Ronald B. Ponn, M.D. 330 Orchard Street Suite 399 New Haven, CT  06511 United States

Institutional Affiliation

• Yale New Haven Hospital/ Hospital of St Raphael

Specialty

• General Thoracic Surgery

Background

• Harvard College ( B.A. 1970), summa cum laude
• Harvard Medical School (M.D. 1974)
• Stanford University General Surgery Residency ( 1974-1980)
• Stanford University - Cardiothoracic Residency (1980-1983)

Interests

• All aspects of general thoracic surgery
• Lung cancer staging, treatment, palliation
• Esophageal cancer staging, treatment, palliation
• Assessment of lung masses/nodules, diffuse lung disease
• Chest wall and mediastinal masses/ tumors
• Diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy - stents, laser, PDT
• Diagnostic and therapeutic esophagoscopy, stents, etc
• Benign esophageal disease - GERD, achalasia, motility
• Pleural disease - effusion, pneumothorax, tumors
• Clinical pathways for best care in thoracic malignancy