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal

Montreal, Québec, Canada

Chapter 32, Complications of Esophageal Surgery

George R. Washko, MD, MMSc

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Staff Pulmonologist, Division of Pulmonary Medicine

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 7, Mechanical Ventilation

Chapter 101, Endoscopic Approaches for Treatment of Emphysema

Walter Weder, MD

Division of Thoracic Surgery

University Hospital Zurich

Zürich, Switzerland

Chapter 125, Induction Chemotherapy followed by Surgery for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Jon O. Wee, MD

Co-Director of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 15, Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy

Chapter 35, Long Esophageal Myotomy: Open, Thoracoscopic, and Peroral Endoscopic Approach

Chapter 45, Endoscopic Techniques in Antireflux Surgery

Chapter 84, Percutaneous Thoracic Tumor Ablation

Christopher B. Weldon, MD, PhD

Department of Surgery

Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 51, Congenital Disorders of the Esophagus in Infants and Children

Chapter 52, Minimally Invasive Techniques for Esophageal Repair

Chapter 96, Pediatric Primary and Secondary Lung Tumors

Chapter 137, Chest Wall Stabilization and Novel Closures of the Chest

Daniel C. Wiener, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery

Tufts University School of Medicine

Tufts Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 149, Incision, Resection, and Replacement of the Diaphragm

Andrea Wolf, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Department of Thoracic Surgery

Mount Sinai Medical Center

New York, New York

Chapter 69, Role of the Pathologist and Pathology-Specific Treatment of Lung Cancer

Cameron D. Wright, MD

Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 48, Management of Esophageal Perforation

Jane Yanagawa, MD

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Los Angeles, California

Chapter 112, Management of Surgical Complications of Lung Transplantation

Jaime Yun, MD

Director of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery

Lutheran Medical Center

Brooklyn, New York

Director of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery

Wyckoff Heights Hospital

Brooklyn, New York

Chapter 65, Mediastinal Tracheostomy

Jill M. Zalieckas, MD, MPH

Department of Surgery

Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 140, Primary Repair of Pectus Excavatum

Lambros Zellos, MD, MPH

Director of Thoracic Surgery

Henry Dunant Hospital

Athens, Greece

Chapter 31, Techniques and Indications for Esophageal Exclusion

Chapter 93, Pulmonary Sequestration

Chapter 95, Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation

Chapter 100, Minimally Invasive Methods of Managing Giant Bullae: Monaldi Procedure

Chapter 119, Nonoperative Treatment of Malignant Pleural Effusions

Michael D. Zervos, MD

New York University Medical Center

New York, New York

Chapter 120, Thoracoscopy with Intrapleural Sclerosis for Malignant Pleural Effusion

Marie Ziesat, MD

Department of Surgery

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Chapter 28, Overview: Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Benign Esophageal Disease

Chapter 29, Resection of Benign Tumors of the Esophagus

Kimberly A. Zubris, PhD

Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry

Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 171, Nanoparticle Therapy in Lung Cancer

Joseph B. Zwischenberger, MD

Johnston-Wright Professor and Chairman of Surgery

Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, Biomedical Engineering, and Diagnostic Radiology

Surgeon-in-Chief, UK Health Care

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

Chapter 113, Artificial Lung

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