Médicos, cirujanos y otros expertos en cáncer pulmonar

My father came to the U.S. as a physician to complete his postgraduate training. When nurses would call him in the middle of the night, his answer was always the same: “I’ll be there.”

Hi, I'm Dr. Bernard Park, a thoracic surgeon treating cancers of the chest, including those found in the lungs and esophagus. I’ve been here at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for two decades. 

Growing up, I watched how my father impacted other people’s lives with his care, and that simple phrase “I’ll be there” has become my guiding principle. Whether it’s answering your questions directly, talking to your family after your surgery, or seeing you through your recovery, I want you to know I am here for you. 

I’ve been a leader in robotic-assisted thoracic surgery since 2002, and my focus is always on using the least invasive, most effective approaches to treat your cancer and help you recover quickly. 

At MSK, we do medicine differently. We don’t just perform surgery and move on; we follow your journey for life. And that kind of care is something I believe in deeply. That means I’ll be with you not only in the operating room, but long after – making sure you’re supported and have the resources you need to move forward with your life.

“How have you been feeling?”

“I feel good.”

When patients come to Memorial Sloan Kettering, it’s just a global level of expertise. Literally, everyone here is pushing the envelope in terms of finding a way to cure cancer.

My name is David Jones. I'm the professor and chief of thoracic surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. I see patients who have lung cancer, esophageal cancer, tumors of the trachea and the bronchus, as well as tumors that have spread to the lungs from other organs.

“How are you?”

“Okay. How are you?”

“I’m good. It’s good to see you.”

When patients come to see me, some of their biggest concerns are, of course, their life expectancy. They're also concerned a lot about what impact the treatment may have on them in terms of their quality of life. And we take a lot of time to really talk to them about how important the treatment is, but how we can minimize, through a careful kind of personalized plan, the toxicities that are associated with any type of cancer treatment.

I try to reassure them and tell them, you know, I've seen cases exactly like yours. We've managed them here at Memorial Sloan Kettering, and they've had outstanding outcomes. Yes, it's going to be difficult, but you have a team here. When they get the sense that there is really people who care about them, behind them, I think it is reassuring.

“This is his scan from today - chest, abdomen, and pelvis.”

The types of treatments that I have expertise in really deal with minimally invasive surgeries. You know, we used to make very large incisions, and spread the ribs and sometimes even remove a rib, and we just don't do that anymore.

We're understanding better how tumors grow, and how they spread, and designing therapies, including immunotherapy and targeted therapies to attack these tumors. So that is extraordinarily exciting.

I have over 23 years of experience in dealing with patients and their tumors. That depth of experience and seeing so many different types of cancers and how they behave and working with other physicians to better understand the tumor and how to best treat it, is really the reason to come and see me.

It's a little humbling to have the privilege of taking care of patients. They have an amazing amount of resilience and mental and emotional fortitude. They are strong. They're so grateful that someone is caring for them. I'm grateful to them for the privilege.