Contributors

Ann Adams, BFA

Sr. Consulting Medical Writer

Department of Surgery

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 66 Overview of Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Lung Cancer

Chapter 107 Surgical Treatment for Complex Thoracic Infections

Prasad S. Adusumilli, MD, FACS

Deputy Chief and Attending, Thoracic Surgery

Vice Chair, Translational Research

Department of Surgery

Head, Solid Tumors Cell Therapy

Cellular Therapeutics Center (CTC)

Director, Mesothelioma Program

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Weill Cornell Medical Center

New York, New York

Chapter 121 Immunotherapy for Mesothelioma

Usman Ahmad, MD, FACS

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Staff Surgeon, Thoracic Surgery

Heart and Vascular Institute

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 12 Esophageal Cancer Staging

Chapter 56 Endoscopic Treatments for Benign Major Upper Airways Disease

Chapter 76 Sleeve Resection/Bronchoplasty for Lung Cancer

Hassan Ahmed, MD, MRCSI

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Foregut, MIS and General Surgeon

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Amarillo

Amarillo, Texas

Chapter 36 Esophagectomy for Primary or Secondary Motility Disorders

Hiroshi Akiyama, MD

Emeritus Director of Toranomon Hospital

Tokyo, Japan

Chapter 20 Three-Field Esophagectomy

Majed Al-Mourgi, FRCS, FCCP, FACS

Associate Professor of surgery

Taif University

Saudi Arabia

Chapter 44 Techniques for Dilation of Benign Esophageal Stricture

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 124 Pleurectomy and Decortication for Malignant Pleural Diseases

Nasser K. Altorki, MD

Chief, Thoracic Surgery

David B. Skinner Professor in Thoracic Surgery

Program Leader; Experimental Therapeutics Program, Meyer Cancer Center of Weill Cornell Medicine

New York, New York

Chapter 19 Radical En Bloc Esophagectomy

Augustine Andoh-Duku, MD

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Buffalo, New York

Chapter 90 Management of Superficial Central Airway Lung Cancers

Rafael Andrade, MD, MHA

Associate Professor, Department of Surgery

Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Chapter 152 Plication of the Diaphragm from Below

Mara B. Antonoff, MD

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas

Chapter 164 Malignant Primary Anterior Mediastinal Tumors

Lubin F. Arevalo Santana, MD

Baptist Hospital of Miami Gastro Health

Miami, Florida

Chapter 35 Endoscopic Treatment of Achalasia

Luis M. Argote-Greene, MD, FCCP

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery

Case Western Reserve University

Staff Surgeon

University Hospitals

Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 160 Thoracoscopic Approach to Thymectomy With Advice on Patients With Myasthenia Gravis

Scott M. Atay, MD

Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery

University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine

Los Angeles, California

Chapter 164 Malignant Primary Anterior Mediastinal Tumors

Elizabeth H. Baldini, MD, MPH

Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School

Radiation Oncology Director, Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology, Department of Radiation Oncology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 91 Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Hasan F. Batirel, MD, PhD

Professor of Thoracic Surgery

Marmara University School of Medicine

Istanbul, Turkey

Chapter 104 Minimally Invasive Methods of Managing Giant Bullae: Monaldi Procedure

Richard A. Baum, MD

Associate Professor of Radiology

Harvard Medical School.

Attending Interventional Radiologist

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 132 Percutaneous Therapy for Traumatic Chylothorax

Rabih Bechara, MD

Chief of Interventional Pulmonology

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Southeastern Regional Medical Center

Atlanta, Georgia

Chapter 129 Medical Management of Nonmalignant Pleural Effusions

Mark F. Berry, MD

Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Stanford University

Stanford, California

Chapter 59 Techniques of Tracheal Resection and Reconstruction for Benign and Malignant Disease

Chapter 87 Bronchopleural Fistula After Pneumonectomy

Ankit Bharat, MD

Harold and Margaret Method Professor

Chief, Thoracic Surgery

Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Chicago, Illinois

Chapter 63 Resection of the Carina

Chapter 111 Lung Transplantation Technique

Costas S. Bizekis, MD

Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Director of Esophageal Surgery

NYU Langone Medical Center

New York, New York

Chapter 123 Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions

Justin D. Blasberg, MD, MPH, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery

Yale School of Medicine

Staff Surgeon

Yale New Haven Hospital

New Haven, Connecticut

Chapter 48 Management of Esophageal Perforation

Chapter 83 Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Extended Thoracic Resections

Daniel J. Boffa, MD

Professor, Thoracic Surgery

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut

Chapter 83 Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Extended Thoracic Resections

Bianca Bromberger, MD

Department of Surgery

Columbia University

New York-Presbyterian Hospital

New York, New York

Chapter 102 Resection of Blebs, Bullae, and Giant Bullae

Darren S. Bryan, MD

General Surgery Resident

The University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Chapter 28 Overview: Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Benign Esophageal Disease

Jason M. Budde, MD, MBA, FACS

Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Blount Memorial Hospital

Maryville, Tennessee

Chapter 136 Chest Wall Resection and Reconstruction

Marie Budev, DO, MPH

Professor of Medicine

Lerner College of Medicine

Staff Physician

The Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 112 Bronchial Artery Revascularization

Raphael Bueno, MD

Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery

Co-Director, The Lung Center and the Lung Research Center

Vice Chairman of Surgery for Cancer and Translational Research

Fredric G. Levin Distinguished Chair in Thoracic Surgery and Lung Cancer Research

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 1 Introduction

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 58 Use of Tracheobronchial Stents

Chapter 65 Cancers of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract: Cervical Exenteration

Chapter 84 Image-Guided Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (iVATS) for Early Lung Cancer

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

Acting Chief, Division of General Thoracic Surgery

Director, General Thoracic Surgery Research

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center

Associate Professor of Surgery

Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 80 Pulmonary Metastasectomy

Chapter 82 Pancoast Tumors

Chapter 140 Overview: Benign Disorders of Chest Wall

Chapter 143 Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Chapter 144 Supraclavicular Approach for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Charles E. Butler, MD

