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Meet the Team

Patients receive state-of-the-art care from a multidisciplinary team of dedicated to treating lung cancer, mesothelioma, esophageal cancer, metastasiic disease to the lungs as well as less common malignancies including sarcomas, and tumors of the thymus, mediastinum, bronchus and chest wall. In addition, clinical investigators in the program conduct clinical trials for the most promising new therapies.

Program Leader

David M. Jablons, M.D.

Professor and Chief, General Thoracic Surgery

Nan T. McEvoy Distinguished Professor of Thoracic Surgical Oncology

Ada Distinguished Professor of Thoracic Oncology

Program Leader Thoracic Oncology
Director, Thoracic Oncology Laboratory,
UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center

Thoracic Surgeons

George W. Allman, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery

Johannes R. Kratz, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
Van Auken Endowed Chair in Thoracic Oncology
Director, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Thoracic Surgery
Associate Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program

David M. Jablons, M.D.

Professor and Chief, General Thoracic Surgery

Nan T. McEvoy Distinguished Professor of Thoracic Surgical Oncology

Ada Distinguished Professor of Thoracic Oncology

Program Leader Thoracic Oncology
Director, Thoracic Oncology Laboratory,
UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center

Jasleen Kukreja, M.D., M.P.H.

Professor of Surgery
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
Doris F. and Donald G. Fisher Distinguished Professor in Pulmonary Therapies and Science
Program & Surgical Director, UCSF Lung Transplant Program
Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program
Director, Adult Respiratory Mechanical Circulatory Support (ECMO)

Michael Mann, M.D.

Professor of Surgery
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery

Binh N. Trinh, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery

Basic Scientists

Hassan Lemjabbar-Alaoui. Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Surgery
Department of Surgery

Csaba J. Peto, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Surgery
Thoracic Oncology Program

Bhairavi Tolani, Ph.D., M.S.

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery

Liang You, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery

General Surgeons

Carlos U. Corvera, M.D.

Professor & Chief, Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery
Chief, Surgical Oncology Program
Maurice Galante Distinguished Professorship in Hepatobiliary Surgery
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Eric Nakakura, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Surgery
Division of General Surgery

Stanley J. Rogers, M.D.

Professor & Chief, Minimally Invasive Surgery,
Division of General Surgery
Director, Bariatric Surgery Center & Liver Tumor Ablation Program,
UCSF Medical Center
Director, Videoendoscopic Surgery, Zuckerberg San Francisco General
His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Rama IX Distinguished Professor of Global Surgery
Ruth M. Dunn Endowed Chair in Minimally Invasive Surgery

Medical Oncologists

Trever G. Bivona, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor in Residence
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Department of Medicine

Collin Blakely, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Department of Medicine

Matthew A. Gubens, M.D., M.S.

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Department of Medicine

Thierry Marie Jahan, M.D.

Professor of Medicine
Chair, Data and Safety Monitoring Committee

Bonnie J. and Anthony Addario Endowed Chair in Thoracic Oncology
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Andrew H. Ko, M.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Department of Medicine

W. Michael Korn, M.D.

W. Michael Korn, M.D.
Associate Professor in Residence
Divisions of Gastroenterology and Hematology/Oncology
Co-Director, Center for Molecular Oncology
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Caroline McCoach, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Thoracic Medical Oncology

UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center

Lawrence Fong, M.D.

Leader, Cancer Immunotherapy Program
Co-Leader Cancer Immunology Program
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center,
Efim Guzik Distinguished Professor in Cancer Biology

Ross Okimoto, M.D.

Clinical Instructor

James L. Rubenstein, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology Oncology

Melisa L. Wong, M.D., M.A.S.

Assistant Clinical Professor
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Department of Medicine

Orthopaedic Surgical Oncology

Richard O'Donnell, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery
Chief, Orthopaedic Oncology
Director, Sarcoma Program
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Pathologists

Andrew Horvai, M.D., Ph.D.

Clinical Professor of Pathology
Department of Pathology
Associate Director of Surgical Pathology
Medical Director of Histopathology Laboratory

Kirk D. Jones, M.D.

Clinical Professor of Pathology
Department of Pathology

Pulmonologists

Yaron B. Gesthalter, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Interventional Pulmonary Medicine

Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Department of Medicine

Lorriana Leard, M.D.

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Department of Medicine
Associate Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship