The series on “Comprehensive Lung Cancer Care: A Continuum” is edited by Dr. Donna E. Maziak from Surgical Oncology, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Ottawa Hospital-General Division, University of Ottawa (Ottawa, ON, Canada) and Dr. Patrick J. Villeneuve from Division of Thoracic Surgery, Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa (Ottawa, ON, Canada).
Donna E. Maziak
Surgical Oncology, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Ottawa Hospital-General Division, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Dr. Maziak graduated from medical school from McGill University and went to the University of Toronto for her residencies in General Surgery and Thoracic Surgery. She worked for 2 years at Toronto General Hospital and completed her masters in Clinical Epidemiology at McMaster’s University. She then was recruited to Ottawa at the Ottawa Hospital, General campus, where she is now full Professor and co-Director of the Communities of Practice for Lung and Esophageal/gastric in the Champlain LHIN and the surgical lead for Cancer Transformation at TOH. She sits on Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) Practice Guidelines committee for thoracic malignancies, as well as other various committees at CCO, including the surgical lead for the pilot study for lung cancer screening at the Ottawa Hospital. She is a past president of the Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons and past Chair of the Thoracic Specialty Committee at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Patrick J. Villeneuve
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Dr. Patrick James Villeneuve is a Thoracic Surgeon at The Ottawa Hospital and Associate Professor at The University of Ottawa. He joined Thoracic Surgery in 2012 after completion of residency training at The University of Ottawa and fellowship training at UZ Leuven in Belgium. Dr. Villeneuve has a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Ottawa and is a Senior Clinical Investigator in the Cancer Therapeutics Program. His clinical and research interests include robotic thoracic surgery, oncologic outcomes and quality improvement and the treatment of lung, esophageal, gastric, mesothelial and thymic malignancies. He is currently the Program Director for the Thoracic training program at the University of Ottawa and Quality Improvement Lead for Thoracic Surgery.
Series Outline:
- Introduction to the series
- Lung cancer screening and smoking cessation
- Enhanced recovery implementation
- Feedback monitoring to improve care postoperatively
- Integration with naturopathic care of the lung cancer patient
- Immerging isotopes for diagnosis and staging of lung cancer
- Endoscopic treatment of lung cancer
- Surgical approaches for GGOs
- Immunotherapy and surgery
- Targeted therapies for lung cancer
- Survivorship, wellness and beyond
Disclosure:
The special series “Comprehensive Lung Cancer Care: A Continuum” was commissioned by the editorial office, Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery without any funding or sponsorship. Donna E. Maziak serves as the unpaid editorial board member of Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery from December 2021 to November 2023. Donna E. Maziak and Patrick J. Villeneuve are serving as the unpaid Guest Editors for the special series.