Shanda Blackmon

Podcast
March 19, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Shanda Blackmon, a thoracic surgeon and Professor of Surgery, as well as the Director of the Lung Institute at Baylor College of Medicine,...

Podcast
March 19, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Shanda Blackmon, a thoracic surgeon and Professor of Surgery, as well as the Director of the Lung Institute...

Video
November 21, 2024 | Ryan Nowrouzi

This contemporary video demonstrates the step-by-step process of placing a pigtail catheter to treat both pneumothorax and effusion. The authors break the placement of a pigtail catheter into eight steps,...

Video
March 13, 2024 | Shanda BlackmonSilver Contributor

At the 2024 STS Annual Meeting, CTSNet Editor in Chief Joel Dunning and CTSNet senior editors set out to interview the most knowledgeable CT surgeons from around the world. Stay...

Video
October 1, 2018 | Shanda BlackmonSilver Contributor

Paraesophageal hernias are complex and challenging when they occur with acute symptoms, in malnourished patients, or when there is gastric ischemia. Treatment should be individualized based on each patient’s clinical...

Video
May 24, 2018 | Janani Reisenauer

Objectives Esophagectomy is reserved for patients who present with failed treatment for achalasia or megaesophagus. As an alternative, the authors propose a minimally invasive technique to plicate, narrow, and straighten...