Frank C. Detterbeck, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.C.C.P.

Professor and Chief, Thoracic Surgery
Surgical Director, Yale Thoracic Oncology Program
Associate Director, Clinical Affairs, Yale Cancer Center

Surgical Specialty Thoracic Oncology Email   frank.detterbeck@yale.edu Phone   (203) 785-4931 Fax   (203) 737-2163 Office Address   Department of Surgery Yale University School of Medicine P.O. Box 208062 New Haven, CT 06520-8062     Download CV

Clinical Interests: Thoracic Oncology, including Lung Cancer, Esophageal Cancer, Thymoma, Mediastinal Tumors, Chest Wall Tumors, Pancoast Tumors. Chest Surgery, including benign conditions. Minimally Invasive Surgery for thoracic procedures.

Research Interests: Cancer biology; Cancer imaging techniques; Prognostic markers of cancers; Multimodality (multiple therapies for) treatment of cancer; and, evidence-based medicine.

Board Certification

	American Board of Surgery, 1990
	American Board of Thoracic Surgery 1992, re-cert 2002

Education

	B.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 1976
	M.D., Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 1983

Training

Resident
	Surgery, Virginia Mason Clinic, Seattle, WA 1987
Chief Resident
	Surgery, Virginia Mason Clinic, Seattle, WA 1988
Resident
	Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 1991
Fellow
	Thoracic Transplantation, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 1992

Prior Academic Positions

Professor
	Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 2004
Associate Professor
	Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 1999
Assistant Professor
	Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 1992