- Thoracic Oncology ProgramSmilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven35 Park Street, Fl NP 4New Haven, CT 06511
- Smilow Cancer Hospital at Greenwich77 Lafayette PlaceGreenwich, CT 06830
Justin D. Blasberg, MD, MPH, FACS
Biography
Justin Blasberg, MD, MPH, is a thoracic surgeon who performs minimally invasive robotic surgeries of the lung, esophagus, mediastinal tumors, and the diaphragm, as well as traditional open surgeries when necessary. He also specializes in rib plating and chest wall deformities, including pectus excavatum surgery, and rare thoracic outlet decompression procedures for patients with neurogenic or vascular thoracic outlet syndrome.
“There were doctors in my family, so I always had an interest in medicine, and I was really inspired by mentors in surgery during medical school,” Dr. Blasberg says. “Given the prevalence of lung cancer in the United States, I felt that it was a field where I would find the greatest room for improvement and where I could make the biggest impact.”
Dr. Blasberg, who is the director of robotic thoracic surgery at Yale, says thoracic cancer is a satisfying field because the surgical treatments can be so beneficial. Robotic surgery in particular allows patients to recover more quickly and go home sooner with less pain medication. “Therefore, I know what we do makes a big impact on prognosis and survival,” he says. “It’s particularly rewarding when we can cure a life-threatening problem.”
In addition to caring for patients, Dr. Blasberg serves as medical director of care experience for Yale Medicine’s Department of Surgery. He also is a researcher with a focus on surgical outcomes, which involves looking at data to track how patients in specific subsets have done in the past with various operations and under various circumstances, and then applying that data to clinical recommendations that can improve care.
He has helped develop clinical guidelines that help other doctors care for patients, and participated in the development and leadership of clinical trials at Yale and in collaboration with other thoracic programs across the country. “Our goal is to provide an opportunity for patients to receive effective treatments for lung cancer that have not yet been approved for use in specific circumstances or in specific stages of disease,” Dr. Blasberg says.
Titles
- Associate Professor of Surgery (Thoracic)
- Director of Robotic Thoracic Surgery
Education & Training
- MPHYale University, Biostatistics and Epidemiology (2019)
- Cardiothoracic Surgery ResidentMassachusetts General Hospital (2013)
- Cardiothoracic Surgery ResidentMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (2012)
- Cardiothoracic Surgery ResidentMayo Clinic (2012)
- Cardiothoracic Surgery ResidentBoston Children's Hospital (2012)
- General Surgery ResidentSt. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital (2011)
- MDAlbert Einstein College of Medicine (2005)
Additional Information
- Madison Top Doctors 2016: Madison Magazine (2016)
- David Kingdig Administrative Medicine Scholarship: University of Wisconsin (2014)
- AB of Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery (2016)
- AB of Surgery, Surgery General (2015)
- Udelsman B, Blasberg J. The Scenic Route: Lingular Metastasectomy Through the Right Chest. Annals Of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports 2024, 2: 506-508. DOI: 10.1016/j.atssr.2024.03.010.
- Blasberg J, Servais E, Thibault D, Jacobs J, Kozower B, David E, Donahue J, Vekstein A, Kang L, Hartwig M, Jones L, Kosinski A, Habib R, Towe C, Seder C. Longitudinal Follow-up of Medicare Patients after Esophageal Cancer Resection in the STS Database. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2024 PMID: 39147116, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2024.07.034.
- Hameed I, Amabile A, Candelario K, Khan S, Li E, Fereydooni S, Almeida M, Latif N, Ahmed A, Dhanasopon A, Krane M, Blasberg J, Geirsson A. Assessment of online information on robotic cardiac and thoracic surgery. Journal Of Robotic Surgery 2024, 18: 41. PMID: 38231324, DOI: 10.1007/s11701-023-01794-6.
- Detterbeck F, Ely S, Udelsman B, Blasberg J, Boffa D, Dhanasopon A, Mase V, Woodard G. So Now We Know—Reflections on the Extent of Resection for Stage I Lung Cancer. Clinical Lung Cancer 2023, 25: e113-e123. PMID: 38310034, DOI: 10.1016/j.cllc.2023.12.007.
- Woodard G, Boffa D, Blasberg J. Thoracic CT follow-up after non-small-cell lung cancer resection. The Lancet Oncology 2022, 23: e484. PMID: 36328013, DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(22)00618-0.
- Servais E, Blasberg J, Brown L, Towe C, Seder C, Onaitis M, Block M, David E. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2022 Update on Outcomes and Research. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2022, 115: 43-49. PMID: 36404445, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.10.025.
- Pichert MD, Canavan ME, Maduka RC, Li AX, Ermer T, Zhan PL, Kaminski M, Udelsman BV, Blasberg JD, Park HS, Goldberg SB, Boffa DJ. Immunotherapy After Chemotherapy and Radiation for Clinical Stage III Lung Cancer. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2224478. PMID: 35925606, PMCID: PMC9353596, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.24478.
- Dhanasopon AP, Blasberg JD, Mase VJ. Surgical Management of Pneumothorax and Pleural Space Disease. Surgical Clinics Of North America 2022, 102: 413-427. PMID: 35671764, DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2022.03.001.
- Park HS, Detterbeck FC, Madoff DC, Bade BC, Kumbasar U, Mase VJ, Li AX, Blasberg JD, Woodard GA, Brandt WS, Decker RH. A guide for managing patients with stage I NSCLC: deciding between lobectomy, segmentectomy, wedge, SBRT and ablation—part 4: systematic review of evidence involving SBRT and ablation. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2022, 0: 0-0. PMID: 35813762, PMCID: PMC9264060, DOI: 10.21037/jtd-21-1826.
- Detterbeck FC, Mase VJ, Li AX, Kumbasar U, Bade BC, Park HS, Decker RH, Madoff DC, Woodard GA, Brandt WS, Blasberg JD. A guide for managing patients with stage I NSCLC: deciding between lobectomy, segmentectomy, wedge, SBRT and ablation—part 2: systematic review of evidence regarding resection extent in generally healthy patients. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2022, 0: 0-0. PMID: 35813747, PMCID: PMC9264068, DOI: 10.21037/jtd-21-1824.
- Bade BC, Blasberg JD, Mase VJ, Kumbasar U, Li AX, Park HS, Decker RH, Madoff DC, Brandt WS, Woodard GA, Detterbeck FC. A guide for managing patients with stage I NSCLC: deciding between lobectomy, segmentectomy, wedge, SBRT and ablation—part 3: systematic review of evidence regarding surgery in compromised patients or specific tumors. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2022, 0: 0-0. PMID: 35813753, PMCID: PMC9264070, DOI: 10.21037/jtd-21-1825.
- Detterbeck FC, Blasberg JD, Woodard GA, Decker RH, Kumbasar U, Park HS, Mase VJ, Bade BC, Li AX, Brandt WS, Madoff DC. A guide for managing patients with stage I NSCLC: deciding between lobectomy, segmentectomy, wedge, SBRT and ablation— part 1: a guide to decision-making. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2022, 0: 0-0. PMID: 35813719, PMCID: PMC9264102, DOI: 10.21037/jtd-21-1823.
- Wu X, Uhlig J, Blasberg JD, Gettinger SN, Suh RD, Solomon SB, Kim HS. Microwave Ablation versus Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Stage I Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2022, 33: 964-971.e2. PMID: 35490932, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.04.019.
- Pichert MD, Canavan ME, Maduka RC, Li AX, Ermer T, Zhan PL, Kaminski M, Udelsman BV, Blasberg JD, Mase VJ, Dhanasopon AP, Boffa DJ. Revisiting Indications for Brain Imaging During the Clinical Staging Evaluation of Lung Cancer. JTO Clinical And Research Reports 2022, 3: 100318. PMID: 35540711, PMCID: PMC9079298, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtocrr.2022.100318.
- Li A, Canavan M, Ermer T, Kaminski M, Maduka R, Zhan P, Flores K, Boffa D, Blasberg J. 109MO Respect the middle lobe: Perioperative survival of bilobectomy compared to lobectomy and pneumonectomy. Annals Of Oncology 2022, 33: s82. DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.02.136.
- Wang B, Jiang Y, Li SY, Niu RL, Blasberg JD, Kaifi JT, Liu G, Wang ZL. Breast metastases from primary lung cancer: a retrospective case series on clinical, ultrasonographic, and immunohistochemical features. Translational Lung Cancer Research 2021, 0: 0-0. PMID: 34430360, PMCID: PMC8350075, DOI: 10.21037/tlcr-21-542.
- Blasberg JD, Li A. Evolution of the N Descriptor Lymph Node Number vs Lymph Node Location. CHEST Journal 2021, 159: 2159-2160. PMID: 34099129, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.01.065.
- Li AX, Resio BJ, Canavan ME, Papageorge M, Boffa DJ, Blasberg JD. Outcomes of surgically managed primary lung sarcomas: a National Cancer Database analysis. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2021, 0: 0-0. PMID: 34277037, PMCID: PMC8264694, DOI: 10.21037/jtd-21-1.
- Dai L, Li YH, Liang YY, Zhao J, Chen G, Yin J, Postmus PE, Addeo A, Blasberg JD, Onesti CE, Liao ZW, Rao XG, Long HD. High expression of cell adhesion molecule 2 unfavorably impacts survival in non-small cell lung cancer patients with brain metastases. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2021, 13: 2437-2446. PMID: 34012591, PMCID: PMC8107517, DOI: 10.21037/jtd-21-307.
