Posts by Henning A. Gaissert, MD
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Lymph Node Harvest, Upstaging After Lobectomy for NSCLC Linked to Hospital Volume
Henning A. Gaissert, MD, and colleagues reviewed a Society of Thoracic Surgeons database for 2012 to 2019 and report increased likelihood of nodal upstaging at hospitals that perform a low annual volume of lobectomies for non–small-cell lung cancer—but 25% of high-volume centers failed to harvest ≥10 nodes on average.
Biography
Born and raised in Hamburg, Germany, Dr. Gaissert served his internship and residency in Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and Barnes-Jewish Hospital and his fellowship in Thoracic Surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He led the Section of Thoracic Surgery at Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital for 5 years before returning to Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Gaissert is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American College of Chest Physicians. His clinical interests are lung cancer, esophageal cancer, tracheal disease and surgical reconstruction of complex swallowing disorders.
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital provides comprehensive care for the full range of respiratory conditions and diseases.