Professor and Chairman

Charles B. Barker Endowed Chair in Surgery

Department of Plastic Surgery

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas

Chapter 139 Options for Soft Tissue Chest Wall Reconstruction

Shamus R. Carr, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland

Chapter 71 Segmentectomy for Primary Lung Cancer

Chapter 126 Intraoperative Adjuncts in the Treatment of Malignant Mesothelioma

Raul Caso, MD, MS

Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Washington, DC

Chapter 142 Surgical Repair of Complex (Recurrent) Pectus Excavatum in Adults

Giorgio Cavallesco, MD

Full Professor of Thoracic Surgery

University of Ferrara

Chief, Department of Surgery

S’Anna Hospital

Ferrara, Italy

Chapter 94 Overview of Benign Lung Disease: Anatomy and Pathophysiology

Robert J. Cerfolio, MD, MBA

Senior Vice President and Vice Dean

New York University Langone Health System

Chief Operating Officer

NYU Langone Health System

Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery

NYU Langone Health System

New York, New York

Chapter 130 Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum

Chapter 166 Robotic Lung Surgery

Laurens J. Ceulemans, MD, PhD

Surgical Fellow, Thoracic Surgery

Leuven Intestinal Failure and Transplantation

University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium

Chapter 115 Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion

Jamie E. Chaft, MD

Associate Attending Physician

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Weill Cornell Medical College

New York, New York

Chapter 92 Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

Walter W. Chan, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Director, Center for Gastrointestinal Motility

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 33 Overview of Esophageal Motility Disorders

Michael Y. Chang, MD, MPH

Thoracic Surgery Regional Lead Physician

Southern California Permanente Medical Group

Los Angeles Medical Center

Department of Surgery

Los Angeles, California

Chapter 49 Blunt and Penetrating Esophageal Trauma

Chapter 157 Cervical Mediastinoscopy and Anterior Mediastinotomy

Subhasis Chatterjee, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine

Director Thoracic Surgical ICU & ECMO Program

Texas Heart Institute at CHI Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center

Houston, Texas

Chapter 85 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation During and After Pulmonary Resection

Lucian R. Chirieac, MD

Associate Professor of Pathology

Harvard Medical School

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 67 Role of Pathology in Treatment of Lung Cancer

Gary W. Chmielewski, MD, FACS

Chief of Thoracic Surgery

Lutheran General Hospital

Regional Director of Thoracic Surgery

Advocate Aurora Healthcare

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital

Park Ridge, Illinois

Chapter 86 Resection of Patients With Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

John Cho, MD, PhD, FRCPC

Assistant Professor

University Health Network

Staff Radiation Oncologist

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Chapter 127 Induction Therapy Followed by Surgery for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Michael H. Cho, MD, MPH

Associate Professor

Department of Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 101 Overview of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Oliver S. Chow, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 163 Neurogenic Tumors of the Posterior Mediastinum

Jayer Chung, MD, MSc

Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy

Michael E DeBakey Department of Surgery

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas

Chapter 146 Venous Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Leigh-Anne Ciofreddi, MD

Assistant Professor

The University of Vermont Medical Group

Burlington, Vermont

Chapter 120 Systemic Chemotherapy for Mesothelioma

Taylor M. Coe, MD

Department of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 21 Left Thoracoabdominal Approach

Yolonda L. Colson, MD, PhD

Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 55 Tracheostomy

Chapter 108 Role of the Thoracic Surgeon in Diagnosis of Interstitial Lung Disease

Carolyn E. Come, MD, MPH

Associate Physician

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Instructor in Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 105 Endoscopic Approaches for Treatment of Emphysema

Willy Coosemans, MD, PhD

University Hospitals Leuven

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 118 Pathology of Pleural Malignant Mesothelioma

Dustin R. Cummings, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Newark, New Jersey

Chapter 41 Endoscopic and Surgical Therapies for Barrett Esophagus

Marcelo C. DaSilva, MD, FACS, DABS

Lecturer

Harvard Medical School

Staff Surgeon

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 126 Intraoperative Adjuncts in the Treatment of Malignant Mesothelioma

Chapter 138 Chest Wall Stabilization and Novel Closures of the Chest

Natalie N. Debolske, BS

Baylor College of Medicine

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center and Texas Heart Institute

Division of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation and Circulatory Support

Houston, Texas

Chapter 110 Overview of Lung Transplantation With Anatomy and Pathophysiology

Malcolm M. DeCamp, MD, FACS, FCCP

Chair, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

K. Craig Kent Chair in Strategic Leadership

Professor of Surgery and Medicine

University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Madison, Wisconsin

Chapter 38 Belsey–Mark IV Fundoplication/Collis Gastroplasty

Chapter 63 Resection of the Carina

Steven R. DeMeester, MD

Foregut and Thoracic Surgery

The Oregon Clinic

Portland, Oregon

Chapter 30 Resection of Esophageal Diverticula

Todd L. Demmy, MD

Professor of Oncology

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Professor of Surgery

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

Chapter 75 Transcervical Extended Mediastinal Lymphadenectomy

Chapter 90 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, FACR, FASTRO, FFRRCSI(Hon), FABS

Chief, Division of Brachytherapy

Institute Physician, Dana Farber Cancer Institute

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 93 Innovative Radiation Techniques: Role of Brachytherapy and Intraoperative Radiotherapy in Treatment of Lung Cancer

Sadhna Dhingra, MD, FCAP

Associate Professor of Pathology, Immunology, and Medicine

Section Head of Adult GI/Liver Pathology

Baylor College of Medicine

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center

Houston, Texas

Chapter 11 Pathology of Esophageal Cancer

Bryan V. Dieffenbach, MD

Resident, Department of Surgery

Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 141 Primary Repair of Pectus Excavatum

Miguel J. Divo, MD

Associate Physician

Department of Medicine/Pulmonary

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Instructor in Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 7 Mechanical Ventilation

Daniel Dolan, MD

Surgical Resident

The Mt. Sinai Hospital

Icahn School of Medicine

New York, New York

Chapter 9 Techniques for Pleural Drainage and Chest Tube Management

Jordan Dozier, MD

Research Fellow, Thoracic Surgery

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York

Chapter 121 Immunotherapy for Mesothelioma

Christopher T. Ducko, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Staff Surgeon

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 78 Radical Lymphadenectomy

Chapter 134 Surgical Management of Chylothorax

Chapter 153 Diaphragm Pacing

Armin Ernst, MD

President and Chief Executive Officer

Reliant Medical Group

Worcester, Massachusetts

Chapter 129 Medical Management of Nonmalignant Pleural Effusions

Christopher H. Fanta, MD

Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Member of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Director

Partners Asthma Center

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 101 Overview of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Alexander S. Farivar, MD

Attending Surgeon

Swedish Cancer Institute and Medical Center

Seattle, Washington

Chapter 158 Resection of Substernal Goiter

Mark K. Ferguson, MD

Professor

Department of Surgery, Section of Thoracic Surgery

The University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

Chapter 28 Overview: Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Benign Esophageal Disease

Chapter 29 Resection of Benign Tumors of the Esophagus

Hiran C. Fernando, FRCS, FRCSEd, MBBS

Professor Surgery

Virginia Commonwealth University

Falls Church, Virginia

Chapter 24 Esophageal Malignancy: Palliative Options and Procedures

Neil A. Fine, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Chicago, Illinois

Chapter 139 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 124 Pleurectomy and Decortication for Malignant Pleural Diseases

Joseph S. Friedberg, MD, FACS

Charles Reid Edwards Professor of Surgery

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Thoracic Surgeon-in-Chief

University of Maryland Medical System

Director, Mesothelioma and Thoracic Oncology Center

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland

Preoperative Evaluation of Thoracic Surgery Patient

Chapter 53 Overview of Benign and Malignant Disorders of the Upper Airways

Chapter 59 Techniques of Tracheal Resection and Reconstruction for Benign and Malignant Disease

Chapter 71 Segmentectomy for Primary Lung Cancer

Chapter 126 Intraoperative Adjuncts in the Treatment of Malignant Mesothelioma

Anne L. Fuhlbrigge, MD, MS

Associate Professor

Pulmonary Science and Critical Care Medicine

Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Denver, Colorado

Chapter 4 Preoperative Evaluation of Thoracic Surgery Patient

Prianka Gajula, MD

Internal Medicine Resident

Houston Methodist Hospital

Houston, Texas

Chapter 27 Endoscopic Resection Techniques for Early Stage Esophageal Tumors

Ziv Gamliel, MD

Chief, Thoracic Surgery

MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center

Baltimore, Maryland

Chapter 16 Transhiatal Esophagectomy

Sidhu P. Gangadharan, MD, MHCM

Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonology

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Associate Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 38 Belsey–Mark IV Fundoplication/Collis Gastroplasty

Chapter 128 Overview of Benign Pleural Conditions: Anatomy and Physiology of Pleura

Chapter 163 Neurogenic Tumors of the Posterior Mediastinum

Travis C. Geraci, MD

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

New York University, Langone Medical Center

New York, New York

Chapter 166 Robotic Lung Surgery

Ritu R. Gill, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Radiology

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 84 Image-Guided Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (iVATS) for Early Lung Cancer

Chapter 107 Surgical Treatment for Complex Thoracic Infections

Chapter 119 Mesothelioma Staging

John J. Godleski, MD

Professor of Pathology, Emeritus

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 118 Pathology of Pleural Malignant Mesothelioma

Daniel R. Gomez, MD, MBA

Department of Radiation Oncology

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas

Chapter 81 Role of Surgery in Oligometastatic NSCLC

Jorge E. Gomez, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

The Mount Sinai Hospital

New York, New York

Chapter 120 Systemic Chemotherapy for Mesothelioma

Diego Gonzalez-Rivas, MD, FECTS

Staff Thoracic Surgeon

Director Uniportal VATS training program

Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University

Shanghai, China

Chapter 74 Uniportal VATS Lobectomy

Kimberly S. Grant, MD

Department of Surgery

University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine

Los Angeles, California

Chapter 30 Resection of Esophageal Diverticula

Sean C. Grondin, MD, MPH

Professor and Chair of Surgery

University of Calgary

Staff Surgeon

Foothills Medical Center

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Chapter 148 Surgical Treatment of Chest Wall Infections

William Grossi, MD

Staff Surgeon

Thoracic Surgery Unit

Integrated University Healthcare of Udine

Udine, Italy

Chapter 94 Overview of Benign Lung Disease: Anatomy and Pathophysiology

Shawn S. Groth, MD, MS, FACS

Director of Esophageal Surgery Services

Division of General Thoracic Surgery

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center

Associate Professor of Surgery

Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 10 Overview of Esophageal Malignancy

Chapter 26 Salvage Esophagectomy for Locally Recurrent or Persistent Esophageal Carcinoma

Chapter 35 Endoscopic Treatment of Achalasia

Chapter 165 Overview of Robotics in Thoracic Surgery

Chapter 167 Robotic Esophageal Surgery

Timothy M. Haffey, MD, Maj USAF

Element Leader, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

Keesler Air Force Base

Biloxi, Mississippi

Chapter 62 Subglottic Resection of the Airway

David H. Harpole, Jr., MD

Professor of Surgery

Professor of Pathology

Department of Surgery

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina

Chapter 87 Bronchopleural Fistula After Pneumonectomy

Philip M. Hartigan, MD

Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia

Harvard Medical School

Director of Thoracic Anesthesia

Brigham & Women’s Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 5 Anesthesia Management

Matthew G. Hartwig, MD, MHS

Associate Professor of Surgery

Program Director Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Fellowship

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Duke University Health System

Durham, North Carolina

Chapter 114 Management of Surgical Complications of Lung Transplantation

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

Children’s Hospital Boston

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 51 Congenital Disorders of the Esophagus in Infants and Children

John V. Heymach, MD, PhD

Chair, Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas

Chapter 81 Role of Surgery in Oligometastatic NSCLC

Sameer A. Hirji, MD, MPH

General and Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident (4-3 Joint Program)

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 73 VATS Lobectomy and VATS Segmentectomy

Wayne Hofstetter, MD

Professor of Surgery and Deputy Chair

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas

Chapter 23 Options for Esophageal Replacement

Kareem Ibrahim, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident

Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Heart Institute

Houston, Texas

Chapter 10 Overview of Esophageal Malignancy

Chapter 82 Pancoast Tumors

Yoshimi Iwanuma, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Juntendo Medical School

Staff Surgeon

Juntendo Tokyo Koto Geriatric Medical Center

Koutou-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Chapter 20 Three-Field Esophagectomy

David M. Jackman, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Medical Director of Clinical Pathways

Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 120 Systemic Chemotherapy for Mesothelioma

Francine L. Jacobson, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Radiology

Harvard Medical School

Staff Radiologist

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Director of Lung Cancer Screening

Brigham Health

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 78 Radical Lymphadenectomy

Chapter 80 Pulmonary Metastasectomy

Chapter 117 Overview and Historical Context of Malignant Pleural Diseases

Chapter 150 Incision, Resection, and Replacement of the Diaphragm

Chapter 151 Plication of the Diaphragm from Above

Chapter 160 Thoracoscopic Approach to Thymectomy With Advice on Patients With Myasthenia Gravis

Russell W. Jennings, MD

Pediatric Surgery

Director, Esophageal and Airway Treatment Program

Boston Children’s Hospital

Associate Professor

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 51 Congenital Disorders of the Esophagus in Infants and Children

Chapter 52 Tracheoesophageal Clefts, Tracheobronchomalacia, and Great Vessel Anomalies

Ali Zul Jiwani, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor

Director, Interventional Pulmonology

Baylor Medicine, Faculty Group Practice

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas

Chapter 105 Endoscopic Approaches for Treatment of Emphysema

Douglas R. Johnston, MD

Vice Chairman, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Surgical Director of the Aortic Valve Center

Heart and Vascular Institute

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 112 Bronchial Artery Revascularization

David R. Jones, MD

Professor & Chief, Thoracic Surgery Service

Fiona & Stanley Druckenmiller Chair for Lung Cancer Research

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York

Chapter 136 Chest Wall Resection and Reconstruction

Yoshiaki Kajiyama, MD

Professor

Department of Esophageal and Gastroenterological Surgery

Juntendo University Hospital

Tokyo, Japan

Chapter 20 Three-Field Esophagectomy

Christina Kao, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Baylor College of Medicine

Transplant Pulmonologist

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center

Houston, Texas

Chapter 113 Medical Management of Lung Transplant Patients

Justin M. Karush, DO

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois

Chapter 53 Overview of Benign and Malignant Disorders of the Upper Airways

Jeffrey D. Kerby, MD, PhD

Professor and Director

Division of Acute Care Surgery

University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital

Birmingham, Alabama

Chapter 155 Acute and Chronic Diaphragmatic Hernias

Shaf Keshavjee, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS

James Wallace McCutcheon Chair in Surgery

University Health Network

Professor, Division of Thoracic Surgery

Vice Chair Innovation, Department of Surgery

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Chapter 159 Transcervical Thymectomy

Puja Gaur Khaitan, MD, FACS

Department of General Surgery

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Georgetown University School of Medicine

Medstar Washington Hospital Center

Washington, DC

Chapter 133 Fibrothorax and Decortication

Hassan A. Khalil, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow

Brigham & Women’s Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 162 Resection of Benign Anterior and Middle Mediastinal Cysts and Tumors

Melissa Korb, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident

Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Heart Institute

Houston, Texas

Chapter 10 Overview of Esophageal Malignancy

Mark J. Krasna, MD

Jersey Shore University Medical Center

Meridian Cancer Care

Emeritus Medical Director

Professor of Surgery and Oncology

Seton Hall University Medical School

Neptune, New Jersey

Chapter 16 Transhiatal Esophagectomy

Chapter 22 Left Transthoracic Esophagectomy (Ellis)

Daniel Kreisel, MD, PhD

Professor of Surgery, Pathology and Immunology

G. Alexander Patterson, MD/Mid-America Transplant Endowed Distinguished Chair in Lung Transplantation

Surgical Director, Lung Transplantation

Scientific Director, Transplant Center

Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri

Chapter 111 Lung Transplantation Technique

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 79 Open and VATS Wedge Resection for Lung Cancer

Chapter 109 Surgical Approaches for Chronic Empyema and Bronchopleural Fistula

Moshe Lapidot, MD

Associate Thoracic Surgeon

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Instructor in Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 84 Image-Guided Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (iVATS) for Early Lung Cancer

Abraham Lebenthal, MD, MHA

Instructors of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Attending Thoracic Surgeon

Brigham and Women’s Hospital and West Roxbury VA

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 9 Techniques for Pleural Drainage and Chest Tube Management

Chapter 14 Esophagoscopy

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

Nicholas D. LeBlanc, MD

Department of Surgery

Carilion Clinic

Roanoke, Virginia

Chapter 161 Radical Transsternal Thymectomy

Fred Lee, MD

Baylor College of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery

Houston, Texas

Chapter 143 Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Chapter 144 Supraclavicular Approach for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Chapter 165 Overview of Robotics in Thoracic Surgery

Jacqueline Ji-Eun Lee, MD

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Geisinger Heart Institute

Geisinger Health System

Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania

Chapter 140 Overview: Benign Disorders of Chest Wall

Jay M. Lee, MD

Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery

Surgical Director, Thoracic Oncology Program | Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Surgical Director, Center for Esophageal Disorders

Associate Professor of Surgery | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Los Angeles, California

Chapter 125 Extrapleural Pneumonectomy for Pleural Malignancies

Chapter 137 Sternal and Clavicular Chest Wall Resection and Reconstruction

Scott A. LeMaire, MD

Jimmy and Roberta Howell Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery

Vice Chair for Research, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery

Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Director of Research, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Baylor College of Medicine

Professional Staff

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery

Texas Heart Institute

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center

Houston, Texas

Chapter 147 Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis and Vasomotor Disorders

Toni Lerut, MD, PhD

Emeritus Professor of Surgery

University of Leuven

Emeritus Chairman, Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital

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

Chris LeSiege, PA

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Dana Farber Cancer Center at Milford Regional Cancer Center

Milford, Massachusetts

Chapter 88 Management of Hemoptysis in Lung Cancer

Gloria Li, MD

Assistant Professor in Pulmonary and Critical Care

Baylor College of Medicine

Pulmonologist

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center

Houston, Texas

Chapter 113 Medical Management of Lung Transplant Patients

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 Esophagectomy for Locally Recurrent or Persistent Esophageal Carcinoma

Shuyin Liang, MD, FRCSC

Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellow

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chapter 109 Surgical Approaches for Chronic Empyema and Bronchopleural Fistula

Moishe Liberman, MD, PhD

Director—C.E.T.O.C. (CHUM Endoscopic Tracheobronchial and Oesophageal Center)