- Uhlig J, Mehta S, Case MD, Dhanasopon A, Blasberg J, Homer RJ, Solomon SB, Kim HS. Effectiveness of Thermal Ablation and Stereotactic Radiotherapy Based on Stage I Lung Cancer Histology. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2021, 32: 1022-1028.e4. PMID: 33811997, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2021.02.025.
- Li AX, Flores K, Canavan ME, Boffa DJ, Blasberg JD. Adjuvant Chemotherapy for T4 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with Additional Ipsilateral Lung Nodules. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2021, 113: 421-428. PMID: 33684345, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.02.042.
- Lee J, Chaft J, Nicholas A, Patterson A, Waqar S, Toloza E, Haura E, Raz D, Reckamp K, Merritt R, Owen D, Finley D, Mcnamee C, Blasberg J, Garon E, Mitchell J, Doebele R, Baciewicz F, Nagasaka M, Pass H, Schulze K, Phan S, Johnson A, Bunn P, Johnson B, Kris M, Kwiatkowski D, Wistuba I, Carbone D, Rusch V. PS01.05 Surgical and Clinical Outcomes With Neoadjuvant Atezolizumab in Resectable Stage IB–IIIB NSCLC: LCMC3 Trial Primary Analysis. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2021, 16: s59-s61. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.01.320.
- Colquhoun DA, Leis AM, Shanks AM, Mathis MR, Naik BI, Durieux ME, Kheterpal S, Pace NL, Popescu WM, Schonberger RB, Kozower BD, Walters DM, Blasberg JD, Chang AC, Aziz MF, Harukuni I, Tieu BH, Blank RS. A Lower Tidal Volume Regimen during One-lung Ventilation for Lung Resection Surgery Is Not Associated with Reduced Postoperative Pulmonary Complications. Anesthesiology 2021, 134: 562-576. PMID: 33635945, PMCID: PMC8274370, DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000003729.
- Salazar MC, Canavan ME, Walters SL, Chilakamarry S, Ermer T, Blasberg JD, Yu JB, Gross CP, Boffa DJ. The Survival Advantage of Lobectomy over Wedge Resection Lessens as Health-Related Life Expectancy Decreases. JTO Clinical And Research Reports 2021, 2: 100143. PMID: 34590002, PMCID: PMC8474228, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtocrr.2021.100143.
- Walters SL, Canavan ME, Salazar MC, Resio BJ, Blasberg JD, Mase V, Boffa DJ. A National Study of Surgically Managed Atypical Pulmonary Carcinoid Tumors. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2020, 112: 921-927. PMID: 33159862, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.09.029.
- Brandt WS, Blasberg JD. Commentary: A novel approach for localization of small lung nodules. JTCVS Techniques 2020, 4: 305-306. PMID: 34318054, PMCID: PMC8308115, DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2020.10.034.
- Papageorge MV, Resio BJ, Monsalve AF, Canavan M, Pathak R, Mase VJ, Dhanasopon AP, Hoag JR, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ. Navigating by Stars: Using CMS Star Ratings to Choose Hospitals for Complex Cancer Surgery. JNCI Cancer Spectrum 2020, 4: pkaa059-. PMID: 33134834, PMCID: PMC7583163, DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkaa059.
- Wu X, Uhlig J, Blasberg J, Gettinger S, Suh R, Solomon S, Kim K. Thermal ablation versus stereotactic body radiotherapy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer: A cost-effectiveness analysis. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2020, 38: e21061-e21061. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.e21061.
- Invasive Staging Procedures Do Not Prevent Nodal Metastases From Being Missed in Stage I Lung CancerResio BJ, Canavan M, Mase V, Dhanasopon AP, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ. Invasive Staging Procedures Do Not Prevent Nodal Metastases From Being Missed in Stage I Lung Cancer. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2020, 110: 390-397. PMID: 32283084, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.03.026.
- Uhlig J, Case M, Gettinger S, Blasberg J, Boffa D, Kim K. 3:18 PM Abstract No. 148 Current United States nationwide utilization of thermal ablation for lung cancer. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2020, 31: s70. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2019.12.182.
- Uhlig J, Case M, Gettinger S, Blasberg J, Boffa D, Kim K. Abstract No. 520 Stage 4 lung cancer: comparison of thermal ablation and stereotactic body radiotherapy for the pulmonary primary. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2020, 31: s227-s228. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2019.12.581.
- Sathe TS, Resio BJ, Hoag JR, Monsalve AF, Pathak R, Blasberg JD, Mase V, Dhanasopon A, Boffa DJ. Surgically Managed Signet Ring Cell Esophageal Carcinomas in the National Cancer Database. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2020, 109: 1656-1662. PMID: 32109449, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.01.021.
- Schwartz G, Sancheti M, Blasberg J. Robotic Thoracic Surgery. Surgical Clinics Of North America 2020, 100: 237-248. PMID: 32169178, DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2019.12.001.
- Ahle SL, Gielissen K, Keene DE, Blasberg JD. Understanding Entrustment Decision-Making by Surgical Program Directors. Journal Of Surgical Research 2020, 249: 74-81. PMID: 31926399, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.12.001.
- Oezkan F, He K, Owen D, Pietrzak M, Cho J, Kitzler R, Pearson R, Rusch V, Chaft J, Suh R, Blasberg J, Reckamp K, Raz D, Kneuertz P, Fiorillo L, Garon E, Nicholas A, Johnson A, Schulze K, Grindheim J, Banchereau R, Phan S, Bunn P, Kwiatkowski D, Johnson B, Kris M, Wistuba I, Lee J, Lozanski G, Carbone D. OA13.07 Neoadjuvant Atezolizumab in Resectable NSCLC Patients: Immunophenotyping Results from the Interim Analysis of the Multicenter Trial LCMC3. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2019, 14: s242-s243. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.08.482.
- Papageorge M, Hoag J, Resio B, Monsalve A, Pathak R, Mase V, Dhanasopon A, Blasberg J, Boffa D. Can the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Star Ratings Be Used as a Realistic Approach to Reduce Mortality in Complex Cancer Surgery? Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2019, 229: s144. DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.08.319.
- Lee J, Chaft J, Nicholas A, Patterson G, Waqar S, Toloza E, Haura E, Raz D, Reckamp K, Merritt R, Owen D, Finley D, Mcnamee C, Blasberg J, Garon E, Mitchell J, Doebele R, Baciewicz F, Nagasaka M, Pass H, Johnson A, Phan S, Schulze K, Bunn P, Johnson B, Kris M, Kwiatkowski D, Wistuba I, Carbone D, Rusch V. P2.04-88 Surgical Outcomes of a Multicenter Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant Atezolizumab in Resectable Stages IB-IIIB NSCLC: Update on LCMC3 Clinical Trial. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2019, 14: s744. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.08.1593.
- Kurbatov V, Balayev A, Saffarzadeh A, Heller DR, Boffa DJ, Blasberg JD, Lu J, Khan SA. Digital Inference of Immune Microenvironment Reveals Low-Risk Subtype of Early Lung Adenocarcinoma. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2019, 109: 343-349. PMID: 31568747, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.08.050.
- Decker RH, Blasberg JD. A new approach to predicting risk for N2 disease in non-small cell lung cancer. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2019, 1: s1973-s1975. PMID: 31632801, PMCID: PMC6783735, DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2019.07.61.
- Uhlig J, Case MD, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ, Chiang A, Gettinger SN, Kim HS. Comparison of Survival Rates After a Combination of Local Treatment and Systemic Therapy vs Systemic Therapy Alone for Treatment of Stage IV Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer. JAMA Network Open 2019, 2: e199702. PMID: 31433481, PMCID: PMC6707019, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.9702.
- Chiu AS, Arnold BN, Hoag JR, Herrin J, Kim CH, Salazar MC, Monsalve AF, Jean RA, Blasberg JD, Detterbeck FC, Gross CP, Boffa DJ. Quality Versus Quantity. Annals Of Surgery 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 29697446, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000002762.
- Dendy Case M, Uhlig J, Blasberg J, Boffa D, Chiang A, Gettinger S, Kim H. Benefit of combining local treatment and systemic therapy for stage IV NSCLC: Results from the National Cancer Database. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 8545-8545. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.15_suppl.8545.
- Hoag JR, Resio BJ, Monsalve AF, Chiu AS, Brown LB, Herrin J, Blasberg JD, Kim AW, Boffa DJ. Differential Safety Between Top-Ranked Cancer Hospitals and Their Affiliates for Complex Cancer Surgery. JAMA Network Open 2019, 2: e191912. PMID: 30977848, PMCID: PMC6481444, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.1912.
- Harmon S, Seder CW, Chen S, Traynor A, Jeraj R, Blasberg JD. Quantitative FDG PET/CT may help risk-stratify early-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients at risk for recurrence following anatomic resection. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2019, 11: 1106-1116. PMID: 31179052, PMCID: PMC6531752, DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2019.04.46.
- Seder CW, Magee MJ, Broderick SR, Brown LM, Blasberg JD, Kozower BD, Fernandez FG, Welsh R, Gaissert HA, Burfeind W, Becker S, Raymond D. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database 2019 Update on Outcomes and Quality. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2019, 107: 1302-1306. PMID: 30898564, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.02.027.
- Uhlig J, Dendy M, Goldberg S, Chiang A, Blasberg J, Kim H. 03:00 PM Abstract No. 278 Thermal ablation versus stereotactic radiation therapy for stage 4 lung cancer: contemporary trends and outcomes from the National Cancer Database. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2019, 30: s124-s125. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.12.342.
- Resio BJ, Hoag J, Chiu A, Monsalve A, Dhanasopon AP, Boffa DJ, Blasberg JD. Prophylactic cranial irradiation is associated with improved survival following resection for limited stage small cell lung cancer. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2019, 11: 811-818. PMID: 31019769, PMCID: PMC6462708, DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2019.01.64.
- Resio BJ, Dhanasopon AP, Blasberg JD. Big data, big contributions: outcomes research in thoracic surgery. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2019, 11: s566-s573. PMID: 31032075, PMCID: PMC6465425, DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2019.01.04.
- Brown K, Homer R, Baine M, Blasberg JD. Short Tandem Repeats Define a Gestational Origin for Metastatic Choriocarcinoma. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2019, 108: e115-e117. PMID: 30685255, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.12.038.
- Jean RA, Chiu AS, Boffa DJ, Detterbeck FC, Kim AW, Blasberg JD. Corrigendum to ‘Delayed discharge does not decrease the cost of readmission after pulmonary lobectomy’ [Surgery 164/6 (2018) 1294–1299]. Surgery 2019, 165: 1058. PMID: 30678871, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.12.014.
- Monsalve AF, Hoag JR, Resio BJ, Chiu AS, Brown LB, Detterbeck FC, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ. Variable impact of prior cancer history on the survival of lung cancer patients. Lung Cancer 2018, 127: 130-137. PMID: 30642541, DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2018.11.040.
- Resio BJ, Chiu AS, Hoag JR, Brown LB, White M, Omar A, Monsalve A, Dhanasopon AP, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ. Motivators, Barriers, and Facilitators to Traveling to the Safest Hospitals in the United States for Complex Cancer Surgery. JAMA Network Open 2018, 1: e184595. PMID: 30646367, PMCID: PMC6324377, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.4595.
- Jean RA, Chiu AS, Hoag JR, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ, Detterbeck FC, Kim AW. Identifying Drivers of Multiple Readmissions After Pulmonary Lobectomy. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2018, 107: 947-953. PMID: 30336117, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.08.070.
- Chiu AS, Resio B, Hoag JR, Monsalve AF, Blasberg JD, Brown L, Omar A, White MA, Boffa DJ. Why Travel for Complex Cancer Surgery? Americans React to ‘Brand-Sharing’ Between Specialty Cancer Hospitals and Their Affiliates. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2018, 26: 732-738. PMID: 30311158, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-018-6868-9.
- Rusch V, Chaft J, Johnson B, Wistuba I, Kris M, Lee J, Bunn P, Kwiatkowski D, Reckamp K, Finley D, Haura E, Waqar S, Doebele R, Garon E, Blasberg J, Nicholas A, Schulze K, Phan S, Gandhi M, Carbone D. MA04.09 Neoadjuvant Atezolizumab in Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): Updated Results from a Multicenter Study (LCMC3). Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2018, 13: s369. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2018.08.346.
- Uhlig J, Ludwig JM, Goldberg SB, Chiang A, Blasberg JD, Kim HS. Survival Rates after Thermal Ablation versus Stereotactic Radiation Therapy for Stage 1 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A National Cancer Database Study. Radiology 2018, 289: 862-870. PMID: 30226453, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2018180979.
- Ye Q, Wu J, Lu Y, Naganawa M, Gallezot JD, Ma T, Liu Y, Tanoue L, Detterbeck F, Blasberg J, Chen MK, Casey M, Carson RE, Liu C. Improved discrimination between benign and malignant LDCT screening-detected lung nodules with dynamic over static 18F-FDG PET as a function of injected dose. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2018, 63: 175015. PMID: 30095083, PMCID: PMC6158045, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aad97f.
- Saffarzadeh AG, Blasberg JD. Beyond TNM: Searching for New Patient-Centric Prognostic Indicators in NSCLC. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2018, 25: 3425-3426. PMID: 30155757, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-018-6714-0.
- Blasberg JD, Resio BJ. No sweat: Favorable outcomes of hyperhidrosis surgery with age. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2018, 156: 1759-1760. PMID: 30248806, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.07.055.
- Jean RA, Chiu AS, Boffa DJ, Detterbeck FC, Kim AW, Blasberg JD. Delayed discharge does not decrease the cost of readmission after pulmonary lobectomy. Surgery 2018, 164: 1294-1299. PMID: 30064733, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.05.049.
- Arnold BN, Thomas DC, Bhatnagar V, Blasberg JD, Wang Z, Boffa DJ, Detterbeck FC, Kim AW. Defining the learning curve in robot-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy. Surgery 2018, 165: 450-454. PMID: 30061043, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.06.011.
- Blasberg JD, Resio B. Seeing through the ground-glass: Do imaging characteristics really matter? Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2018, 156: 1677-1678. PMID: 30098805, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.06.055.
- Chiu AS, Resio B, Hoag JR, Monsalve AF, Blasberg JD, White MA, Boffa DJ. US Public Perceptions About Cancer Care Provided by Smaller Hospitals Associated With Large Hospitals Recognized for Specializing in Cancer Care. JAMA Oncology 2018, 4: 1008-1009. PMID: 29852033, PMCID: PMC6145726, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.1400.
- Mironova V, Blasberg JD. Evaluation of ground glass nodules. Current Opinion In Pulmonary Medicine 2018, 24: 350-354. PMID: 29634577, DOI: 10.1097/mcp.0000000000000492.
- Jean RA, Chiu AS, Boffa DJ, Detterbeck FC, Blasberg JD, Kim AW. When good operations go bad: The additive effect of comorbidity and postoperative complications on readmission after pulmonary lobectomy. Surgery 2018, 164: 294-299. PMID: 29801731, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.03.019.
- Rusch V, Chaft J, Johnson B, Wistuba I, Kris M, Lee J, Bunn P, Kwiatkowski D, Reckamp K, Finley D, Haura E, Waqar S, Doebele R, Garon E, Blasberg J, Nicholas A, Schulze K, Phan S, Gandhi M, Carbone D. Neoadjuvant atezolizumab in resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): Initial results from a multicenter study (LCMC3). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2018, 36: 8541-8541. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2018.36.15_suppl.8541.
- Donington JS, Kim YT, Tong B, Moreira AL, Bessich J, Weiss KD, Colson YL, Wigle D, Osarogiagbon RU, Zweig J, Wakelee H, Blasberg J, Daly M, Backhus L, Van Schil P. Progress in the Management of Early-Stage Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer in 2017. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2018, 13: 767-778. PMID: 29654928, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2018.04.002.
- Depth of Muscularis Propria Invasion Does Not Prognosticate Survival in T2 Esophageal AdenocarcinomaSEDER CW, MAHON B, HENNON M, THOMAS M, LEVEA CM, MATKOWSKYJ KA, KRISHNA M, MEDAIROS R, MACKE RA, BASU S, BLASBERG JD. Depth of Muscularis Propria Invasion Does Not Prognosticate Survival in T2 Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. Anticancer Research 2018, 38: 2195-2200. PMID: 29599339, DOI: 10.21873/anticanres.12461.
- Arnold BN, Thomas DC, Narayan R, Blasberg JD, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ, Kim AW. Robotic-Assisted Lobectomies in the National Cancer Database. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2018, 226: 1052-1062.e15. PMID: 29574177, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.03.023.
- Thomas DC, Arnold BN, Hoag JR, Salazar MC, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ, Kim AW, Blasberg JD. Timing and Risk Factors Associated With Venous Thromboembolism After Lung Cancer Resection. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2018, 105: 1469-1475. PMID: 29501644, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.01.072.
- Arnold BN, Chiu AS, Hoag JR, Kim CH, Salazar MC, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ. Spontaneous regionalization of esophageal cancer surgery: an analysis of the National Cancer Database. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2018, 10: 1721-1731. PMID: 29707326, PMCID: PMC5906219, DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2018.02.12.
- Resio BJ, Chiu AS, Hoag J, Dhanasopon AP, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ. Primary Salivary Type Lung Cancers in the National Cancer Database. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2018, 105: 1633-1639. PMID: 29486180, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.01.055.
- Blasberg J, Kim C, Chilakamarry S. Chapter 8 Special Types of Lung Cancer. 2018, 131-146. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-48565-4.00008-4.
- Counts S, Saffarzadeh A, Blasberg J, Kim A. Robotic Transthoracic Primary Repair of a Diaphragmatic Hernia and Reduction of an Intrathoracic Liver. Innovations Technology And Techniques In Cardiothoracic And Vascular Surgery 2018, 13: 54-55. DOI: 10.1177/155698451801300110.
- Counts SJ, Saffarzadeh AG, Blasberg JD, Kim AW. Robotic Transthoracic Primary Repair of a Diaphragmatic Hernia and Reduction of an Intrathoracic Liver. Innovations Technology And Techniques In Cardiothoracic And Vascular Surgery 2018, 13: 54-55. PMID: 29443817, DOI: 10.1097/imi.0000000000000455.
- Dhanasopon AP, Salazar MC, Hoag JR, Rosen JE, Kim AW, Detterbeck FC, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ. Fate of Pneumonectomy Patients Variably Captured by Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Staging System. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2017, 104: 1829-1836. PMID: 29074151, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.06.073.
- Blasberg JD, Kim AW. Not Just Done in Vein. Seminars In Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2017, 29: 431-432. PMID: 28967538, DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2017.08.011.
- Thomas DC, Arnold BN, Rosen JE, Salazar MC, Detterbeck FC, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ, Kim AW. The Significance of Upfront Knowledge of N2 Disease in Non‐small Cell Lung Cancer. World Journal Of Surgery 2017, 42: 161-171. PMID: 28799084, DOI: 10.1007/s00268-017-4165-6.
- Arnold BN, Thomas DC, Rosen JE, Salazar MC, Detterbeck FC, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ, Kim AW. Effectiveness of local therapy for stage I non–small-cell lung cancer in nonagenarians. Surgery 2017, 162: 640-651. PMID: 28697883, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2017.04.025.
