Frank C. Detterbeck, MD
Thoracic & Cardiac Surgeon
Laryngeal Cancer Lung Cancer Pericardial Mesothelioma Pleural Mesothelioma
Lobectomy Mediastinoscopy Pleurectomy with Decortication (P/D) Pneumonectomy Thoracoscopy Thoracotomy
Graduating in 1976 from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Dr. Frank Detterbeck completed his initial medical studies at the Northwestern Center Feinberg School of Medicine in 1983. Dr. Detterbeck went on to complete his residency at the Virginia Mason Clinic before finishing a fellowship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Frank Detterbeck is currently the chief of thoracic surgery for the Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale in New Haven. With a board certification in general surgery and another in cardiac and thoracic surgery, Dr. Detterbeck focuses on mesothelioma and other cancers attacking the thoracic area.
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - 1976
Education
Virginia Mason Clinic
Residency
Northwestern Center Feinberg School of Medicine - 1983
Medical School
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Fellowship
American Board of Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery - Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery
Adjuvant Chemotherapy for T3 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with Additional Tumor Nodules in the Same Lobe.
Salazar, M. C.,Rosen, J. E.,Arnold, B. N.,Thomas, D. C.,Kim, A. W.,Detterbeck, F. C.,Blasberg, J. D.,Boffa, D. J.; J Thorac Oncol.
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Anagnostou VK, Bepler G, Syrigos KN, Tanoue LT, Gettinger S, Homer RJ, Boffa D, Detterbeck FC, Rimm DL. J Clin Oncol
See more >>Invasive Staging of Lung Cancer: ACCP Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline (2nd Edition) (Invited Review) Chest.
Detterbeck FC, Jantz MA, Wallace M, Vansteenkiste J, Silvestri GA.
See more >>American Association for Thoracic Surgery
International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
December 26, 2009
by Ronald Simon
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“Dr. Detterbeck is not only a good doctor, he is unique in his position because of the way he treats his patients. I recently got a Thymoma removed from my chest. Dr. Detterbeck came into my room and stood there with me for at least 20 minutes and told me I would be ok. Until that moment I was not sure. I was in terrible pain and my lung was leaking air, but I knew I was in the best hands. Anyone that has problem should have Frank as his surgeon.”