Associate Professor of Surgery—Division of Thoracic Surgery

Gosselin Chair in Thoracic Surgical Oncology, University of Montreal

Scientist—Centre de Recherche du CHUM

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Chapter 32 Complications of Esophageal Surgery

Philip A. Linden, MD

University Hospitals

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 37 Overview: Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Esophageal Reflux Disease

Chapter 134 Surgical Management of Chylothorax

Michael J. Liptay, MD, FACS

The Mary and John Bent Professor and Chair

Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois

Chapter 53 Overview of Benign and Malignant Disorders of the Upper Airways

Chapter 68 Techniques for Staging and Restaging of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Chapter 86 Resection of Patients With Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

Eric M. Lo, BS

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas

Chapter 140 Overview: Benign Disorders of Chest Wall

Gabriel Loor, MD

Surgical Director of Lung Transplantation

Co-Chief, Section of Adult Cardiac Surgery

Division of Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Circulatory Support

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center

Associate Professor of Surgery

Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 85 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation During and After Pulmonary Resection

Chapter 110 Overview of Lung Transplantation With Anatomy and Pathophysiology

Rebecca Grace Lopez, MD

University of Washington

Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellow

Seattle, Washington

Chapter 34 Esophagogastromyotomy for Achalasia and Esophageal Dysmotility Disorders

Robert R. Lorenz, MD, MBA

Associate Professor

Head & Neck Institute

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 62 Subglottic Resection of the Airway

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

Director, Thoracic Research and Education

Executive Co-Medical Director/Surgical Chair

Swedish Digestive Health Institute

Swedish Medical Center

Seattle, Washington

Chapter 36 Esophagectomy for Primary or Secondary Motility Disorders

James D. Luketich, MD, FACS

Professor and Chairman

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chapter 15 Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy

Chapter 109 Surgical Approaches for Chronic Empyema and Bronchopleural Fistula

Joshua L. Lyons, MD

University Hospitals

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 134 Surgical Management of Chylothorax

Arin L. Madenci, MD, MPH

Doctoral Student, Harvard School of Public Health

Resident and Clinical/Research Fellow

Departments of Surgery

Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 100 Pediatric Primary and Secondary Lung Tumors

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

Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology

Harvard Medical School

Director of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy

Director of Patient Safety and Quality

Thoracic Radiation Oncology Disease Center Leader

Department of Radiation Oncology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 91 Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Prasad Manian, MD

Professor of Medicine

Baylor College of Medicine

Chief of the Medical Subspecialties Service

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center

Houston, Texas

Chapter 106 Lung Infections: An Overview

M. Blair Marshall, MD

Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery

MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Washington, DC

Chapter 142 Surgical Repair of Complex (Recurrent) Pectus Excavatum in Adults

David P. Mason, MD

Candy DeBartolo Endowed Chair in Thoracic Surgery

Chief, Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation

Baylor University Medical Center

Clinical Professor, Texas A&M Medical Center

Dallas, Texas

Chapter 60 Surgical Repair of Congenital and Acquired Tracheoesophageal Fistulas

Chapter 95 Benign Lung Masses

Douglas J. Mathisen, MD

Hermes C. Grillo Distinguished Professor of Thoracic Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Thoracic Surgeon

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 21 Left Thoracoabdominal Approach

Aladdein Mattar, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery

Baylor College of Medicine

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center and Texas Heart Institute

Division of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation and Circulatory Support

Houston, Texas

Chapter 110 Overview of Lung Transplantation With Anatomy and Pathophysiology

David C. Mauchley, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Section of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Children’s of Alabama

Birmingham, Alabama

Chapter 98 Surgery for Bronchiectasis

Mark W. Maxfield, MD

Fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 128 Overview of Benign Pleural Conditions: Anatomy and Physiology of Pleura

Marissa A. Mayor, MD

Surgical Resident

Inova Fairfax Hospital and University of Virginia Health System

Falls Church, Virginia

Chapter 24 Esophageal Malignancy: Palliative Options and Procedures

Kenneth R. McCurry, MD

Thoracic Surgery

Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 112 Bronchial Artery Revascularization

Robert J. McKenna, Jr., MD

Professor of Surgery, Chief of Thoracic Surgery

John Wayne Cancer Institute

Professor of Thoracic Surgery

Stanford University

Santa Monica, California

Chapter 77 Thoracoscopic Sleeve Resection/Bronchoplasty for Lung Cancer

Shannon S. McKenna, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Staff Anesthesiologist

Department of Anesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine

Medical Director, Thoracic Surgical Intensive Care Unit

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 6 Critical Care for the Thoracic Surgery Patient

Ciaran J. McNamee, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Staff Surgeon

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 9 Techniques for Pleural Drainage and Chest Tube Management

Chapter 66 Overview of Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Lung Cancer

Chapter 88 Management of Hemoptysis in Lung Cancer

Chapter 107 Surgical Treatment for Complex Thoracic Infections

Chapter 131 Benign Tumors of the Pleura

Chapter 162 Resection of Benign Anterior and Middle Mediastinal Cysts and Tumors

Steven J. Mentzer, MD

Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Senior Surgeon

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 8 Postoperative Management of the Thoracic Surgery Patient

Chapter 54 Bronchoscopy, Rigid and Flexible

Chapter 61 Tracheobronchial Injuries

Chapter 157 Cervical Mediastinoscopy and Anterior Mediastinotomy

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 103 Lung Volume Reduction Surgery

Gaëtane C. Michaud, MD

Chief, Interventional Pulmonology

Langone Lung Cancer Center

New York University Medical Center

New York, New York

Chapter 129 Medical Management of Nonmalignant Pleural Effusions

James Miller, MD

University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Cincinnati, Ohio

Chapter 75 Transcervical Extended Mediastinal Lymphadenectomy

Timothy M. Millington, MD

Assistant Professor

Department of Surgery

Section of Thoracic Surgery

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Lebanon, New Hampshire

Chapter 154 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernias in Adults

Joseph L. Mills, MD

Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy

Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas

Chapter 146 Venous Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

John D. Mitchell, MD

Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine

Aurora, Colorado

Chapter 98 Surgery for Bronchiectasis

Brian Mitzman, MD

Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery

NYU Langone Health

Mineola, New York

Chapter 29 Resection of Benign Tumors of the Esophagus

Juan Carlos Molina, MD

Fellow

Advanced Thoracic Interventional Endoscopy and Complex Thoracic Surgery

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Department of Surgery

Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Chapter 32 Complications of Esophageal Surgery

Christopher R. Morse, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Thoracic Surgeon

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 21 Left Thoracoabdominal Approach

Michael Mulvihill, MD

Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Department of Surgery

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina

Chapter 114 Management of Surgical Complications of Lung Transplantation

Sudish C. Murthy, MD, PhD

Surgical Director, Center of Major Airway Disease

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 56 Endoscopic Treatments for Benign Major Upper Airways Disease

Chapter 76 Sleeve Resection/Bronchoplasty for Lung Cancer

Subhakar Mutyala, MD, MPH

Arizona Oncology Associates

Professor of Interdisciplinary Oncology

University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona

Chapter 93 Innovative Radiation Techniques: Role of Brachytherapy and Intraoperative Radiotherapy in Treatment of Lung Cancer

Philippe Nafteux, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Catholic University Leuven, Belgium

Staff Surgeon

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)

Basil S. Nasir, MBBCh

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Université de Montréal

Staff Surgeon

Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Chapter 114 Management of Surgical Complications of Lung Transplantation

Rebecca C. Nelson, MD

Resident Physician

Head & Neck Institute

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 62 Subglottic Resection of the Airway

Arne Neyrinck, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Anesthesiology

Associate Head of Clinic

Department of Cardiovascular Sciences

University Hospitals Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

Chapter 115 Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion

Duy C. Nguyen, MD

Thoracic Surgery Resident

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas

Chapter 66 Overview of Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Lung Cancer

Daniel G. Nicastri, MD

Assistant Professor of Thoracic Surgery

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital

New York, New York

Chapter 64 Mediastinal Tracheostomy

Chapter 73 VATS Lobectomy and VATS Segmentectomy

Michael S. Nussbaum, MD

Professor and Chair

Department of Surgery

Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Carilion Clinic

Roanoke, Virginia

Chapter 161 Radical Transsternal Thymectomy

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

University of Washington

Chief of the Division of General Surgery

Byers Endowed Professor in Esophageal Research

Seattle, Washington

Chapter 34 Esophagogastromyotomy for Achalasia and Esophageal Dysmotility Disorders

Chapter 41 Endoscopic and Surgical Therapies for Barrett Esophagus

Daniel Oh, MD

Division of Thoracic Surgery Keck School of Medicine

University of Southern California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

Chapter 88 Management of Hemoptysis in Lung Cancer

Chapter 131 Benign Tumors of the Pleura

Kazunori Okabe, MD

Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery

Yamaguchi Ube Medical Center

Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

Chapter 96 Bronchoplasty for Benign Lung Lesions

Mehdi Oloomi, MD

Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Medical Director of CTICU

Mount Sinai Medical Center

New York, New York

Chapter 7 Mechanical Ventilation

Osita I. Onugha, MD, MBA

Thoracic Surgeon

Providence St. Johns Health Center

Director of Hyperhidrosis Program

Chief of Robotic Thoracic Surgery

Assistant Professor John Wayne Cancer Institute

Santa Monica, California

Chapter 77 Thoracoscopic Sleeve Resection/Bronchoplasty for Lung Cancer

Isabelle Opitz, MD

Associate Professor for Thoracic Surgery

Senior Staff Surgeon

University Hospital Zurich

Department of Thoracic Surgery

Zurich, Switzerland

Chapter 127 Induction Therapy Followed by Surgery for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Dennis P. Orgill, MD, PhD

Professor of Surgery

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Medical Director, Wound Care Clinic

Senior Surgeon

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 139 Options for Soft Tissue Chest Wall Reconstruction

Mohamed O. Othman, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Chief of Gastroenterology Section

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas

Chapter 27 Endoscopic Resection Techniques for Early Stage Esophageal Tumors

Chapter 35 Endoscopic Treatment of Achalasia

Dwight H. Owen, MD, MS, FACP

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center

Columbus, Ohio

Chapter 92 Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

Konstantinos Papadakis, MD

Assistant in Surgery, Department of Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 141 Primary Repair of Pectus Excavatum

Kostas Papagiannopoulos, MD, MMED THORAX, CTH

Honorary Senior Lecturer Leeds University

Past President and Treasurer ESTS

Senior Consultant Thoracic Surgeon

St. James’s University Hospital

Leeds, United Kingdom

Chapter 145 Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) First Rib Resection

Bernard J. Park, MD

Deputy Chief of Clinical Affairs, Thoracic Service

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York

Chapter 168 Robotic Mediastinal Surgery

Amit Parulekar, MD, MS

Associate Professor of Medicine

Baylor College of Medicine

Medical Director of Lung Transplantation

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center

Houston, Texas

Chapter 113 Medical Management of Lung Transplant Patients

Itai M. Pashtan, MD

Assistant Professor

Harvard Medical School

Dept. of Radiation Oncology

Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 93 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 123 Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions

G. Alexander Patterson, MD

Joseph C. Bancroft Professor of Surgery

Division of Cardiothoracic

Washington University School of Medicine

St. Louis, Missouri

Chapter 111 Lung Transplantation Technique

Subroto Paul, MD, MPH

Director of Thoracic Surgical Services

RWJ Barnabas Health

Clinical Professor of Surgery

Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

West Orange, New Jersey

Chapter 31 Techniques and Indications for Esophageal Exclusion

Chapter 49 Blunt and Penetrating Esophageal Trauma

Chapter 55 Tracheostomy

Chapter 108 Role of the Thoracic Surgeon in Diagnosis of Interstitial Lung Disease

Chapter 123 Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions

Yaron Perry, MD, FACS

Clinical Associate Professor

Case Western Reserve Medical School

Director, Minimally Invasive Esophageal Surgery

Director of the Thoracic Surgery Robotic Program

Associate Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Department of Surgery

University Hospitals

Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 37 Overview: Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Esophageal Reflux Disease

Gosta B. Pettersson, MD, PhD

Professor of Surgery

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Case Western Reserve University

Vice Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery

Director of Adult Congenital Heart Surgery

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 112 Bronchial Artery Revascularization

