Frank C Detterbeck, MD, FACS, FCCP

Professor of Surgery (Section of Thoracic Surgery); Chief, Thoracic Surgery; Surgical Director, Thoracic Oncology; Associate Director, Clinical Affairs at Yale Cancer Center

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Departments & Organizations

Yale Medical Group

Cancer Center, Yale: Thoracic Oncology Program | Radiobiology & Radiotherapy Research | Sarcoma Oncology Program

Cancer Prevention and Control Center

Thoracic Interventional Program

Surgery: Thoracic Surgery

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Biography

Frank Detterbeck is a Professor of Surgery and Chief ot Thoracic Surgery at Yale University and Associate Director of the Yale Cancer Center. He earned a BS in Cell Biology at the University of Michigan, and an MD degree from Northwestern University. After completing general surgery training at the Virginia Mason Clinic in Seattle, he pursued a cardiothoracic fellowship and a fellowship in thoracic transplantation at the University of North Carolina as Chapel Hill. He rose to the rank of professor of surgery at the University of North Carolina during a long tenure there before being recruited to Yale University in 2005. The major focus of his career has been on thoracic oncology. In particular, he has promoted evidence-based care and multidisciplinary teamwork. He has written extensively on these and other topics, with over 150 papers and book chapters. He holds leadership positions in many of the major professional societies associated with thoracic surgery, and has given invited lectures on a wide variety of topics at many institutions and international meetings.