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Thoracic Surgery Staff at MGH

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Douglas Mathisen , MD

 

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Division of Thoracic Surgery
Phone: (617) 726-6826
Fax: (617) 726-7667
dmathisen@partners.org

Clinical Background

Board Certifications:
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Fellow of American College of Surgeons

Education:
1970 B.S. University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
1974 M.D. University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

Hospital Appointments:
1999 – present: Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
2002 – present: Hermes C. Grillo Professor of Thoracic Surgery, Harvard Medical School

 

Research Interests

Surgery of the airways, Lung cancer,Esophageal cancer,Prosthetic tracheal substitute,Tissue engineering tracheal substitute

Selected Publications

Mathisen DJ. The Trachea: references. Ann Thorac Surg 2001 (in press).

Mathisen DJ. What's new in general thoracic surgery. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2001 (in press).

Shrager JB, Mathisen DJ, Donahue DM, Grillo HC, Moncure AC, Wain JC, Wright CD, Vlahakes GJ. Omentum is highly effective in the management of complex cardiothoracic problems. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 (in press).

Salgia R, Lynch T, Skarin A, Lucca J, Lynch C, Hodi FS, Jaklitsch M, Mentzer S, Swanson S, Lukanich J, Bueno R, Wain JC, Mathisen, DJ, et al. Vaccination with irradiated autologous tumor cells engineered to secrete granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor augments anti-tumor immunity in patients with metastatic non-small cell lung carcinoma. 2002 (submitted for publication).

 







 

 

 

 

 

lung cancer
airway disease surgery
esophageal cancer
minimally invasive surgery
thymic disease
hyperhidrosis
lung transplant
lung transplant

 

 

 
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