- Kim C, Salazar M, Hoag J, Rosen J, Arnold B, Boffa D, Blasberg J. The impact of tumor size on survival in T3 non-small cell lung-cancer with direct extension. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: e20033-e20033. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.e20033.
- Thomas DC, Blasberg JD, Arnold BN, Rosen JE, Salazar MC, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ, Kim AW. Validating the Thoracic Revised Cardiac Risk Index Following Lung Resection. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2017, 104: 389-394. PMID: 28499655, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.02.006.
- Salazar MC, Rosen JE, Wang Z, Arnold BN, Thomas DC, Herbst RS, Kim AW, Detterbeck FC, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ. Association of Delayed Adjuvant Chemotherapy With Survival After Lung Cancer Surgery. JAMA Oncology 2017, 3: 610-619. PMID: 28056112, PMCID: PMC5824207, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.5829.
- Force T, Chang A, Kosinski A, Raymond D, Magee M, DeCamp M, Farjah F, Grogan E, Seder C, Allen M, Blasberg J, Blackmon S, Burfeind W, Cassivi S, Park B, Shahian D, Wormuth D, Han J, Wright C, Fernandez F, Kozower B. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Composite Score for Evaluating Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2017, 103: 1661-1667. PMID: 28385375, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.10.027.
- Tchouta LN, Park HS, Boffa DJ, Blasberg JD, Detterbeck FC, Kim AW. Response. CHEST Journal 2017, 151: 942-943. PMID: 28390633, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.01.017.
- Blasberg JD. Black Esophagus, White Esophagus, or Shades of Gray? Seminars In Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2017, 29: 260-261. PMID: 28823341, DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2017.03.003.
- Blasberg JD, Krantz SB. What and how to read: Staying current as a young cardiothoracic surgeon. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2017, 154: 558-562. PMID: 28433361, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.03.052.
- Sunaga H, Blasberg JD, Heerdt PM. Anesthesia for nonintubated video-assisted thoracic surgery. Current Opinion In Anaesthesiology 2017, 30: 1-6. PMID: 27906718, DOI: 10.1097/aco.0000000000000413.
- Detterbeck FC, Zurich HB, Agarwal R, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ, Delrossi EP, Finan ME, Hindinger KK, Kim AW, Pierson M. Organization, Teamwork and Quality of Care in Thoracic Surgery A Model for High Reliability Care Delivery. Connecticut Medicine 2017, 81: 5-12. PMID: 29782759.
- Thomas DC, Arnold BN, Rosen JE, Salazar MC, Blasberg JD, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ, Kim AW. Defining outcomes of patients with clinical stage I small cell lung cancer upstaged at surgery. Lung Cancer 2016, 103: 75-81. PMID: 28024700, DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2016.11.016.
- Gao SJ, Corso CD, Blasberg JD, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ, Decker RH, Kim AW. Role of Adjuvant Therapy for Node-Negative Lung Cancer Invading the Chest Wall. Clinical Lung Cancer 2016, 18: 169-177.e4. PMID: 27890561, DOI: 10.1016/j.cllc.2016.08.005.
- Gao SJ, Corso CD, Wang EH, Blasberg JD, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ, Decker RH, Kim AW. Timing of Surgery after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation in Locally Advanced Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2016, 12: 314-322. PMID: 27720827, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2016.09.122.
- Gao S, Corso C, Wang E, Blasberg J, Boffa D, Detterbeck F, Kim A. Timing of Surgery After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation in Clinical Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Mediastinal Nodal Involvement. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2016, 96: e470. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.06.1811.
- Macke RA, Templin TP, Blasberg JD. Chest Discomfort and Longstanding Dyspnea on Exertion. JAMA Surgery 2016, 151: 979-980. PMID: 27533325, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.2043.
- Tchouta LN, Park HS, Boffa DJ, Blasberg JD, Detterbeck FC, Kim AW. Hospital Volume and Outcomes of Robot-Assisted Lobectomies. CHEST Journal 2016, 151: 329-339. PMID: 27687847, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.09.008.
- Blasberg JD, Seder CW, Leverson G, Shan Y, Maloney JD, Macke RA. Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy for Lung Cancer: Current Practice Patterns and Predictors of Adoption. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2016, 102: 1854-1862. PMID: 27592603, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.030.
- Jawitz OK, Wang Z, Boffa DJ, Detterbeck FC, Blasberg JD, Kim AW. The differential impact of preoperative comorbidity on perioperative outcomes following thoracoscopic and open lobectomies. European Journal Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2016, 51: 169-174. PMID: 27458143, DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezw239.
- Blasberg J, Harmon S, Seder C, Traynor A, Jeraj R. Correlation of FDG PET/CT heterogeneity with disease recurrence in early-stage, non-small cell lung cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2016, 34: e20049-e20049. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2016.34.15_suppl.e20049.
- Arnold BN, Thomas DC, Rosen JE, Salazar MC, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ, Detterbeck FC, Kim AW. Lung Cancer in the Very Young: Treatment and Survival in the National Cancer Data Base. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2016, 11: 1121-1131. PMID: 27103511, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2016.03.023.
- Schmocker RK, Vanness DJ, Macke RA, Akhter SA, Maloney JD, Blasberg JD. Outpatient air leak management after lobectomy: a CMS cost analysis. Journal Of Surgical Research 2016, 203: 390-397. PMID: 27363648, PMCID: PMC4926869, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2016.03.043.
- Salazar MC, Rosen JE, Arnold BN, Thomas DC, Kim AW, Detterbeck FC, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ. Adjuvant Chemotherapy for T3 Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer with Additional Tumor Nodules in the Same Lobe. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2016, 11: 1090-1100. PMID: 27013407, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2016.03.009.
- Lushaj E, Julliard W, Bretl T, Badami A, Macke R, Blasberg J, Maloney J. Resection is safe for patients with stage IIIA NSCLC undergoing multimodality therapy. Cancer Treatment And Research Communications 2016, 5: 22-25. DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrc.2015.12.002.
- Janowak CF, Blasberg JD, Taylor L, Maloney JD, Macke RA. The Surgical Apgar Score in esophagectomy. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2015, 150: 806-812. PMID: 26234458, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.07.017.
- Blasberg J, Mathisen D. Tracheal Resection. 2014, 173-191. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-54565-8_18.
- Blasberg JD, Wright CD. Surgical Considerations in Tracheal and Carinal Resection. Seminars In Cardiothoracic And Vascular Anesthesia 2012, 16: 190-195. PMID: 22743220, DOI: 10.1177/1089253212450342.
- Joseph S, Harrington R, Walter D, Goldberg JD, Li X, Beck A, Litton T, Hirsch N, Blasberg J, Slomiany M, Rom W, Pass H, Donington J. Plasma osteopontin velocity differentiates lung cancers from controls in a CT screening population. Cancer Biomarkers 2012, 12: 177-184. PMID: 23568008, PMCID: PMC3746829, DOI: 10.3233/cbm-130306.
- Donington JS, Blasberg JD. Management of Early Stage Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer in High-Risk Patients. Thoracic Surgery Clinics 2011, 22: 55-65. PMID: 22108689, DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2011.08.018.
- Blasberg JD, Schwartz GS, Balaram SK. The role of gender in coronary surgery. European Journal Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2011, 40: 715-721. PMID: 21349733, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.01.003.
- Goparaju CM, Blasberg JD, Volinia S, Palatini J, Ivanov S, Donington JS, Croce C, Carbone M, Yang H, Pass HI. Onconase mediated NFKβ downregulation in malignant pleural mesothelioma. Oncogene 2011, 30: 2767-2777. PMID: 21317924, PMCID: PMC3118086, DOI: 10.1038/onc.2010.643.
- Blasberg JD, Donington JS. Infections and Radiation Injuries Involving the Chest Wall. Thoracic Surgery Clinics 2010, 20: 487-494. PMID: 20974432, DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2010.06.003.
- Blasberg JD, Pass HI, Donington JS. Sublobar Resection: A Movement from the Lung Cancer Study Group. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2010, 5: 1583-1593. PMID: 20879185, DOI: 10.1097/jto.0b013e3181e77604.
- Goparaju CM, Pass HI, Blasberg JD, Hirsch N, Donington JS. Functional Heterogeneity of Osteopontin Isoforms in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2010, 5: 1516-1523. PMID: 20689445, PMCID: PMC3122268, DOI: 10.1097/jto.0b013e3181eba6bd.
- Robotic Brachytherapy and Sublobar Resection for T1 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in High-Risk PatientsBlasberg JD, Belsley SJ, Schwartz GS, Evans A, Wernick I, Ashton RC, Bhora FY, Connery CP. Robotic Brachytherapy and Sublobar Resection for T1 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in High-Risk Patients. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2010, 89: 360-367. PMID: 20103299, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.09.052.
- Blasberg JD, Pass HI, Goparaju CM, Flores RM, Lee S, Donington JS. Reduction of Elevated Plasma Osteopontin Levels With Resection of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2010, 28: 936-941. PMID: 20085934, PMCID: PMC2834433, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.25.5711.
- Balaram S, Blasberg J. Chapter 18 The Role of Sex and Gender in Cardiothoracic Surgery. 2010, 200-212. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-374271-1.00018-6.
- Blasberg JD, Goparaju CM, Pass HI, Donington JS. Lung cancer osteopontin isoforms exhibit angiogenic functional heterogeneity. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2009, 139: 1587-1593. PMID: 19818970, PMCID: PMC2875279, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.08.016.
