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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 of Surgery
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 Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Thoracic Surgeons

Johannes R. Kratz, M.D.

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

Melissa H. Coleman, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Associate Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, UCSF
Director of UCSF School of Medicine Clinical Immersive Experiences (CIEx)

David M. Jablons, M.D.

Professor of Surgery
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 Family 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
Director, Lung Transplantation
Director, Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion
Director, Advanced Lung Disease ECMO Support

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

Csaba J. Peto, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic 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 of Surgery
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic 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.

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

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

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

Eric J. Seeley, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine,

Director of Bronchoscopy and Interventional Pulmonary Medicine

Fellowship Directory, Interventional Pulmonary Medicine

Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

Department of Medicine

Radiation Oncologists

Steve Braunstein, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology

Alexander R. Gottschalk, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Radiation Oncology
Director, CyberKnife Radiosurgery Program
Department of Radiation Oncology

Sue S. Yom, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology & Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

Radiologists

Brett M. Elicker, M.D.

Professor
Chief of Cardiac and Pulmonary Imaging
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

Travis Henry, M.D.

Associate Professor
Cardiac & Pulmonary Imaging Fellowship Program Director
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

Kimberly Kallianos, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

Karen Ordovas, M.D., MAS

Professor and Director, Cardiac Imaging
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

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