Surgical and Transplant Thoracic Pathology
The Thoracic Pathology Division at UT Southwestern Medical Center (½û·¬¶¯Âþ) has dedicated faculty with diagnostic expertise in neoplastic, non-neoplastic, and transplant pathology of the lung, heart, and mediastinum.
Our team works closely with a multidisciplinary clinical team including transplant surgeons, cardiologists, pulmonologists, and radiologists and attend regular inter-department conferences to share complex clinical and pathologic cases. The service covers two major hospitals, a 400+ bed private hospital () and a 900+ bed safety net hospital (), which provide a wealth of very interesting and challenging cases that cover the entire spectrum of neoplastic and non-neoplastic lung, cardiac, and mediastinal diseases with a balanced distribution of benign and malignant diseases.
Clements University Hospital has a large transplant center that includes:
- : Over 600 total lung transplants performed
- : Over 650 total cardiac transplants performed
In total, the thoracic service annually diagnoses approximately:
- 3,000 thoracic pathology cases
- 210 adult thoracic consults
- 20 pediatric lung disease consults
In addition to clinical service, our team actively participates in clinical and translational research and teaches medical students, pathology residents, and fellows. We have a dedicated year-long thoracic fellowship that helps the service run smoothly along with providing the trainee with a unique opportunity to get world-class thoracic pathology education.
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Faculty
Professor
- Fellowship Director of Thoracic Pathology
- Subspecialty Groups: Cytopathology, Thoracic Pathology, Surgical and Transplant
- Clements University Hospital
- Luis.DeLasCasas@UTSouthwestern.edu
Assistant Professor
- ½û·¬¶¯Âþ - POB 1
- urooba.nadeem@UTSouthwestern.edu
Assistant Professor
- Clements University Hospital
- Qi.Cai@UTSouthwestern.edu
Clinical Associate Professor
- Clements University Hospital
- Shirley.Yan@UTSouthwestern.edu