- Blasberg JD, Schwartz G, Mull JA, Moore E. Isolated bladder metastasis causing large bowel obstruction: a case report of an atypical presentation of intussusception. Cases Journal 2009, 2: 7124. PMID: 19829915, PMCID: PMC2740015, DOI: 10.4076/1757-1626-2-7124.
- Reduction of elevated plasma osteopontin levels with resection of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)Blasberg J, Pass H, Flores R, Donington J. Reduction of elevated plasma osteopontin levels with resection of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2009, 27: 11019-11019. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.27.15_suppl.11019.
- Thoracic Oncology ProgramSmilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven35 Park Street, Fl NP 4New Haven, CT 06511
- Smilow Cancer Hospital at Greenwich77 Lafayette PlaceGreenwich, CT 06830
Biography
Justin Blasberg, MD, MPH, is a thoracic surgeon who performs minimally invasive robotic surgeries of the lung, esophagus, mediastinal tumors, and the diaphragm, as well as traditional open surgeries when necessary. He also specializes in rib plating and chest wall deformities, including pectus excavatum surgery, and rare thoracic outlet decompression procedures for patients with neurogenic or vascular thoracic outlet syndrome.
“There were doctors in my family, so I always had an interest in medicine, and I was really inspired by mentors in surgery during medical school,” Dr. Blasberg says. “Given the prevalence of lung cancer in the United States, I felt that it was a field where I would find the greatest room for improvement and where I could make the biggest impact.”
Dr. Blasberg, who is the director of robotic thoracic surgery at Yale, says thoracic cancer is a satisfying field because the surgical treatments can be so beneficial. Robotic surgery in particular allows patients to recover more quickly and go home sooner with less pain medication. “Therefore, I know what we do makes a big impact on prognosis and survival,” he says. “It’s particularly rewarding when we can cure a life-threatening problem.”
In addition to caring for patients, Dr. Blasberg serves as medical director of care experience for Yale Medicine’s Department of Surgery. He also is a researcher with a focus on surgical outcomes, which involves looking at data to track how patients in specific subsets have done in the past with various operations and under various circumstances, and then applying that data to clinical recommendations that can improve care.
He has helped develop clinical guidelines that help other doctors care for patients, and participated in the development and leadership of clinical trials at Yale and in collaboration with other thoracic programs across the country. “Our goal is to provide an opportunity for patients to receive effective treatments for lung cancer that have not yet been approved for use in specific circumstances or in specific stages of disease,” Dr. Blasberg says.
Titles
- Associate Professor of Surgery (Thoracic)
- Director of Robotic Thoracic Surgery
Education & Training
- MPHYale University, Biostatistics and Epidemiology (2019)
- Cardiothoracic Surgery ResidentMassachusetts General Hospital (2013)
- Cardiothoracic Surgery ResidentMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (2012)
- Cardiothoracic Surgery ResidentMayo Clinic (2012)
- Cardiothoracic Surgery ResidentBoston Children's Hospital (2012)
- General Surgery ResidentSt. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital (2011)
- MDAlbert Einstein College of Medicine (2005)
Additional Information
- Madison Top Doctors 2016: Madison Magazine (2016)
- David Kingdig Administrative Medicine Scholarship: University of Wisconsin (2014)
- AB of Thoracic Surgery, Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery (2016)
- AB of Surgery, Surgery General (2015)
- Udelsman B, Blasberg J. The Scenic Route: Lingular Metastasectomy Through the Right Chest. Annals Of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports 2024, 2: 506-508. DOI: 10.1016/j.atssr.2024.03.010.
- Blasberg J, Servais E, Thibault D, Jacobs J, Kozower B, David E, Donahue J, Vekstein A, Kang L, Hartwig M, Jones L, Kosinski A, Habib R, Towe C, Seder C. Longitudinal Follow-up of Medicare Patients after Esophageal Cancer Resection in the STS Database. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2024 PMID: 39147116, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2024.07.034.
- Hameed I, Amabile A, Candelario K, Khan S, Li E, Fereydooni S, Almeida M, Latif N, Ahmed A, Dhanasopon A, Krane M, Blasberg J, Geirsson A. Assessment of online information on robotic cardiac and thoracic surgery. Journal Of Robotic Surgery 2024, 18: 41. PMID: 38231324, DOI: 10.1007/s11701-023-01794-6.
- Detterbeck F, Ely S, Udelsman B, Blasberg J, Boffa D, Dhanasopon A, Mase V, Woodard G. So Now We Know—Reflections on the Extent of Resection for Stage I Lung Cancer. Clinical Lung Cancer 2023, 25: e113-e123. PMID: 38310034, DOI: 10.1016/j.cllc.2023.12.007.
- Woodard G, Boffa D, Blasberg J. Thoracic CT follow-up after non-small-cell lung cancer resection. The Lancet Oncology 2022, 23: e484. PMID: 36328013, DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(22)00618-0.
- Servais E, Blasberg J, Brown L, Towe C, Seder C, Onaitis M, Block M, David E. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2022 Update on Outcomes and Research. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2022, 115: 43-49. PMID: 36404445, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.10.025.
- Pichert MD, Canavan ME, Maduka RC, Li AX, Ermer T, Zhan PL, Kaminski M, Udelsman BV, Blasberg JD, Park HS, Goldberg SB, Boffa DJ. Immunotherapy After Chemotherapy and Radiation for Clinical Stage III Lung Cancer. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2224478. PMID: 35925606, PMCID: PMC9353596, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.24478.
- Dhanasopon AP, Blasberg JD, Mase VJ. Surgical Management of Pneumothorax and Pleural Space Disease. Surgical Clinics Of North America 2022, 102: 413-427. PMID: 35671764, DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2022.03.001.
- Park HS, Detterbeck FC, Madoff DC, Bade BC, Kumbasar U, Mase VJ, Li AX, Blasberg JD, Woodard GA, Brandt WS, Decker RH. A guide for managing patients with stage I NSCLC: deciding between lobectomy, segmentectomy, wedge, SBRT and ablation—part 4: systematic review of evidence involving SBRT and ablation. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2022, 0: 0-0. PMID: 35813762, PMCID: PMC9264060, DOI: 10.21037/jtd-21-1826.
- Detterbeck FC, Mase VJ, Li AX, Kumbasar U, Bade BC, Park HS, Decker RH, Madoff DC, Woodard GA, Brandt WS, Blasberg JD. A guide for managing patients with stage I NSCLC: deciding between lobectomy, segmentectomy, wedge, SBRT and ablation—part 2: systematic review of evidence regarding resection extent in generally healthy patients. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2022, 0: 0-0. PMID: 35813747, PMCID: PMC9264068, DOI: 10.21037/jtd-21-1824.
- Bade BC, Blasberg JD, Mase VJ, Kumbasar U, Li AX, Park HS, Decker RH, Madoff DC, Brandt WS, Woodard GA, Detterbeck FC. A guide for managing patients with stage I NSCLC: deciding between lobectomy, segmentectomy, wedge, SBRT and ablation—part 3: systematic review of evidence regarding surgery in compromised patients or specific tumors. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2022, 0: 0-0. PMID: 35813753, PMCID: PMC9264070, DOI: 10.21037/jtd-21-1825.
- Detterbeck FC, Blasberg JD, Woodard GA, Decker RH, Kumbasar U, Park HS, Mase VJ, Bade BC, Li AX, Brandt WS, Madoff DC. A guide for managing patients with stage I NSCLC: deciding between lobectomy, segmentectomy, wedge, SBRT and ablation— part 1: a guide to decision-making. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2022, 0: 0-0. PMID: 35813719, PMCID: PMC9264102, DOI: 10.21037/jtd-21-1823.
- Wu X, Uhlig J, Blasberg JD, Gettinger SN, Suh RD, Solomon SB, Kim HS. Microwave Ablation versus Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Stage I Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2022, 33: 964-971.e2. PMID: 35490932, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2022.04.019.
- Pichert MD, Canavan ME, Maduka RC, Li AX, Ermer T, Zhan PL, Kaminski M, Udelsman BV, Blasberg JD, Mase VJ, Dhanasopon AP, Boffa DJ. Revisiting Indications for Brain Imaging During the Clinical Staging Evaluation of Lung Cancer. JTO Clinical And Research Reports 2022, 3: 100318. PMID: 35540711, PMCID: PMC9079298, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtocrr.2022.100318.
- Li A, Canavan M, Ermer T, Kaminski M, Maduka R, Zhan P, Flores K, Boffa D, Blasberg J. 109MO Respect the middle lobe: Perioperative survival of bilobectomy compared to lobectomy and pneumonectomy. Annals Of Oncology 2022, 33: s82. DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.02.136.
- Wang B, Jiang Y, Li SY, Niu RL, Blasberg JD, Kaifi JT, Liu G, Wang ZL. Breast metastases from primary lung cancer: a retrospective case series on clinical, ultrasonographic, and immunohistochemical features. Translational Lung Cancer Research 2021, 0: 0-0. PMID: 34430360, PMCID: PMC8350075, DOI: 10.21037/tlcr-21-542.
- Blasberg JD, Li A. Evolution of the N Descriptor Lymph Node Number vs Lymph Node Location. CHEST Journal 2021, 159: 2159-2160. PMID: 34099129, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2021.01.065.
- Li AX, Resio BJ, Canavan ME, Papageorge M, Boffa DJ, Blasberg JD. Outcomes of surgically managed primary lung sarcomas: a National Cancer Database analysis. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2021, 0: 0-0. PMID: 34277037, PMCID: PMC8264694, DOI: 10.21037/jtd-21-1.
- Dai L, Li YH, Liang YY, Zhao J, Chen G, Yin J, Postmus PE, Addeo A, Blasberg JD, Onesti CE, Liao ZW, Rao XG, Long HD. High expression of cell adhesion molecule 2 unfavorably impacts survival in non-small cell lung cancer patients with brain metastases. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2021, 13: 2437-2446. PMID: 34012591, PMCID: PMC8107517, DOI: 10.21037/jtd-21-307.
- Uhlig J, Mehta S, Case MD, Dhanasopon A, Blasberg J, Homer RJ, Solomon SB, Kim HS. Effectiveness of Thermal Ablation and Stereotactic Radiotherapy Based on Stage I Lung Cancer Histology. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2021, 32: 1022-1028.e4. PMID: 33811997, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2021.02.025.
- Li AX, Flores K, Canavan ME, Boffa DJ, Blasberg JD. Adjuvant Chemotherapy for T4 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with Additional Ipsilateral Lung Nodules. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2021, 113: 421-428. PMID: 33684345, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.02.042.
- Lee J, Chaft J, Nicholas A, Patterson A, Waqar S, Toloza E, Haura E, Raz D, Reckamp K, Merritt R, Owen D, Finley D, Mcnamee C, Blasberg J, Garon E, Mitchell J, Doebele R, Baciewicz F, Nagasaka M, Pass H, Schulze K, Phan S, Johnson A, Bunn P, Johnson B, Kris M, Kwiatkowski D, Wistuba I, Carbone D, Rusch V. PS01.05 Surgical and Clinical Outcomes With Neoadjuvant Atezolizumab in Resectable Stage IB–IIIB NSCLC: LCMC3 Trial Primary Analysis. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2021, 16: s59-s61. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.01.320.
- Colquhoun DA, Leis AM, Shanks AM, Mathis MR, Naik BI, Durieux ME, Kheterpal S, Pace NL, Popescu WM, Schonberger RB, Kozower BD, Walters DM, Blasberg JD, Chang AC, Aziz MF, Harukuni I, Tieu BH, Blank RS. A Lower Tidal Volume Regimen during One-lung Ventilation for Lung Resection Surgery Is Not Associated with Reduced Postoperative Pulmonary Complications. Anesthesiology 2021, 134: 562-576. PMID: 33635945, PMCID: PMC8274370, DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000003729.
- Salazar MC, Canavan ME, Walters SL, Chilakamarry S, Ermer T, Blasberg JD, Yu JB, Gross CP, Boffa DJ. The Survival Advantage of Lobectomy over Wedge Resection Lessens as Health-Related Life Expectancy Decreases. JTO Clinical And Research Reports 2021, 2: 100143. PMID: 34590002, PMCID: PMC8474228, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtocrr.2021.100143.
- Walters SL, Canavan ME, Salazar MC, Resio BJ, Blasberg JD, Mase V, Boffa DJ. A National Study of Surgically Managed Atypical Pulmonary Carcinoid Tumors. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2020, 112: 921-927. PMID: 33159862, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.09.029.
- Brandt WS, Blasberg JD. Commentary: A novel approach for localization of small lung nodules. JTCVS Techniques 2020, 4: 305-306. PMID: 34318054, PMCID: PMC8308115, DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2020.10.034.
- Papageorge MV, Resio BJ, Monsalve AF, Canavan M, Pathak R, Mase VJ, Dhanasopon AP, Hoag JR, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ. Navigating by Stars: Using CMS Star Ratings to Choose Hospitals for Complex Cancer Surgery. JNCI Cancer Spectrum 2020, 4: pkaa059-. PMID: 33134834, PMCID: PMC7583163, DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkaa059.
- Wu X, Uhlig J, Blasberg J, Gettinger S, Suh R, Solomon S, Kim K. Thermal ablation versus stereotactic body radiotherapy for stage I non-small cell lung cancer: A cost-effectiveness analysis. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2020, 38: e21061-e21061. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2020.38.15_suppl.e21061.
- Invasive Staging Procedures Do Not Prevent Nodal Metastases From Being Missed in Stage I Lung CancerResio BJ, Canavan M, Mase V, Dhanasopon AP, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ. Invasive Staging Procedures Do Not Prevent Nodal Metastases From Being Missed in Stage I Lung Cancer. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2020, 110: 390-397. PMID: 32283084, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.03.026.
- Uhlig J, Case M, Gettinger S, Blasberg J, Boffa D, Kim K. 3:18 PM Abstract No. 148 Current United States nationwide utilization of thermal ablation for lung cancer. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2020, 31: s70. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2019.12.182.
- Uhlig J, Case M, Gettinger S, Blasberg J, Boffa D, Kim K. Abstract No. 520 Stage 4 lung cancer: comparison of thermal ablation and stereotactic body radiotherapy for the pulmonary primary. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2020, 31: s227-s228. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2019.12.581.
- Sathe TS, Resio BJ, Hoag JR, Monsalve AF, Pathak R, Blasberg JD, Mase V, Dhanasopon A, Boffa DJ. Surgically Managed Signet Ring Cell Esophageal Carcinomas in the National Cancer Database. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2020, 109: 1656-1662. PMID: 32109449, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.01.021.
- Schwartz G, Sancheti M, Blasberg J. Robotic Thoracic Surgery. Surgical Clinics Of North America 2020, 100: 237-248. PMID: 32169178, DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2019.12.001.
- Ahle SL, Gielissen K, Keene DE, Blasberg JD. Understanding Entrustment Decision-Making by Surgical Program Directors. Journal Of Surgical Research 2020, 249: 74-81. PMID: 31926399, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.12.001.
- Oezkan F, He K, Owen D, Pietrzak M, Cho J, Kitzler R, Pearson R, Rusch V, Chaft J, Suh R, Blasberg J, Reckamp K, Raz D, Kneuertz P, Fiorillo L, Garon E, Nicholas A, Johnson A, Schulze K, Grindheim J, Banchereau R, Phan S, Bunn P, Kwiatkowski D, Johnson B, Kris M, Wistuba I, Lee J, Lozanski G, Carbone D. OA13.07 Neoadjuvant Atezolizumab in Resectable NSCLC Patients: Immunophenotyping Results from the Interim Analysis of the Multicenter Trial LCMC3. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2019, 14: s242-s243. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.08.482.
- Papageorge M, Hoag J, Resio B, Monsalve A, Pathak R, Mase V, Dhanasopon A, Blasberg J, Boffa D. Can the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Star Ratings Be Used as a Realistic Approach to Reduce Mortality in Complex Cancer Surgery? Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2019, 229: s144. DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2019.08.319.
- Lee J, Chaft J, Nicholas A, Patterson G, Waqar S, Toloza E, Haura E, Raz D, Reckamp K, Merritt R, Owen D, Finley D, Mcnamee C, Blasberg J, Garon E, Mitchell J, Doebele R, Baciewicz F, Nagasaka M, Pass H, Johnson A, Phan S, Schulze K, Bunn P, Johnson B, Kris M, Kwiatkowski D, Wistuba I, Carbone D, Rusch V. P2.04-88 Surgical Outcomes of a Multicenter Phase II Trial of Neoadjuvant Atezolizumab in Resectable Stages IB-IIIB NSCLC: Update on LCMC3 Clinical Trial. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2019, 14: s744. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.08.1593.
- Kurbatov V, Balayev A, Saffarzadeh A, Heller DR, Boffa DJ, Blasberg JD, Lu J, Khan SA. Digital Inference of Immune Microenvironment Reveals Low-Risk Subtype of Early Lung Adenocarcinoma. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2019, 109: 343-349. PMID: 31568747, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.08.050.
- Decker RH, Blasberg JD. A new approach to predicting risk for N2 disease in non-small cell lung cancer. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2019, 1: s1973-s1975. PMID: 31632801, PMCID: PMC6783735, DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2019.07.61.
- Uhlig J, Case MD, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ, Chiang A, Gettinger SN, Kim HS. Comparison of Survival Rates After a Combination of Local Treatment and Systemic Therapy vs Systemic Therapy Alone for Treatment of Stage IV Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer. JAMA Network Open 2019, 2: e199702. PMID: 31433481, PMCID: PMC6707019, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.9702.
- Chiu AS, Arnold BN, Hoag JR, Herrin J, Kim CH, Salazar MC, Monsalve AF, Jean RA, Blasberg JD, Detterbeck FC, Gross CP, Boffa DJ. Quality Versus Quantity. Annals Of Surgery 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 29697446, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000002762.
- Dendy Case M, Uhlig J, Blasberg J, Boffa D, Chiang A, Gettinger S, Kim H. Benefit of combining local treatment and systemic therapy for stage IV NSCLC: Results from the National Cancer Database. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 8545-8545. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.15_suppl.8545.
- Hoag JR, Resio BJ, Monsalve AF, Chiu AS, Brown LB, Herrin J, Blasberg JD, Kim AW, Boffa DJ. Differential Safety Between Top-Ranked Cancer Hospitals and Their Affiliates for Complex Cancer Surgery. JAMA Network Open 2019, 2: e191912. PMID: 30977848, PMCID: PMC6481444, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.1912.
- Harmon S, Seder CW, Chen S, Traynor A, Jeraj R, Blasberg JD. Quantitative FDG PET/CT may help risk-stratify early-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients at risk for recurrence following anatomic resection. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2019, 11: 1106-1116. PMID: 31179052, PMCID: PMC6531752, DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2019.04.46.
- Seder CW, Magee MJ, Broderick SR, Brown LM, Blasberg JD, Kozower BD, Fernandez FG, Welsh R, Gaissert HA, Burfeind W, Becker S, Raymond D. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database 2019 Update on Outcomes and Quality. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2019, 107: 1302-1306. PMID: 30898564, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.02.027.
- Uhlig J, Dendy M, Goldberg S, Chiang A, Blasberg J, Kim H. 03:00 PM Abstract No. 278 Thermal ablation versus stereotactic radiation therapy for stage 4 lung cancer: contemporary trends and outcomes from the National Cancer Database. Journal Of Vascular And Interventional Radiology 2019, 30: s124-s125. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2018.12.342.
- Resio BJ, Hoag J, Chiu A, Monsalve A, Dhanasopon AP, Boffa DJ, Blasberg JD. Prophylactic cranial irradiation is associated with improved survival following resection for limited stage small cell lung cancer. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2019, 11: 811-818. PMID: 31019769, PMCID: PMC6462708, DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2019.01.64.
- Resio BJ, Dhanasopon AP, Blasberg JD. Big data, big contributions: outcomes research in thoracic surgery. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2019, 11: s566-s573. PMID: 31032075, PMCID: PMC6465425, DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2019.01.04.
- Brown K, Homer R, Baine M, Blasberg JD. Short Tandem Repeats Define a Gestational Origin for Metastatic Choriocarcinoma. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2019, 108: e115-e117. PMID: 30685255, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.12.038.
- Jean RA, Chiu AS, Boffa DJ, Detterbeck FC, Kim AW, Blasberg JD. Corrigendum to ‘Delayed discharge does not decrease the cost of readmission after pulmonary lobectomy’ [Surgery 164/6 (2018) 1294–1299]. Surgery 2019, 165: 1058. PMID: 30678871, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.12.014.
- Monsalve AF, Hoag JR, Resio BJ, Chiu AS, Brown LB, Detterbeck FC, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ. Variable impact of prior cancer history on the survival of lung cancer patients. Lung Cancer 2018, 127: 130-137. PMID: 30642541, DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2018.11.040.
- Resio BJ, Chiu AS, Hoag JR, Brown LB, White M, Omar A, Monsalve A, Dhanasopon AP, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ. Motivators, Barriers, and Facilitators to Traveling to the Safest Hospitals in the United States for Complex Cancer Surgery. JAMA Network Open 2018, 1: e184595. PMID: 30646367, PMCID: PMC6324377, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.4595.
- Jean RA, Chiu AS, Hoag JR, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ, Detterbeck FC, Kim AW. Identifying Drivers of Multiple Readmissions After Pulmonary Lobectomy. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2018, 107: 947-953. PMID: 30336117, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.08.070.
- Chiu AS, Resio B, Hoag JR, Monsalve AF, Blasberg JD, Brown L, Omar A, White MA, Boffa DJ. Why Travel for Complex Cancer Surgery? Americans React to ‘Brand-Sharing’ Between Specialty Cancer Hospitals and Their Affiliates. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2018, 26: 732-738. PMID: 30311158, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-018-6868-9.
- Rusch V, Chaft J, Johnson B, Wistuba I, Kris M, Lee J, Bunn P, Kwiatkowski D, Reckamp K, Finley D, Haura E, Waqar S, Doebele R, Garon E, Blasberg J, Nicholas A, Schulze K, Phan S, Gandhi M, Carbone D. MA04.09 Neoadjuvant Atezolizumab in Resectable Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): Updated Results from a Multicenter Study (LCMC3). Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2018, 13: s369. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2018.08.346.
- Uhlig J, Ludwig JM, Goldberg SB, Chiang A, Blasberg JD, Kim HS. Survival Rates after Thermal Ablation versus Stereotactic Radiation Therapy for Stage 1 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A National Cancer Database Study. Radiology 2018, 289: 862-870. PMID: 30226453, DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2018180979.
- Ye Q, Wu J, Lu Y, Naganawa M, Gallezot JD, Ma T, Liu Y, Tanoue L, Detterbeck F, Blasberg J, Chen MK, Casey M, Carson RE, Liu C. Improved discrimination between benign and malignant LDCT screening-detected lung nodules with dynamic over static 18F-FDG PET as a function of injected dose. Physics In Medicine And Biology 2018, 63: 175015. PMID: 30095083, PMCID: PMC6158045, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aad97f.
- Saffarzadeh AG, Blasberg JD. Beyond TNM: Searching for New Patient-Centric Prognostic Indicators in NSCLC. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2018, 25: 3425-3426. PMID: 30155757, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-018-6714-0.
- Blasberg JD, Resio BJ. No sweat: Favorable outcomes of hyperhidrosis surgery with age. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2018, 156: 1759-1760. PMID: 30248806, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.07.055.
- Jean RA, Chiu AS, Boffa DJ, Detterbeck FC, Kim AW, Blasberg JD. Delayed discharge does not decrease the cost of readmission after pulmonary lobectomy. Surgery 2018, 164: 1294-1299. PMID: 30064733, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.05.049.
- Arnold BN, Thomas DC, Bhatnagar V, Blasberg JD, Wang Z, Boffa DJ, Detterbeck FC, Kim AW. Defining the learning curve in robot-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy. Surgery 2018, 165: 450-454. PMID: 30061043, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.06.011.
- Blasberg JD, Resio B. Seeing through the ground-glass: Do imaging characteristics really matter? Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2018, 156: 1677-1678. PMID: 30098805, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.06.055.
- Chiu AS, Resio B, Hoag JR, Monsalve AF, Blasberg JD, White MA, Boffa DJ. US Public Perceptions About Cancer Care Provided by Smaller Hospitals Associated With Large Hospitals Recognized for Specializing in Cancer Care. JAMA Oncology 2018, 4: 1008-1009. PMID: 29852033, PMCID: PMC6145726, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.1400.
- Mironova V, Blasberg JD. Evaluation of ground glass nodules. Current Opinion In Pulmonary Medicine 2018, 24: 350-354. PMID: 29634577, DOI: 10.1097/mcp.0000000000000492.
- Jean RA, Chiu AS, Boffa DJ, Detterbeck FC, Blasberg JD, Kim AW. When good operations go bad: The additive effect of comorbidity and postoperative complications on readmission after pulmonary lobectomy. Surgery 2018, 164: 294-299. PMID: 29801731, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2018.03.019.
- Rusch V, Chaft J, Johnson B, Wistuba I, Kris M, Lee J, Bunn P, Kwiatkowski D, Reckamp K, Finley D, Haura E, Waqar S, Doebele R, Garon E, Blasberg J, Nicholas A, Schulze K, Phan S, Gandhi M, Carbone D. Neoadjuvant atezolizumab in resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): Initial results from a multicenter study (LCMC3). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2018, 36: 8541-8541. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2018.36.15_suppl.8541.
- Donington JS, Kim YT, Tong B, Moreira AL, Bessich J, Weiss KD, Colson YL, Wigle D, Osarogiagbon RU, Zweig J, Wakelee H, Blasberg J, Daly M, Backhus L, Van Schil P. Progress in the Management of Early-Stage Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer in 2017. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2018, 13: 767-778. PMID: 29654928, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2018.04.002.
- Depth of Muscularis Propria Invasion Does Not Prognosticate Survival in T2 Esophageal AdenocarcinomaSEDER CW, MAHON B, HENNON M, THOMAS M, LEVEA CM, MATKOWSKYJ KA, KRISHNA M, MEDAIROS R, MACKE RA, BASU S, BLASBERG JD. Depth of Muscularis Propria Invasion Does Not Prognosticate Survival in T2 Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. Anticancer Research 2018, 38: 2195-2200. PMID: 29599339, DOI: 10.21873/anticanres.12461.
- Arnold BN, Thomas DC, Narayan R, Blasberg JD, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ, Kim AW. Robotic-Assisted Lobectomies in the National Cancer Database. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2018, 226: 1052-1062.e15. PMID: 29574177, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2018.03.023.
- Thomas DC, Arnold BN, Hoag JR, Salazar MC, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ, Kim AW, Blasberg JD. Timing and Risk Factors Associated With Venous Thromboembolism After Lung Cancer Resection. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2018, 105: 1469-1475. PMID: 29501644, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.01.072.
- Arnold BN, Chiu AS, Hoag JR, Kim CH, Salazar MC, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ. Spontaneous regionalization of esophageal cancer surgery: an analysis of the National Cancer Database. Journal Of Thoracic Disease 2018, 10: 1721-1731. PMID: 29707326, PMCID: PMC5906219, DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2018.02.12.
- Resio BJ, Chiu AS, Hoag J, Dhanasopon AP, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ. Primary Salivary Type Lung Cancers in the National Cancer Database. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2018, 105: 1633-1639. PMID: 29486180, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.01.055.
- Blasberg J, Kim C, Chilakamarry S. Chapter 8 Special Types of Lung Cancer. 2018, 131-146. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-48565-4.00008-4.
- Counts S, Saffarzadeh A, Blasberg J, Kim A. Robotic Transthoracic Primary Repair of a Diaphragmatic Hernia and Reduction of an Intrathoracic Liver. Innovations Technology And Techniques In Cardiothoracic And Vascular Surgery 2018, 13: 54-55. DOI: 10.1177/155698451801300110.
- Counts SJ, Saffarzadeh AG, Blasberg JD, Kim AW. Robotic Transthoracic Primary Repair of a Diaphragmatic Hernia and Reduction of an Intrathoracic Liver. Innovations Technology And Techniques In Cardiothoracic And Vascular Surgery 2018, 13: 54-55. PMID: 29443817, DOI: 10.1097/imi.0000000000000455.
- Dhanasopon AP, Salazar MC, Hoag JR, Rosen JE, Kim AW, Detterbeck FC, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ. Fate of Pneumonectomy Patients Variably Captured by Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Staging System. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2017, 104: 1829-1836. PMID: 29074151, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.06.073.
- Blasberg JD, Kim AW. Not Just Done in Vein. Seminars In Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2017, 29: 431-432. PMID: 28967538, DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2017.08.011.
