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