Over the past five years, the lung cancer survival rate has increased by 14 percent. A large part of that change is driven by advances in immunotherapy—typically implemented alongside treatments like chemotherapy to give patients the best chance at positive outcomes.
Hundreds of patients have received lung transplants due to COVID-19 in the US. Dr. Selim Arcasoy discusses Covid-19 lung damage, and what this means for patients, surgeons, and the future of transplant surgery.
If you asked, he would tell you it was the luck of the Irish. On March 17th (St. Patrick’s Day), Gary Quinlan, 61, of Pound Ridge, NY, successfully underwent the first lung transplant and triple coronary bypass at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia after several weeks battling COVID-19 infection.
An interview with Joshua R. Sonnet, MD, Chief of General Thoracic Surgery and Director of The Price Family Center for Comprehensive Chest Care, Lung and Esophageal Center.
A conversation with Bryan P. Stanifer, MD, thoracic surgeon and Director of the Women’s Lung and Health Center at Columbia, about the most recent change in lung cancer screening guidelines.
Thoracic surgeon Josh Sonett, MD returned to his roots this week to speak with medical students and young doctors at his alma mater, East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine.
