Podcast appearances and mentions of Douglas E Wood

To wrap up our “Power of Partnerships” series, Dr. Douglas Wood has a conversation about the thoracic surgeon's role in lung cancer with fellow thoracic surgeons Dr. Leah Backhus, Dr. Tom Varghese, and Dr. Farhood Farjah. They discuss the surgeon's role in screening programs, evaluating nodules from a surgical perspective, and how to avoid harm and minimize unnecessary surgery for patients without cancer. Douglas E. Wood, MD, FACS, FRCSEd is the Chair of Surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, and a physician with the Seattle Care Alliance. Dr. Wood has previously served as president of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and director of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. Leah Backhus, MD, MPH, FACS is an Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford University. Dr. Backhus is the Co-Director of the Thoracic Surgery Clinical Research Program and Associate Program Director of the Thoracic CT Surgery Residency Training Program at Stanford. Thomas K. Varghese Jr., MD, MS is an Associate Professor of Surgery and the Head of Thoracic Surgery at the University of Utah. Dr. Varghese has also previously served as the Interim Executive Medical Director at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Farhood Farjah, MD, MPH, FACS is an Associate Professor of Surgery and an Endowed Chair of Lung Cancer Research at the University of Washington. Dr. Farjah is a physician with the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. As a follow-up to the National Lung Cancer Roundtable and American College of Radiology's 2021 webinar series, the “Power of Partnerships” limited podcast series will feature conversations currently happening in the world of lung cancer with the people pushing the field into the future. Additional information on this topic, as well as the resources mentioned during the episode, can be found at https://www.acr.org/Clinical-Resources/Lung-Cancer-Screening-Resources.

One piece of dismantling and rebuilding the justice system starts with our schools, which can be an onramp to the criminal justice system for Black girls, who in increasing numbers are subject to criminalization starting in our schools. How did we end up with schools that are based in fear, rather than love, and how is that leading towards the adultification and criminalization of Black girls in particular?Dr. Monique Morris joins us to look into these questions, as well as the paths forward to a better future. Dr. Morris is an award-winning writer, social justice scholar, professor, founder of National Black Women’s Justice Institute, the executive director of Grantmakers for Girls of Color. She is also the author of several books, including "Pushout," which PBS recently adapted into a documentary of the same name. We will explore the ideas in "Pushout," and the profound injustice Black girls face in our schools and our country. Dr. Morris is interviewed by Dr. Douglas E. Wood, Director of The Aspen Institute Criminal Justice Reform Initiative.To learn more:Pushout, by Dr. Monique MorrisPushout, PBS documentaryVisit us online at The Aspen Institute Criminal Justice Reform Initiative and follow us on Twitter @AspenCJRI. 
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Brian Mitzman interviews CTSNet President Douglas E. Wood about the options for oncologic thoracic surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lung cancer morbidity and mortality remains high in the United States and beyond despite major changes over the past few years in early detection and treatment for advanced disease. Dr. Douglas E. Wood, from the University of Washington in Seattle, moderates a roundtable discussion with prominent lung cancer surgeons—Drs. Shanda H. Blackmon, Lisa M. Brown, and Mitchell J. Magee—who explain how results from the recent NELSON study are game-changing, ways to improve access to screening, how vaping is creating a new generation of cigarette smokers, and advances in systemic therapy and immunotherapy for lung cancer.

Douglas E. Wood, MD, FCCP, and Peter J. Mazzone, MD, MPH, FCCP, join CHEST Podcast Editor, D. Kyle Hogarth, MD, FCCP, to discuss if lung screening should be expanded to persons who don't meet CHEST Guidelines criteria.

Taking it to the limit is what cardiothoracic surgery has done for the past 50 years and what STS has done on behalf of the specialty for that same half century; however, some things that once made CT surgery successful may now be counterproductive. In his Presidential Address at the 2014 STS Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, Douglas E. Wood, MD challenged his colleagues in the male-dominated profession to welcome in more women and transition away from a masculine, autocratic leadership style.

New technologies and innovative treatments are making it easier to successfully diagnose and treat patients with lung cancer. Douglas E. Wood, MD (University of Washington) moderates a discussion with Leah Backhus, MD, MPH (Stanford University), Elizabeth David, MD (UC Davis), and Moishe Liberman, MD, PhD (University of Montreal) about how low-dose computed tomography, wearable devices, energy sealing devices, and robots are changing patient outcomes and experiences.