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Chest Wall Surgery
Contributors
CONSULTING EDITOR
MARK K. FERGUSON, MD
Professor of Surgery, Section of Cardiac
and Thoracic Surgery, The University of
Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
GUEST EDITOR
GAETANO ROCCO, MD, FRCSEd,
FETCS, FCCP
Director, Department of Thoracic
Surgery and Oncology,
Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery,
National Cancer Institute, Pascale Foundation,
Naples, Italy
AUTHORS
ALEX ARAME, MD
Department of Thoracic Surgery,
Georges Pompidou European Hospital,
Paris, France
JUSTIN D. BLASBERG, MD
Resident, Department of General Surgery,
St Luke’s—Roosevelt Medical Center,
Columbia University College of Physicians
and Surgeons, New York, New York
LAURENT BROUCHET, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery,
Rangueil-Larrey University Hospital,
Toulouse, France
DAVID W. CHANG, MD, FACS
Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery,
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer
Center, Houston, Texas
ALAIN CHAPELIER, MD, PhD
Professor of Thoracic and Cardiovascular
Surgery, Paris West University; Head,
Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung
Transplantation, Hopital Foch, Suresnes,
France
MARCELLINO CICALESE, MD
Division of Breast Surgery, Department
of Breast Surgery and Oncology, National
Cancer Institute of Naples, Naples, Italy
SABRINA CUGNO, MD
Senior Resident, Division of Plastic and
Reconstructive Surgery, Department of
Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de l’Universite
de Montreal, Universite de Montreal,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
GIUSEPPE D’AIUTO, MD
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department
of Thoracic Surgery and Oncology, National
Cancer Institute of Naples, Naples, Italy
MASSIMILIANO D’AIUTO, MD
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of
Thoracic Surgery and Oncology, National
Cancer Institute of Naples, Naples, Italy
MICHEL ALAIN DANINO, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Division
of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery,
Department of Surgery, Centre Hospitalier
de l’Universite de Montreal, Universite de
Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Contributorsiv
JESSICA S. DONINGTON, MD
Assistant Professor, Department
of Cardiothoracic Surgery, NYU School
of Medicine; Director of Thoracic Surgery,
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery,
Bellevue Hospital, New York, New York
PASQUALE FERRARO, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Chief,
Division of Thoracic Surgery; Alfonso
Minicozzi and Family Chair in Thoracic
Surgery and Lung Transplantation,
Department of Surgery, Centre Hospitalier
de l’Universite de Montreal, Universite de
Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
ALEXANDER A. FOKIN, MD, PhD
Heineman Medical Research Foundation,
Charlotte, North Carolina
SHAF KESHAVJEE, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS
Surgeon-In-Chief, University Health Network;
FG Pearson-RJ Ginsberg Chair in Thoracic
Surgery; Professor and Chair, Division of
Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto,
Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada
PATRICK G. HARRIS, MD CM
Associate Professor, Chair, Department of
Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de l’Universite
de Montreal, Universite de Montreal,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
ROBERT E. KELLY Jr, MD
Chief, Department of Surgery, Children’s
Hospital of The King’s Daughters;
Professor of Clinical Surgery and
Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical
School, Norfolk, Virginia
FRANCOISELEPIMPECBARTHES,MD,PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Georges
Pompidou European Hospital, Paris, France
MOISHE LIBERMAN, MD CM, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Marcel and
Rolande Gosselin Chair in Thoracic Surgical
Oncology, Division of Thoracic Surgery,
Department of Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de
l’Universite de Montreal, Universite de
Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
TAMAS F. MOLNAR, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Surgery, Thoracic
Surgical Unit, University of Pecs, Pecs,
Hungary
BABU V. NAIDU, MBBS
(MMed Sci Trauma) MD, FRCS (CTH)
Associate Professor, Heart of England NHS
Foundation Trust, Department of Thoracic
Surgery, Birmingham; Warwick Medical
School, The University of Warwick, Coventry,
United Kingdom
DONALD NUSS, MB, ChB
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics,
Pediatric Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical
School, Children’s Hospital of The King’s
Daughters, Norfolk, Virginia
JOE B. PUTNAM Jr, MD
Professor of Surgery and Chairman,
Department of Thoracic Surgery; Ingram
Professor of Cancer Research, Professor
of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt
University Medical Center, Nashville,
Tennessee
PALA B. RAJESH, MBBS, FRCS (CTH)
Honorary Senior Lecturer, Heart of England
NHS Foundation Trust, Department
of Thoracic Surgery, Birmingham,
United Kingdom
MARC RIQUET, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic Surgery,
Georges Pompidou European Hospital,
Paris, France
FRANCIS ROBICSEK, MD, PhD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular
Surgery, Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute,
Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte,
North Carolina
GAETANO ROCCO, MD, FRCSEd,
FETCS, FCCP
Director, Department of Thoracic
Surgery and Oncology,
Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery,
National Cancer Institute, Pascale Foundation,
Naples, Italy
Contributors v
SHONA E. SMITH, MD, FRCSC
Thoracic Surgery Fellow, Division
of Thoracic Surgery, University
of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
PASCAL A. THOMAS, MD
Department of Thoracic Surgery,
University Hospitals of Marseille,
University of the Mediterranean, Marseille,
France
MARK T. VILLA, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic
Surgery, University of Texas MD Anderson
Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
LARRY T. WATTS, MD
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular
Surgery, Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute,
Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte,
North Carolina