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Nabil Pierre Rizk, MD, FACS
I am a general thoracic surgeon who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of thoracic cancers, including lung cancer, esophageal cancer, pulmonary metastases, mediastinal tumors, thymomas, and pleural mesothelioma. I have special interests in esophageal cancer surgery, lung cancer surgery, minimally invasive esophageal and lung surgery, and minimally invasive esophageal cancer and lung cancer diagnostic and staging procedures including endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS), endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), and laparoscopy.
My primary research interest is in evaluating esophageal cancer treatment outcomes. As the director of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Esophagus Cancer Database, I have investigated questions which will allow clinicians to better tailor the treatment of esophageal cancer. This includes refining the staging of esophagus cancer by PET scan and EUS, better defining the pathologic staging of esophagus cancer, and evaluating the results of various surgical alternatives for esophageal cancer. In the laboratory, my focus is on improving molecular means of predicting treatment response in esophageal cancer, as well as investigating new technologies in animal models which might make esophageal cancer surgery safer and less invasive.
Phone
212-639-8357
Education
MD, Yale University School of Medicine
Residencies
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Fellowships
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Board Certifications
General Surgery; Thoracic Surgery
Clinical Expertise
Thoracic Surgical Oncology for Lung and Esophageal Cancers, Thymoma, Thymic Carcinoma, Pulmonary Metastases, and Mesothelioma;
Minimally Invasive Surgery, including Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS), Endoscopic Ultrasound, Endobronchial Ultrasound, Endoluminal Tracheal and Bronchial Resections, Pulmonary and Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, including Laser Endoscopy, Tracheobronchial and Esophageal Stents.
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