Brian L. Pettiford, MD

Thoracic Surgeon

Good Samaritan Hospital

York, Pennsylvania

Chapter 109 Surgical Approaches for Chronic Empyema and Bronchopleural Fistula

Christian G. Peyre, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery

University of Rochester

Rochester, New York

Chapter 17 Modified McKeon (3-Hole) Esophagectomy

Eitan Podgaetz, MD, MPH, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery

Center for Thoracic Surgery at Baylor University Medical Center

Director of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery

Dallas, Texas

Chapter 60 Surgical Repair of Congenital and Acquired Tracheoesophageal Fistulas

Chapter 95 Benign Lung Masses

Wissam Raad, MD

Assistant Professor, Department of Thoracic Surgery

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Mount Sinai Health System

New York, New York

Chapter 169 Robotic Diaphragm Plication

Anjali Raghuram, MD Candidate

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas

Chapter 80 Pulmonary Metastasectomy

Siva Raja, MD, PhD, FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery

Lerner College of Medicine at the Case Western Reserve University

Professional Staff, Thoracic Surgery

Heart and Vascular Institute

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 76 Sleeve Resection/Bronchoplasty for Lung Cancer

Maheshwari Ramineni, MD

Assistant Professor of Pathology

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas

Chapter 118 Pathology of Pleural Malignant Mesothelioma

Madhuri Rao, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Chapter 67 Role of Pathology in Treatment of Lung Cancer

Chapter 152 Plication of the Diaphragm from Below

Rene Razzak, MD, FRCSC

Clinical Fellow, Thoracic Surgery

Swedish Cancer Institute

Seattle, Washington

Chapter 158 Resection of Substernal Goiter

Yael Refaely, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Head of Thoracic Surgery Unit

Soroka University Medical Center

Beer Sheva, Israel

Chapter 135 Overview of Chest Wall and Sternal Tumors

David C. Rice, MB BCh, FRCSI

Professor of Surgery

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas

Chapter 72 Minimally Invasive Segmentectomy for Malignancy

Thomas W. Rice, MD

Emeritus Professor Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Emeritus Staff

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 12 Esophageal Cancer Staging

Chapter 26 Salvage Esophagectomy for Locally Recurrent or Persistent Esophageal Carcinoma

Chapter 65 Cancers of the Upper Aerodigestive Tract: Cervical Exenteration

William G. Richards, PhD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Research Associate

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 119 Mesothelioma Staging

John R. Roberts, MD, MBA

Associate Professor of Surgery

Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Medical Director Thoracic Surgery

Boca Raton Regional Hospital

Boca Raton, Florida

Chapter 69 The Five Lobectomies: Preoperative Evaluation, Operative Technique, and Postoperative Management

Chapter 70 Pneumonectomy

María Rodríguez, MD, PhD

Attending Thoracic Surgeon, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Madrid

Madrid, Spain

Chapter 45 Endoscopic Techniques in Antireflux Surgery

Nicholas Rohs, MD

Assistant Professor Hematology/Oncology

Thoracic Medical Oncologist

Mount Sinai Hospital

New York, New York

Chapter 120 Systemic Chemotherapy for Mesothelioma

Kenneth E. Rosenzweig, MD, FASTRO, FACR

Professor and Chair

Department of Radiation Oncology

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Mount Sinai Health System

New York, New York

Chapter 122 Radiation Therapy for Mesothelioma

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 155 Acute and Chronic Diaphragmatic Hernias

Mirco Santini, MD

Health Management Services

Azienda USL of Ferrara

Staff Surgeon

Unit of General Surgery

University Hospital of Ferrara

Ferrara, Italy

Chapter 94 Overview of Benign Lung Disease: Anatomy and Pathophysiology

Inderpal S. Sarkaria, MD, FACS

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chapter 167 Robotic Esophageal Surgery

Mandeep Singh Saund, MBBS

Clinical Fellow

Division of Thoracic Surgery

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 157 Cervical Mediastinoscopy and Anterior Mediastinotomy

Ravi Savani, MD, MSc

Physician, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Indiana University Health

Ball Memorial Hospital

Muncie, Indiana

Chapter 90 Management of Superficial Central Airway Lung Cancers

Lara W. Schaheen, MD

Chief Resident

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chapter 15 Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy

Matthew P. Schenker, MD

Chief, Division of Interventional Radiology

Chair, Radiation Safety Committee

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Radiology

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 132 Percutaneous Therapy for Traumatic Chylothorax

Colin Schieman, MD, FRCSC

Clinical Associate Professor

Residency Program Director

Section of Thoracic Surgery

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Chapter 148 Surgical Treatment of Chest Wall Infections

Eric A. Schinnerer, MD

Volunteer Assistant Professor

OU Tulsa Department of Surgery

Trauma Services, St John Hospital

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Chapter 155 Acute and Chronic Diaphragmatic Hernias

Matthew J. Schuchert, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Program Director - CT Surgery Residency

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chapter 79 Open and VATS Wedge Resection for Lung Cancer

Gary S. Schwartz, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery

Texas A&M Health Science Center

Thoracic Surgeon

Baylor University Medical Center

Dallas, Texas

Chapter 60 Surgical Repair of Congenital and Acquired Tracheoesophageal Fistulas

Chapter 95 Benign Lung Masses

Christopher W. Seder, MD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Rush University Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois

Chapter 68 Techniques for Staging and Restaging of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Joanna Sesti, MD

Thoracic Surgeon

Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health

West Orange, New Jersey

Chapter 123 Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions

Joseph B. Shrager, MD

Professor of Surgery

Stanford University School of Medicine

Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery; Director, Thoracic Oncology CCP

Stanford Healthcare/Stanford Cancer Institute

Stanford, California

Chapter 149 Overview of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathophysiology of the Diaphragm

Eero Sihvo, MD, PhD

Surgeon-in-Chief

Central Finland Central Hospital/Jyvaskyla

Finland

Chapter 159 Transcervical Thymectomy

Joshua R. Sonett, MD

Professor and Chief Thoracic Surgery

Director Price Center for Comprehensive Chest Care

Columbia University

New York-Presbyterian Hospital

New York, New York

Chapter 25 Management of Malignant Esophageal Fistula

Chapter 102 Resection of Blebs, Bullae, and Giant Bullae

Amitabh Srivastava, MD

Associate Professor of Pathology

Harvard Medical School

Chief, GI Pathology

Associate Director, Surgical Pathology

Director, Surgical & GI Pathology Fellowship Programs

Department of Pathology

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 11 Pathology of Esophageal Cancer