- Thomas DC, Arnold BN, Rosen JE, Salazar MC, Detterbeck FC, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ, Kim AW. The Significance of Upfront Knowledge of N2 Disease in Non‐small Cell Lung Cancer. World Journal Of Surgery 2017, 42: 161-171. PMID: 28799084, DOI: 10.1007/s00268-017-4165-6.
- Arnold BN, Thomas DC, Rosen JE, Salazar MC, Detterbeck FC, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ, Kim AW. Effectiveness of local therapy for stage I non–small-cell lung cancer in nonagenarians. Surgery 2017, 162: 640-651. PMID: 28697883, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2017.04.025.
- Kim C, Salazar M, Hoag J, Rosen J, Arnold B, Boffa D, Blasberg J. The impact of tumor size on survival in T3 non-small cell lung-cancer with direct extension. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2017, 35: e20033-e20033. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.15_suppl.e20033.
- Thomas DC, Blasberg JD, Arnold BN, Rosen JE, Salazar MC, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ, Kim AW. Validating the Thoracic Revised Cardiac Risk Index Following Lung Resection. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2017, 104: 389-394. PMID: 28499655, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.02.006.
- Salazar MC, Rosen JE, Wang Z, Arnold BN, Thomas DC, Herbst RS, Kim AW, Detterbeck FC, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ. Association of Delayed Adjuvant Chemotherapy With Survival After Lung Cancer Surgery. JAMA Oncology 2017, 3: 610-619. PMID: 28056112, PMCID: PMC5824207, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.5829.
- Force T, Chang A, Kosinski A, Raymond D, Magee M, DeCamp M, Farjah F, Grogan E, Seder C, Allen M, Blasberg J, Blackmon S, Burfeind W, Cassivi S, Park B, Shahian D, Wormuth D, Han J, Wright C, Fernandez F, Kozower B. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Composite Score for Evaluating Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2017, 103: 1661-1667. PMID: 28385375, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.10.027.
- Tchouta LN, Park HS, Boffa DJ, Blasberg JD, Detterbeck FC, Kim AW. Response. CHEST Journal 2017, 151: 942-943. PMID: 28390633, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.01.017.
- Blasberg JD. Black Esophagus, White Esophagus, or Shades of Gray? Seminars In Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2017, 29: 260-261. PMID: 28823341, DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2017.03.003.
- Blasberg JD, Krantz SB. What and how to read: Staying current as a young cardiothoracic surgeon. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2017, 154: 558-562. PMID: 28433361, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2017.03.052.
- Sunaga H, Blasberg JD, Heerdt PM. Anesthesia for nonintubated video-assisted thoracic surgery. Current Opinion In Anaesthesiology 2017, 30: 1-6. PMID: 27906718, DOI: 10.1097/aco.0000000000000413.
- Detterbeck FC, Zurich HB, Agarwal R, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ, Delrossi EP, Finan ME, Hindinger KK, Kim AW, Pierson M. Organization, Teamwork and Quality of Care in Thoracic Surgery A Model for High Reliability Care Delivery. Connecticut Medicine 2017, 81: 5-12. PMID: 29782759.
- Thomas DC, Arnold BN, Rosen JE, Salazar MC, Blasberg JD, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ, Kim AW. Defining outcomes of patients with clinical stage I small cell lung cancer upstaged at surgery. Lung Cancer 2016, 103: 75-81. PMID: 28024700, DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2016.11.016.
- Gao SJ, Corso CD, Blasberg JD, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ, Decker RH, Kim AW. Role of Adjuvant Therapy for Node-Negative Lung Cancer Invading the Chest Wall. Clinical Lung Cancer 2016, 18: 169-177.e4. PMID: 27890561, DOI: 10.1016/j.cllc.2016.08.005.
- Gao SJ, Corso CD, Wang EH, Blasberg JD, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ, Decker RH, Kim AW. Timing of Surgery after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation in Locally Advanced Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2016, 12: 314-322. PMID: 27720827, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2016.09.122.
- Gao S, Corso C, Wang E, Blasberg J, Boffa D, Detterbeck F, Kim A. Timing of Surgery After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation in Clinical Stage IIIA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Mediastinal Nodal Involvement. International Journal Of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2016, 96: e470. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.06.1811.
- Macke RA, Templin TP, Blasberg JD. Chest Discomfort and Longstanding Dyspnea on Exertion. JAMA Surgery 2016, 151: 979-980. PMID: 27533325, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.2043.
- Tchouta LN, Park HS, Boffa DJ, Blasberg JD, Detterbeck FC, Kim AW. Hospital Volume and Outcomes of Robot-Assisted Lobectomies. CHEST Journal 2016, 151: 329-339. PMID: 27687847, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.09.008.
- Blasberg JD, Seder CW, Leverson G, Shan Y, Maloney JD, Macke RA. Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Lobectomy for Lung Cancer: Current Practice Patterns and Predictors of Adoption. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2016, 102: 1854-1862. PMID: 27592603, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.06.030.
- Jawitz OK, Wang Z, Boffa DJ, Detterbeck FC, Blasberg JD, Kim AW. The differential impact of preoperative comorbidity on perioperative outcomes following thoracoscopic and open lobectomies. European Journal Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2016, 51: 169-174. PMID: 27458143, DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezw239.
- Blasberg J, Harmon S, Seder C, Traynor A, Jeraj R. Correlation of FDG PET/CT heterogeneity with disease recurrence in early-stage, non-small cell lung cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2016, 34: e20049-e20049. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2016.34.15_suppl.e20049.
- Arnold BN, Thomas DC, Rosen JE, Salazar MC, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ, Detterbeck FC, Kim AW. Lung Cancer in the Very Young: Treatment and Survival in the National Cancer Data Base. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2016, 11: 1121-1131. PMID: 27103511, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2016.03.023.
- Schmocker RK, Vanness DJ, Macke RA, Akhter SA, Maloney JD, Blasberg JD. Outpatient air leak management after lobectomy: a CMS cost analysis. Journal Of Surgical Research 2016, 203: 390-397. PMID: 27363648, PMCID: PMC4926869, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2016.03.043.
- Salazar MC, Rosen JE, Arnold BN, Thomas DC, Kim AW, Detterbeck FC, Blasberg JD, Boffa DJ. Adjuvant Chemotherapy for T3 Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer with Additional Tumor Nodules in the Same Lobe. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2016, 11: 1090-1100. PMID: 27013407, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2016.03.009.
- Lushaj E, Julliard W, Bretl T, Badami A, Macke R, Blasberg J, Maloney J. Resection is safe for patients with stage IIIA NSCLC undergoing multimodality therapy. Cancer Treatment And Research Communications 2016, 5: 22-25. DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrc.2015.12.002.
- Janowak CF, Blasberg JD, Taylor L, Maloney JD, Macke RA. The Surgical Apgar Score in esophagectomy. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2015, 150: 806-812. PMID: 26234458, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2015.07.017.
- Blasberg J, Mathisen D. Tracheal Resection. 2014, 173-191. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-54565-8_18.
- Blasberg JD, Wright CD. Surgical Considerations in Tracheal and Carinal Resection. Seminars In Cardiothoracic And Vascular Anesthesia 2012, 16: 190-195. PMID: 22743220, DOI: 10.1177/1089253212450342.
- Joseph S, Harrington R, Walter D, Goldberg JD, Li X, Beck A, Litton T, Hirsch N, Blasberg J, Slomiany M, Rom W, Pass H, Donington J. Plasma osteopontin velocity differentiates lung cancers from controls in a CT screening population. Cancer Biomarkers 2012, 12: 177-184. PMID: 23568008, PMCID: PMC3746829, DOI: 10.3233/cbm-130306.
- Donington JS, Blasberg JD. Management of Early Stage Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer in High-Risk Patients. Thoracic Surgery Clinics 2011, 22: 55-65. PMID: 22108689, DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2011.08.018.
- Blasberg JD, Schwartz GS, Balaram SK. The role of gender in coronary surgery. European Journal Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery 2011, 40: 715-721. PMID: 21349733, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.01.003.
- Goparaju CM, Blasberg JD, Volinia S, Palatini J, Ivanov S, Donington JS, Croce C, Carbone M, Yang H, Pass HI. Onconase mediated NFKβ downregulation in malignant pleural mesothelioma. Oncogene 2011, 30: 2767-2777. PMID: 21317924, PMCID: PMC3118086, DOI: 10.1038/onc.2010.643.
- Blasberg JD, Donington JS. Infections and Radiation Injuries Involving the Chest Wall. Thoracic Surgery Clinics 2010, 20: 487-494. PMID: 20974432, DOI: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2010.06.003.
- Blasberg JD, Pass HI, Donington JS. Sublobar Resection: A Movement from the Lung Cancer Study Group. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2010, 5: 1583-1593. PMID: 20879185, DOI: 10.1097/jto.0b013e3181e77604.
- Goparaju CM, Pass HI, Blasberg JD, Hirsch N, Donington JS. Functional Heterogeneity of Osteopontin Isoforms in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. Journal Of Thoracic Oncology 2010, 5: 1516-1523. PMID: 20689445, PMCID: PMC3122268, DOI: 10.1097/jto.0b013e3181eba6bd.
- Robotic Brachytherapy and Sublobar Resection for T1 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in High-Risk PatientsBlasberg JD, Belsley SJ, Schwartz GS, Evans A, Wernick I, Ashton RC, Bhora FY, Connery CP. Robotic Brachytherapy and Sublobar Resection for T1 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in High-Risk Patients. The Annals Of Thoracic Surgery 2010, 89: 360-367. PMID: 20103299, DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.09.052.
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