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Overview of the mesothelioma program at Mount Sinai in NYC, w/ Dr. Andrea Wolf

Dr. Wolf is interviewed by Shannon Sinclair, RN, BSN, OCN, who serves as the patient services director at the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation. www.curemeso.org.

In this episode, they discuss the mesothelioma program at Mount Sinai in New York City, including treatment options offered at that center. Dr. Wolf emphasizes the multi-disciplinary nature of the program by touching on all aspects of care such as oncology, radiation oncology, surgery, and clinical trials.

Dr. Andrea Wolf is Director of the New York Mesothelioma Program at the Mount Sinai Health System, which provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary clinical care for patients with suspected or diagnosed malignant pleural mesothelioma. She has expertise in surgery for pleural mesothelioma and VATS lobectomy, and research interests in mesothelioma, health care disparities, and lung cancer. Dr. Wolf graduated Cum Laude from Princeton University and earned highest honors and her medical degree at Harvard Medical School. She trained in General Surgery and served as Chief Resident at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Dr. Wolf earned a Master in Public Health with a focus on Clinical Effectiveness at Harvard University School of Public Health while researching malignant pleural mesothelioma and early stage lung cancer as a Thoracic Oncology Research Fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, also in Boston. She completed her training in Cardiothoracic Surgery after serving as Chief Resident in Thoracic Surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

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MesoTV is a program by the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation. This program is made possible by our generous sponsors: Maune Raichle Hartley French & Mudd, LLC (MRHFM); Bristol Myers Squibb; Novocure, Merck, The Gori Law Firm, TCR2, AstraZeneca, Early Lucarelli Sweeney & Meisenkothen.

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