Meet the Team
Patients receive state-of-the-art care from a multidisciplinary team of dedicated to treating lung cancer, mesothelioma, esophageal cancer, metastasiic disease to the lungs as well as less common malignancies including sarcomas, and tumors of the thymus, mediastinum, bronchus and chest wall. In addition, clinical investigators in the program conduct clinical trials for the most promising new therapies.
Program Leader
Johannes R. Kratz, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Interim Chief of Thoracic Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Van Auken Endowed Chair in Thoracic Oncology
Director, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Thoracic Surgery
Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program
Medical Director of Robotic Surgery, UCSF Health
Thoracic Surgeons
Melissa H. Coleman, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Associate Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program
Director of UCSF School of Medicine Clinical Immersive Experiences (CIEx)
Johannes R. Kratz, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Interim Chief of Thoracic Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Van Auken Endowed Chair in Thoracic Oncology
Director, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Thoracic Surgery
Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program
Medical Director of Robotic Surgery, UCSF Health
Jasleen Kukreja, MD, MPH
Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Doris F. and Donald G. Fisher Distinguished Professor
Director, Lung Transplantation
Director, Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion
Director, Advanced Lung Disease ECMO Support
Michael Mann, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Binh N. Trinh, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Basic Scientists
Csaba J. Peto, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Thoracic Oncology Laboratory
Liang You, PhD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Thoracic Oncology Laboratory
Medical Oncologists
Trever G. Bivona, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor in Residence
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Department of Medicine
Collin Blakely, MD, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Department of Medicine
Matthew A. Gubens, MD, MS
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Department of Medicine
Andrew H. Ko, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Department of Medicine
W. Michael Korn, MD
Associate Professor in Residence
Divisions of Gastroenterology and Hematology/Oncology
Co-Director, Center for Molecular Oncology
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Lawrence Fong, MD
Leader, Cancer Immunotherapy Program
Co-Leader Cancer Immunology Program
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center,
Efim Guzik Distinguished Professor in Cancer Biology
Caroline McCoach, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Thoracic Medical Oncology
UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ross Okimoto, MD
Clinical Instructor
James L. Rubenstein, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology Oncology
Melisa L. Wong, MD, MAS
Assistant Clinical Professor
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Department of Medicine
Pathologists
Andrew Horvai, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor of Pathology
Department of Pathology
Associate Director of Surgical Pathology
Medical Director of Histopathology Laboratory
Kirk D. Jones, MD
Clinical Professor of Pathology
Department of Pathology
Pulmonologists
Yaron B. Gesthalter, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Interventional Pulmonary Medicine
Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Department of Medicine
Lorriana Leard, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Department of Medicine
Associate Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Eric J. Seeley, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Director of Bronchoscopy and Interventional Pulmonary Medicine
Fellowship Directory, Interventional Pulmonary Medicine
Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Department of Medicine
Radiation Oncologists
Steve Braunstein, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
Alexander R. Gottschalk, MD, PhD
Professor of Radiation Oncology
Director, CyberKnife Radiosurgery Program
Department of Radiation Oncology
Sue S. Yom, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology & Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Radiologists
Brett M. Elicker, MD
Professor
Chief of Cardiac and Pulmonary Imaging
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Travis Henry, MD
Associate Professor
Cardiac & Pulmonary Imaging Fellowship Program Director
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Kimberly Kallianos, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
Karen Ordovas, MD, MAS
Professor and Director, Cardiac Imaging
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging