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The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Vincent Mase Jr. to the position of Associate Program Director for Assessment to support the growth and integrity of its General Surgery Residency Program. In this new role, Dr. Mase will focus primarily on developing mechanisms that ensure the timely exchange of feedback among faculty and trainees across the system; in addition to maintaining compliance with regulatory bodies.
- April 13, 2018
Connecticut Magazine has named 77 Yale Cancer Center and Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven physicians and surgeons to its 2018 Best Doctors guide. Published in the magazine's April issue, the Best Doctors list consists of 779 Connecticut physicians from 78 medical specialties.
- November 27, 2017
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Andrew Dhanasopon to the Yale School of Medicine, Department of Surgery. Dr. Dhanasopon joined the Department as an Assistant Professor in the Section of Thoracic Surgery.
- May 03, 2017
Connecticut Magazine’s 2017 “Top Docs” list includes 67 Yale Medicine physicians, who were selected based on a survey of their peers.
- January 05, 2017
A new Yale study suggests that patients with a common form of lung cancer may still benefit from delayed chemotherapy started up to four months after surgery, according to the researchers.
- October 27, 2016
Dr. Karen Kelly presented on Immunotherapy for Lung Cancer at the annual John Murren Memorial Lectureship hosted by Dr. Roy Herbst.
- August 23, 2016Source: Billings Gazzette
Knowing the gravity and complexity of Luke’s surgery, Dr. Alexander Kraev of the Billings Clinic made a recommendation to the family to have Dr. Frank Detterback, the Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Yale University and Associated Director of the Yale Cancer Center in New Haven, Conn., do the procedure. “The Lord gave us the best guy in the world,” said Katina. “Kraev was his understudy. He recommended us to his mentor.” Luke and his family left for Yale on June 8.
- April 05, 2016
Announcement from the desks of Michael G. Caty, MD, MMM and Frank Detterbeck, MD Please join us in welcoming our newest faculty member, Justin Blasberg, MD to the Yale School of Medicine, Department of Surgery.
- April 01, 2016
Connecticut Magazine’s 2016 Top Doctors listing includes 60 Yale Medical Group physicians.
- May 20, 2015Source: CTNow.com
Heartened by the care their patriarch received from Yale-New Haven's Smilow Cancer Center, and specifically thoracic surgeon Dr. Daniel Boffa, the Merianos vowed to donate a percentage of sales from the truck to the hospital's Thoracic Oncology Program Fund.