Posts by Michael Lanuti, MD
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Treating Lung Metastases with Image-Guided Ablation
Image-guided ablation represents an alternative approach for patients who cannot undergo surgery or radiation due to the extent of metastatic disease or comorbidities including limited respiratory function, advanced age or prior radiation therapy.
Biography
After receiving a Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Lanuti received his MD degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency in Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and a two year research fellowship in a Thoracic Oncology Laboratory focusing on novel treatments for lung cancer. He continued with sub-specialty training, and completed a Cardiothoracic Fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He has been on staff in the Division of Thoracic Surgery since 2004, and holds a parallel appointment as Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He has been the Friedman-Lambert Scholar in Academic Thoracic Surgery at Mass General/Harvard Medical School since 2004. He is the Director of Thoracic Oncology for the Division of Thoracic Surgery and the Thoracic Surgery liaison to the Mass General Cancer Center. Clinical interests include minimally invasive surgery for lung cancer, complex airway tumors, multimodality treatment of esophageal cancer, mediastinal tumors, navigation bronchoscopy, percutaneous and bronchoscope thermal ablation of lung tumors and surgery for hyperhidrosis.
Mass General Cancer Center
An integral part of one of the world’s most distinguished academic medical centers, the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center is among the leading cancer care providers in the United States.
