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Frank C Detterbeck, MD, FACS, FCCP

Professor of Surgery (Section of Thoracic Surgery); Chief, Thoracic Surgery; Surgical Director, Thoracic Oncology; Clinical Program Leader, Thoracic Oncology Program, Smilow Cancer Hospital

Specialty

Surgery: Thoracic Surgery

Programs & Centers

Thoracic Oncology Program, Cancer Center, Yale, Thoracic Interventional Program

Clinical Interests

Thoracic oncology including: lung cancer, lung metastases, esophageal cancer, thymoma, mediastinal tumors, chest wall tumors, Pancoast tumors, mesothelioma, sarcoma; chest surgery including benign conditions; minimally invasive surgery for thoracic procedures

Cancers Treated: Chest Wall Tumors, Esophagus, Lung, Mediastinal Tumors, Mesothelioma, Sarcoma, Thymomas
Accepts New Patients? Yes
Patient Type: Adult, Adolescent, Child, Geriatric
Accepts appointments from patients or physicians

Board Certifications

  • Surgery, General, Board Certified, 1990

Languages Spoken

  • German
  • French

Education & Training

  • Fellow, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, Thoracic Transplantation, 1992
  • Fellow, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, Cardiothoracic Surgery, 1991
  • Chief Resident, Virginia Mason Clinic, Seattle, WA, Surgery, 1988
  • Resident, Virginia Mason Clinic, Seattle, WA, Surgery, 1987
  • M.D., Northwestern University, 1983
  • BS, University of Michigan/Ann Arbor, 1976

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Thoracic Oncology Program


South Frontage Road and Park Street, New Haven, CT 06510
Appts
(203) 200-5864
Fax
(203) 688-3501

Yale Gastrointestinal Cancers Program


South Frontage Road and Park Street, New Haven, CT 06510
 
 

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