Author
Daniel H Buitrago, MD, MPH Resident Physician in General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Daniel H Buitrago, MD, MPH is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Surgeons
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Coauthor(s)
Dao Minh Nguyen, MD, MS, FRCSC, FACS Professor of Clinical Surgery, Chief of Thoracic Surgery Section, The B and Donald Carlin Endowed Chair of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of Miami, Leonard M Miller School of Medicine; Chief of Thoracic Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Miami Hospital; Medical Director of Surgical Services, UHealth Tower
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Nestor R Villamizar, MD Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Associate Program Director for Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency, DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, University of Miami, Leonard M Miller School of Medicine; Attending Thoracic Surgeon, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Jackson South Medical Center, Miami VA Healthcare System, and University of Miami Hospital
Nestor R Villamizar, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Chief Editor
Zab Mosenifar, MD, FACP, FCCP Geri and Richard Brawerman Chair in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Professor and Executive Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine, Medical Director, Women's Guild Lung Institute, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine
Zab Mosenifar, MD, FACP, FCCP is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians, American Federation for Medical Research, American Thoracic Society
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Additional Contributors
M Frances J Schmidt, MD Chief of Pulmonary Medicine, Pulmonary Fellowship Program, Teaching Attending Physician, Department of Medicine, Interfaith Medical Center
M Frances J Schmidt, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Setu K Patolia, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Director of Interventional Pulmonary Services, Associate Program Director for Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship, St Louis University School of Medicine
Setu K Patolia, MD, MPH is a member of the following medical societies: American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology, American College of Chest Physicians, American Thoracic Society, Society of Critical Care Medicine
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.
Acknowledgements
Dr A. Ketosugbo (Interfaith Medical Center)