Brendon M. Stiles, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Weill Cornell Medicine

New York-Presbyterian Hospital

New York, New York

Chapter 19 Radical En Bloc Esophagectomy

Stacey Su, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Temple University Health Systems

Staff Surgeon

Fox Chase Cancer Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Chapter 50 Surgical Management of Corrosive Injury to the Esophagus

Chapter 156 Overview of Benign and Malignant Mediastinal Diseases

David J. Sugarbaker, MD*

Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery

Director, the Lung Institute

The Olga Keith Weiss Chair of Surgery

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center

Professor of Surgery

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, Texas

Chapter 17 Modified McKeon (3-Hole) Esophagectomy

Chapter 66 Overview of Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Lung Cancer

Chapter 125 Extrapleural Pneumonectomy for Pleural Malignancies

Chapter 126 Intraoperative Adjuncts in the Treatment of Malignant Mesothelioma

Chapter 160 Thoracoscopic Approach to Thymectomy With Advice on Patients With Myasthenia Gravis

Paul H. Sugarbaker, MD, FACS, FRCS

Director, Program in Peritoneal Surface Oncology

Senior Attending Surgeon

MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Washington, DC

Chapter 126 Intraoperative Adjuncts in the Treatment of Malignant Mesothelioma

Wendy Jo Svetanoff, MD

Pediatric Surgery Critical Care Fellow

Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 51 Congenital Disorders of the Esophagus in Infants and Children

Chapter 52 Tracheoesophageal Clefts, Tracheobronchomalacia, and Great Vessel Anomalies

Scott J. Swanson, MD

Director, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery

Vice Chair, Clinical Cancer

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Associate Chief of Surgery, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 64 Mediastinal Tracheostomy

Chapter 73 VATS Lobectomy and VATS Segmentectomy

Stephen G. Swisher, MD

Head, Division of Surgery

Professor, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas

Chapter 81 Role of Surgery in Oligometastatic NSCLC

Andrew Tang, MD

General Surgery Resident

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 12 Esophageal Cancer Staging

Chapter 56 Endoscopic Treatments for Benign Major Upper Airways Disease

Zachary E. Tano, MD

Research Fellow, Thoracic Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York

Chapter 121 Immunotherapy for Mesothelioma

Vasileios Tentzeris, MD, ChT

Consultant Thoracic Surgeon

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Castle Hill Hospital/Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals, NHS Trust

Cottingham, United Kingdom

Chapter 145 Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) First Rib Resection

Nitika Thawani, MD

Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Oncology

University of Arizona Cancer Center at Dignity Health

St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center

Associate professor of Radiology

Creighton University School of Medicine

Phoenix, Arizona

Chapter 93 Innovative Radiation Techniques: Role of Brachytherapy and Intraoperative Radiotherapy in Treatment of Lung Cancer

Michael Zhen-Yu Tong, MD, MBA

Cardiac Surgeon

Surgical Director of Heart Transplantation and MCS

Assistant Processor

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, Ohio

Chapter 112 Bronchial Artery Revascularization

Hisashi Tsukada, MD, PhD

Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Interventional Pulmonologist, Thoracic Surgery, Brigham & Women’s Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 57 Endoscopic Therapy for Endobronchial Lesions

Masahiko Tsurumaru, MD, FACS

Senior Fellow Professor of Esophageal & Gastroenterological Surg

Juntendo University Hospital

Tokyo, Japan

Chapter 20 Three-Field Esophagectomy

Harushi Udagawa, MD, DMSc

Director General

Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya

Japan

Chapter 20 Three-Field Esophagectomy

Karl Fabian L. Uy, MD

Associate Professor and Chief

Division of Thoracic Surgery

UMass Memorial Health Care

University of Massachusetts Medical School

Worcester, Massachusetts

Chapter 59 Techniques of Tracheal Resection and Reconstruction for Benign and Malignant Disease

Raj G. Vaghjiani, MD

Research Fellow, Thoracic Surgery

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, New York

Chapter 121 Immunotherapy for Mesothelioma

Eric Vallières, MD, FRCSC

Surgical Director of the Lung Cancer Program

Medical Director Division of Thoracic Surgery

Swedish Cancer Institute

Seattle, Washington

Chapter 158 Resection of Substernal Goiter

Victor van Berkel, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Division Chief, Thoracic Surgery

University of Louisville School of Medicine

Louisville, Kentucky

Chapter 103 Lung Volume Reduction Surgery

Dirk Van Raemdonck, MD, PhD, FEBTS, FERS

Professor of Surgery

KU Leuven University

Head of Transplant Center

University Hospitals Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

Chapter 71 Segmentectomy for Primary Lung Cancer

Chapter 115 Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion

Urs von Holzen, MD, MBA

Associate Professor of Surgery

Indiana University School of Medicine South Bend

Director of Surgical Oncology

Goshen Center for Cancer Care

Goshen, Indiana

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, Ontario, Canada

Chapter 59 Techniques of Tracheal Resection and Reconstruction for Benign and Malignant Disease

Garrett L. Walsh, MD

Professor of Surgery

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas

Chapter 82 Pancoast Tumors

George R. Washko, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Associate Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Department of Medicine

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 105 Endoscopic Approaches for Treatment of Emphysema

Walter Weder, MD

Former Professor of Surgery

Former Director of the Department of Thoracic Surgery

University Hospital Zurich

Zurich, Switzerland

Chapter 127 Induction Therapy Followed by Surgery for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma

Jon O. Wee, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Section Chief, Esophageal Surgery

Director of Robotics in Thoracic Surgery

Co-Director of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery

Associate Program Director

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 15 Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy

Chapter 35 Endoscopic Treatment of Achalasia

Chapter 45 Endoscopic Techniques in Antireflux Surgery

Chapter 89 Percutaneous and Other Ablative Therapies for Lung Cancer

Christopher B. Weldon, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Surgery

Harvard Medical School

Senior Surgeon’s Chair in Pediatric Surgery

Associate in Surgery and Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine

Boston Children’s Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts

Chapter 100 Pediatric Primary and Secondary Lung Tumors

Chapter 51 Congenital Disorders of the Esophagus in Infants and Children

Thomas M. Wheeler, MD

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