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Marcelo DaSilva
Marcelo C. DaSilva, MD, FACS, DABS
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Background
Chief Thoracic Surgery Services
Director, Mesothelioma International Treatment Program (MITp)
Medical Director, Cancer Institute
AdventHealth, Orlando, FL
Other Interests
Repair of Pectus Excavatum in Adults
Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Intra-Operative Heated Chemotherapy (IOHC)
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS)
Lung cancer
Esophageal Cancer
Chest Wall Reconstruction
Rib plating, Flail Chest
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Running
Sailing
Research
Hyperthermic Intraoperative Chemotherapy for Malignant Mesothelioma3-D Printing in Chest Wall ReconstructionMalignant Pleural Mesothelioma Phase I Trial of Extrapleural Pneumonectomy or Pleurectomy/Decortication, Intrathoracic/Intraperitoneal Hyperthermic [IOHC] Cisplatin and Gemcitabine with Intravenous Amifostine and Sodium Thiosulfate Cytoprotection for Patients with Resectable Malignant Pleural MesotheliomaMolecular Markers in Human TissuesSublobar Resection versus SBRT For Stage 1 NSCLC (new CALGB study that is in the process of being approved)Quality of Life of Cancer Patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.Traumatic Rib Fracture StabilizationPost-Operative Recovery of Elderly Thoracic Surgery Patients: A Feasibility Study of the Brief Geriatric Assessment
Additional Educational Information
Harvard Medical School (2008-2009)
Loyola University Stritch Medical School - Chicago (2002-2004)
PennState University College of Medicine - Hershey Medical Center (1996-1999)
New York Medical College Educational Consortium (1992-1996)
Practice Areas
- Thoracic
- Robotic
- VATS
- Thoracic
- Chest wall
- Diaphragm
- Lung
- Esophagus
- Mediastinum
- Pleura
- Trachea and bronchi
- Trauma
- Reconstruction
- Benign disease
- Cancer
- Professional Affairs
- Medical technology