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Since we're bringing back asbestos: Dr. David Sugarbaker, Mesothelioma Treatment Pioneer, Dies at 65
Hat tip, today's main page at Wikipedia.
David J. Sugarbaker
David John Sugarbaker (August 5, 1953 – August 29, 2018) was the Chief of the Division of General Thoracic Surgery and the Director of the Baylor College of Medicine Lung Institute at CHI St. Luke's Health–Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center in Houston, Texas. He was an internationally recognized thoracic surgeon specializing in the treatment of mesothelioma, the surgical management of malignant pleural mesothelioma, and treatment of complex thoracic cancers.
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Early life
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He graduated cum laude with his Bachelor of Science degree in 1975 from Wheaton College in Illinois.
He graduated at the top of his class with his medical degree from Cornell University Medical School in 1979 and married Linda Sterk two weeks before beginning his surgical internship. He completed a residency in surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and a residency in cardiothoracic surgery at Toronto General Hospital, where he served as chief resident in both thoracic surgery and cardiac surgery. He then became chief resident in cardiac surgery at Toronto General Hospital and a resident in pediatric cardiac surgery at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada.
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David John Sugarbaker (August 5, 1953 – August 29, 2018) was the Chief of the Division of General Thoracic Surgery and the Director of the Baylor College of Medicine Lung Institute at CHI St. Luke's Health–Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center in Houston, Texas. He was an internationally recognized thoracic surgeon specializing in the treatment of mesothelioma, the surgical management of malignant pleural mesothelioma, and treatment of complex thoracic cancers.
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Early life
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He graduated cum laude with his Bachelor of Science degree in 1975 from Wheaton College in Illinois.
He graduated at the top of his class with his medical degree from Cornell University Medical School in 1979 and married Linda Sterk two weeks before beginning his surgical internship. He completed a residency in surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and a residency in cardiothoracic surgery at Toronto General Hospital, where he served as chief resident in both thoracic surgery and cardiac surgery. He then became chief resident in cardiac surgery at Toronto General Hospital and a resident in pediatric cardiac surgery at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada.
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Dr. David Sugarbaker, Mesothelioma Treatment Pioneer, Dies at 65
Tim Povtak Treatment & Doctors Aug. 29, 2018
Thoracic surgeon Dr. David Sugarbaker, a world leader in advancing the treatment of pleural mesothelioma for nearly 30 years, has died. ... He was 65.
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Sugarbaker joined Baylor College of Medicine in 2014 after 26 years at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, where he built the most prestigious mesothelioma cancer treatment program in the United States.
In Boston, he developed and refined the surgical techniques that lowered mortality rates and extended the lives of so many patients diagnosed with this rare and aggressive cancer that has no cure.
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‘The Mentor of Mentors’
Dr. Jacques Fontaine, a thoracic surgeon who trained under Sugarbaker, started the Mesothelioma Research and Treatment Center at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa.
“His legacy will endure through the accomplishments of all the prominent thoracic surgeons he has trained,” Fontaine said. “He is the mentor of mentors. His vision, focus and dedication to advancing the treatment of mesothelioma have influenced an entire generation of thoracic surgeons.”
Tim Povtak Treatment & Doctors Aug. 29, 2018
Thoracic surgeon Dr. David Sugarbaker, a world leader in advancing the treatment of pleural mesothelioma for nearly 30 years, has died. ... He was 65.
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Sugarbaker joined Baylor College of Medicine in 2014 after 26 years at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, where he built the most prestigious mesothelioma cancer treatment program in the United States.
In Boston, he developed and refined the surgical techniques that lowered mortality rates and extended the lives of so many patients diagnosed with this rare and aggressive cancer that has no cure.
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‘The Mentor of Mentors’
Dr. Jacques Fontaine, a thoracic surgeon who trained under Sugarbaker, started the Mesothelioma Research and Treatment Center at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa.
“His legacy will endure through the accomplishments of all the prominent thoracic surgeons he has trained,” Fontaine said. “He is the mentor of mentors. His vision, focus and dedication to advancing the treatment of mesothelioma have influenced an entire generation of thoracic surgeons.”
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