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John Handy
John R. Handy, Jr, MD, HonD
Background
Providence Thoracic Oncology Group, Clinical Lead, 2013-present
Providence Thoracic Surgery Initiative, Chairman, Executive Committee, 2012-present
Honorary Doctorate, National Medical Research Institute of Mongolia, May 2009
Director, Providence Thoracic Surgery Program, 2004-present
Co-Director, Providence Thoracic Oncology Program, 2001-present
Thoracic & CardioVascular Surgeon, The Oregon Clinic, 1997-2012
Director Lung & Heart-Lung Transplantation, Medical University of South Carolina, 1992-97
Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency, Medical University of South Carolina, 1989-92
General Surgery Residency, Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, 1983-89
Duke University Medical School, 1979-83
Universtitaet Salzburg, Austria 1978-79
University of Georgia, 1974-78
Interests
Chest surgery
Lung & chest cancers
Thoracic oncology
Quality implementation, data management & practice improvement
Lung & esophageal surgery
Minimally invasive surgery
Health related functional outcomes & quality of life after thoracic surgery
http://www.providence.org/thoraciconcology
http://www.providence.org/thoracicsurgery
http://www.providence.org/tsi
Health care policy and reimbursement
Research
Patient reported outcomes
Health related functional status & quality of life in chest disease
Quality care implementation
Cost of care
Thoracic surgery processes
Printer-friendlyPractice Areas
- General Thoracic Surgery
- Cancer
- Chest Wall
- Chest Wall - Congenital Malformations
- Chest Wall - Reconstruction
- Chest Wall - Tumors
- Diaphragm
- Diaphragm - Congenital Malformations
- Diaphragm - Reconstruction
- Diaphragm - Tumors
- Education
- Esophagus
- Esophagus - Cancer
- Esophagus Guidelines
- Lobectomy
- Lung
- Lung - Cancer
- Lung - Congenital Malformations
- Lung - Metastases
- Mediastinum
- Mediastinum - Cysts
- Mediastinum - Thymus
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- VATS
- Pericardium
- Effusion
- Pleura
- Pleura - Effusion
- Pleura - Inflammation/Infection
- Pleura - Mesothelioma
- Professional Affairs
- Surgery
- Thoracic
- Thoracic Guidelines
- Trachea and Bronchi
- Trachea and Bronchi - Benign Diseases
- Trachea and Bronchi - Congenital Malformations
- Trachea and Bronchi - Tumors